Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-06
big DAYS AHEAD
FOR OLD MIDD
College Will Be on Strict
War Basis
Students Will Receive All Expenses
and Pay From Government


Students Army Training Corps, uni
of which will be established at Middle
bury College. Uncle Sam will be mos
liberal, both with the college and with
the students. President Thomas an
nounces the plan in special circula-
as follows;
Students will not only receive full pay
while in college Cnot merely at the sum
mer camps, but the Government will
also pay their tuition in full, Not only
that, but the Government will also
pay their room rent in full Not only
that, but the government will also pay
their board in full, Tuition, room rent,
board, all paid by the Government, and
$50 a month besides, and the Govern
ment also will provide full uniform and
equipment
The Official Statement
The principle on which the Govern
ment makes this most generous arrange
ment is stated in an official letter from
the war department as follows;
In view OF the fact that the student
soldiers will be on active duty status
from the time they are inducted, on or
about October |, 1918, it is incumbent
on the Government to assume the ex-
pense from that time Of their housing,
subsistence and instruction. This is to
be done through contracts with each
institution.
1t is, therefore, desired by theWar
Department that each institution auth
orized to maintain a Students Army
Training Corps unit, shall contract at
the earliest possible date with the War
Department for the housing, subsistence
and instruction of soldiers assigned to
it as members OF the Students Army
Training Corps, such contracts to take
effect as of October lst, 1918 or such
date about October lst on which induc-
tions are made.
Contract Signed
The contract between Middlebury
College and the War Department has
already been signed and forwarded to
Washington. 1t may therefore be def
nitely announced that students admit
ted to Middlebury College this year
and accepted for the S. A. 7, c. will
have all their college expenses paid in
cluding board and room,in addition to
uniforms and soldiers pay, The only
period for which the student must pro-
vide for himself will be from the open
ing of college until such time as induct-
ions are made into the S. A. T. c., con
or about October |. 1918"
Instructions to Students
The instructions to students in the
official statement OF the War Depart
ment are as follows;
All young men who were planning to
go to school this fall should carry out
their plans and do So Each should go
to the college of his choice, matriculate
and enter as regular student. He will,
Of course, also register with his local
board on the registration day set by the
President. AS soon as possible after
registration day, probably on or about
October lst, opprtunity will be given
Tor all the regularly enrolled students
to be inducted into the Students Army |
Training Corps at the schools where
hey are in attendance. Thus the Corps
will be organized by voluntary induc-
ton under the Selective Service Act,
instead of by enlistment as previously
The student, by voluntary induction,
becomes a soldier in the United States
Army, uniformed, subject to military
discipline, and with the pay of private
They will simultaneously be placed on
ull active duty and contracts will be
'e made as soon as possible, with the
colleges for the housing, subsistence and
Instruction of the student soldiers.
Not for Slackers
Students are not to be made in any
ense deferred or favored class They
ire not to be exempted from military
luty, or from active service, but to be
,iven an opportunity through special
raining in college to show their fitness
or special service; either in active ser
yice or in scientific or technical work.
Note the following:
The student-soldiers will be given
military instruction under officers of the
Army and will be kept under observa-
ion and test to determine their qualif-
cations as officer candidates, and tech
lical experts such as engineers, chemists
md doctors. After a certain period, the
men will be selected according to their
performance, and assigned to military
uty in one of the following ways:
(a) He may be transferred to CEN
raj officers training camp.
(b) He may be transferred to a nom
officers training school,
(c) He may be assigned to the school
'here he is enrolled for further intensive
york in a specified line for a limited
peciied time.
I'D He may be assigned to the voca-
ional training section of the Corps for
echnician training of military value.
lei He may be transferred to canton
nent for duty with troops as private. i
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