Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-23
Military Training
in the University
Our state University Does t;,ss,
Work Along This Line and Re.
ccivc> Recognition From the l.. :.
Government.

government.
Inc war Department. upon inyes
tlgation of the work conducted Lao
year at the University of OkIahom,
unuer the direction of Captain Clarl
Is. Dudley. L. S A. (RetiredI pro
lessor of Military Science and Tao
tics. and Major r. e. Terrell. Com
mandant, has issued an order es,ab
I1shing unit of the Students Arm,
Training Corps at the University +,
Degin with the opening of the Fal
Term on September 18th.
The following telegram was receiv
ed by StrattOn ID. Brooks, presiden,
of the University:
your institution having salts
lied the prescribed conditions. a
unit Of the Students Army
Training Corps will be estab-
iished therein by direction Of
the Secretary of War. An Off
Ger OF the United States Army
VIII be detailed to your institu-
tion at an early date and will
upon arrival proceed with or
ganization Of your unit Rifles.
uniforms, overcoats, and other
equipment will be shipped to
you soon. upon the basis OF fig
ures already furnished by you.
(Signed) III. p. Mccain,
"Adjutant General"
This Students Army Traininr
Corps gives the student an oppor-
tunity to complete his college course
even though he has reached the
draft age. Any student who is en-
listed In the Students Army Train
Ing Corps must register after H.
reaches the draft age. Upon stating
on his QUESTIONABLE that he is al
ready in the military service Of the
United States. he will be placed auto
matically by his local draft board in
ClassN-D, as provided by the Select
i've Service regulations The draft
board will not call him for inluctio',
so long as he remains a member OF
the Students Army Training CORPS
The War Department makes tn,
statement that "at least four or fiy
times as many officers will b" re-
quired as tn" total number Of stud
ents who will graduate from all Am
erican colleges and universities. En-
llStmcnt in the students Army Train
ing Corps. therefore. while il doe,
not hold out any promise Of an Off.
GERS commission. is AT tn" present
time the plain"St road leading in that
direction"
\ further statement is to th. IF
feet that should Congress lower m,
age of liability To immediate militar,
service men of the new ages not al.
ready enlisted, may find difficulty in
entering the service otherwise than
through the draft boards In view
of this possibility. all men expecting
to enlist at all in the students Army
Training Corps would do we'll to On
ter promptly"
The boy who enlisis in the stud
ents' Army Training Corps will he n
member Of the Army OF The rnite,l
States. He will be provided by tn.
War Department with uniform and
equipment. but will he on furloug'i
status and will not receive pay. H.
will undergo regular military train
ing as part OF his course during the
college year. will attend a six week
camp for rigid and intensive military
instruction with privatc's pay. and
will be subject to the call Of the
President for active service at any
time, should the eXigencicS Of tn
military situation demand it, Tn,
policy of the Government. however
will be to keep members of this
Corps in college until their draft age
is reached. and the War Department
will have the power To order such
men to continue in college even after
their draft age is reached whenever
their work is such that the needs OF
the service, e. g, for doctors, engin-
eers, chemists. and the like. are such
as To make that course advisable.
Competent Officers and non-com-
missioned Officers will be assigned
to the various institutions to carry
on the work of military instruction
Four members of the University fac
ulty and thirty-nine students are now
receiving special training al Fort
Sheridan, Illinois. and thts" men
will supplement the Officers assigned
by the War Department.
The importance of this plan foi
combined military and rollcgiat,
training. if We are to meet in the fu
ture the urgent needs of the Arm,
for highly trained men. is so great
that the War Department urgentl,
requests the colleges. councils of de
fense, and other patriotic societies I,
cooperate in bringing it to the attcn