The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-28
OPPORTUNITY GIVEN
men TO ENTER 5. Ate.
Alumni OF v. r. /. Invited TO Take
Advantage of Chance to Re OF
Service to Country.
[Special to The Richmond Virginian.l

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Blacksburg. Va. Oct. 27.--Major
John c. Skuse. commanding officer
OF the students army training corps,
and commandant of cadets at the
Virginia Polytechnic institute, gave
out the following interview today
which Is OF interest to alumni of the
college, and other young men who are
DESTROYS of entering the service of
their country. Major Skuse said:
We are now receiving applications
from men qualifed to enter the va
rious officers training camps through
out the country. Prospective candi-
dates must have a grammar school
ferable that they should have a work.
ing knowledge of algebra through
ouadratics.N Those who wish to enter
the machine-gun or field artillery
camps must have this much know
ledge of algebra. and IL Is desirable
that they have a working knowledge
or trigonometry and iogarithms."
The service needs just now a large
number of men for officers. preferably
those between the age of thirty two
and thirty eight. In order to gain
admittance. prospective candidates
should submit application on form
to enter. also three letters of recon
mendation. These forms and fur
Their information can be had by ap-
piication to the commanding officer
at BIacksburg.
"AIl draft regissrants certified as
physically qualified for general mill
tary service are eligible to make APP
plication. except those In deferred
class by reason OF industry. occupa-
ton or employment. In which is in
|cluded agriculture.
Men In class !, division A. will be
indicted into the service. and il not
for commissions q. the
end OF the training period will be
transferred to that branch Of the sag
vice for which they are best qualified.
Candidates in the deferred classifica-
ton have the option. II not recon-
mended for commissions. OF remain
ing in the service or reveyttng to thetr
orsE.Eas draft status, g
Due to the fact that the epidemic
OF influenza throughout the country
has caused the enrolment In the stu
dents army training corps to be light
er than was expected, We have the
privilege of Inducing additional ancn
in the 8. A. T. c. who are education
ally qualified to enter the college.
and who are registrants Of Septemb Der
M last, IL application Is made In per-
son on or before October 80. 1t Is
also further expected that further in
auctions will be occasioned by the
transfer of members of the CORPS to
oflicers' training camps"
THE S. A. T. c. will be used to a
great extent as Z sorting and classi-
fication medium in the selection OF
offscer candidates and training at this
institute Ia being conducted to that
end. Men enlisting in the s. A. T. G.
may be transferred X they demon
strate their fitness for oflicers' train
ing camp for the infantry. machine
gun, field artillery. cavalry. army
aerial service. quartermaster, ord
nance, chemical warfare service or
coast artillery. After induction in
the s. A. r. c. a student becomes an
enlisted man in the care OF the army.
He Is clothed. fed. quarteeed and ms
expenses paid. In addt-
tion to this he is paid $50 per month.
Provision Is also being made to In
duct men exceptionally qualifed who
are registrants OF other dates than
September -, but this will not %
done until after October 80.
The epidemic of influenza u SUD
siding at the college. and II 10 expect
"a to have the hospital cleared and
things on normal lines within week