The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-17
GO-TO-CoLJEGE ADVOCATED
BY SECRETARY OF WAR.

The War Department Authorizes
the Following Announcement;
: The details OF tho plan prepared
by the War Department to offer to
able bodied college students over he
age of 1s the opportunity to enlist In
the military forces Of the United
States and to obtain training In the
colleges which will prepare them for
the more exciting forms of military
service have now been completed.
The plan was first announced In the
letter of May s to the pesidents Of
all educational institutions of colleg-
late grade. aud the details are ex-
planned In circular sent to the
colleges under the date of June 29th.
The purpose Of the plan is to pro-
vide for the very important needs of
the army for highly trained men as
Officers engineers, doctors. chemists
and administrators of every kind.
The importance of this need can
not be too strongly emphasized. The
plan is an attempt to mobilize and
develop the brain power of the young
men of tho country for those services
which demand special training. Its
object is to prevent the premature
enlistment for active service of those
men who could by extending the per-
iod of their college training multi
ply manifold their value to the coun-
try. II. however. the need arises for
the services of these men In the fight
ing line, the terms of their enlistment
are such that they can be called by
the President on days notice. But
for the present 1t will be the policy
of the Government to keep them In
training until their draft age is reach
ed.
This is war in which soldiers are
not only marksmen but also engi-
neers, chemists. physicists. biologists
doctors and specialists in many other
lines. Scientific training is indispen-
sibie. Engineering skill is needed /
by the officers who direct every i'm
portant military operation and who |
control our lines of transport and !
rJmmunication. In the same way !
chemical and physical knowledge are F,
In constant 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 service of
regiments of military physicians.
The scientific training which pre-
pares a man to fulfill one of these
highly specialized duties and more
liberal training which helps to devel- |
Op qualities of leadership needed by
the officer or administrator are es-
sential elements of military efficien
g..
For the purpose of developing men
who shall have this combination OF
military and intellectual training a
new corps has been created in the ar
my to be called the Students Army
Training Corps. Voluntary enlist
ment In this corps is open to all able
bodied students in the institutions
Of collegiate grade who are not un-
sr 1S years of age. Students under
l8 cannot be legally enlisted but they
may enroll and thus receive military
training until they reach the age
when they can legally enlist.
The boy who enlists in the Stud
ents' Army Training Corps will be
on furlough status and will not re-
eeive pay. He will undergo regular
military training as part of his
course during the college year, will
attend a six weeks camp for rigid
and intensive military instruction