The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-24
COLLEGE TRAINING PLAN
VIII Mobilize and Develop Brair
Power of Young Men.

Power of Young Men.
Washington, Aug 22--With Presl
dent r. c. McLaurin of the Massa-
chusetts Institute OF Technology sery-
ing as educational head Of the Stud
ents' Army Training corps, and
staff of well known civilians to help 4
in the task, the War Departments /
Plan to have every important college /
in the country military post for the \
training of men for the Army and I
Navy in making rapid Roadway. ON
July IS. three large training camps at /
piattsburg, n. Y, San Francisco, Cal, 1
Fort Sheridan, H., with attendance
0l 1000 members of college faculties
and selected students began a sixty
day course resigned to perpare men
90 assist in the work Of military in
atruction in the colleges this year.
Details of the plan have just been
announced by the War Department.
"The plan is an attempt to mobilize
ana develop the brain power of the
young men Of the country for these
/ services which demand special train
men who could by extending the per
object is to prevent the premature en-
listment for active service Of these
mn VINO could by extending the per
iod Of their college training, multiply
manifold their value to The country
IN its announcement the Depart
ment points out the needs for highly
trained men as officers, engineers.
doctors. chemists, and administrators
OF every kind
1.-THE importance of this need can
not he too strongly emphasized says
the War Departments circular This
is a war in which soldiers are not on
ly marksmen. but also engineers.
chemists physicists, biologists, doc
tors. and specialists in many other
lines Scientific training is indispen-
: sable Engineering skill Is needed
by the officers who direct every impor
, tant military operation and who con
, troll our lines OF transport and com
munication. in the same way chemi-
cal and physical knowledge are in con
slant demand at the front as well as
behind the lines, while the task of
saving the lives and restoring the
: health OF hundreds Of thousands of
wounded calls for the services Of regi
ments OF military physicians The
scientific training which prepares a
man to fulfil one OF these highly spec
ialized duties and the more liberal
5 training which helps to develop the
I qualities of leadership needed by the
officer or administrator are essential
3 elements Of military efficiency
The boy who enlists in the Stud
ents Army Training Corps will he a
member of the Army OF the United
States He viii be provided by the
War Department with uniform and
equipment, hut win be on furlough
, status and will not receive pay lie
viii undergo regular military training
as a part Of his course during the col
leee year. will attend a six weeks
camp for rigid and intensive military
instructions with priyates pay, and
will be subject to the call of the Pres
dent for active service az any time
p should the eXigencies of the military
situation demand q. The policy O
. the Government, however, will be e
J keep members of this corps in col
lese until their draft age Is reached
and the War Department will have
the power TO order such men TO con
e tinue in college even after their drafl
. age IS reached whenever their WORK
I is such that the needs of the service
@. g. for doctors, engineers chemists
4 and the like. are such as TO make thai
+ course advisable