New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
Sept. II Fixed
By Wilson for
Draft Registry
Confined from page 1

instead will be inducted into the mill
tary service at the outset and nave
their schooling paid for by the gov
ernment until their need as soldiers
requires their transfer from colleges
to battlefield. They will be known as
mmbers of he Students Army Train
ing Corps on actual duty while at
school.
Explaining this emergency war edu-
cation plan, War Department state
mcpt issued, to-day said:
"The members of the Students
Army Training Corps will be soldiers
on active duty. They will be inducted
en- October i. After that date their
subsistence, quarters, clothing and
tuition will be provided by the gov
ernment. The student-soldiers will
also receive the pay of privates.
Every man qualified by training and
capacity is offered the benefits of ad-
ditional education. High school grad
yates of eighteen years and over will
be eligible to the ranks of the col
legiate training division of the S. A.
T. c. Grammar school graduates are
eligible to the vocational section.
Transfers will be made from one
branch to the other in keeping with
the ability shown by individuals.
included in exempt or deferred clas-
sifcations. They will see active SER
vice in the field as soon as any others
of their age.
"Al student soldiers will be watched
for the development of officer material.
Some will be recommended for central
officers training camps. Others may
be transferred to courses for non-com-
missioned officers. At the discretion
Of the military staff scientific and
technical students may be given an op-
portunity to complete intensified
courses of direct military value. Others
will be assigned to depot brigades of
cantonnents.
Will Extend Plan Later
"No plans have been made to extend
this instruction to secondary schools,
but it is hoped to make this extension
later. The colleges will be required to
modify their academic instruction
along lines of direct military value.
These changes will be suggested from
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"a student who enters college before
called for military duty will be ex-
pected to pay his own tuition up to
the time he is inducted into service.
He then suspends further payment and
is kept in school at government ex'
pense until sent to the field.
"Most of the students will be as
signed to infantry units and ultimate
ly assigned as commissioned or nom
comm. .ssioned officers of fighting units.
A small percentage of technical stu
dents will be given staff duty"
Chance for Volunteers
With respect to the boys of grammar
school education the War Department
says; .., oo,ou;o+ soo
ton and vocational section-ef the Stu
dents Army Training Corps. Young
men of draft age Of grammar school
education will be given opportunity to
enter the vocational section of the
corps. At present about 27,5oO men
are called for this section each month.
Application for voluntary induction
into the vocational section should be
made to the local board and an effort
will be made to accommodate as many
possible of those who volunteer for
this training.
"Men in the vocational section will
be rated and tested by the standard
army methods, and those who are
found to possess the requisite qualifi-
cations may be assigned for further
training in the collegiate section"