Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-05
10 SPECIAL DISCHARGE
FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS


The following statement comes
from the once Of the Chief Of star:
While there win DO no special dis
charge Of college students, as class.
from the Army, It In believed that by
the time colleges open, there win re-
main . very small number Of college
students in the Army.
BY retaining the men of the regular
army, not now entitled to discharge,
and securing recruits 1t Is hoped that
most men who entered the service
for the emergency will be replaced
by September I. 1t Is not considered
Just to other soldiers to discriminate
In favor of college students. The col
Iege man~now overseas, or anyone In
the A. II. r. desiring TO take UP any
line of education, has many opportu-
mites OF doing 80. Over zoe, 00O OFF,
Ncers and men Of the A. e. f.. are now
taking some form of instruction
while they are in the Army.
After the signing OF the armistice,
requests for the Immediate discharge,
as class, OF all college students were
received by the War Department.
Such requests were considered care
fully, but It was not thought just to
other soldiers to grant these requests.
as the college men as class had no
| inherent right to be discharged before
the business or professional man who
has business or position, waiting for
him In civil life, or the farmer with
! fields which need his care, or the
mechanic who il urgently needed In
the Industrial life of the country.
However, under the War Depart
ment's plan OF rehabilitation many
college men, like men Of other classes.
without Discrimination have been
and are being daily discharged.
The question is now asked Of the
War Department whether all college
men will be discharged in time to att
tend educational institutions CONF
mencing September, 1919.
The War Department ID using every
means in its power to bring our sol
diers back from Europe as fast as
possible, and they are discharged
promptly after arrival In this c0un-
TRY. II the expected rate of return
is realized, which now seems prob
able, there should remain only lit
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In Europe by August LIST next.
| AS the number to return from
abroad grows less, the number OF sol
diers needed for rehabilitation pur-
poses in this country will be CORE
spondingly reduced.
| The number of men remaining In
the Army on September /, 1919, who
entered the service for the emergen-
Icy only. win depend upon the need for
troops abroad, and the success Of the
campaign for volunteers In the Reg
ular Army. The resumption OF vol
/ untary enlistments was authorized
by Congress on February rs. 1919.
Not many recruits were secured at
first, but the War Department La yig-
Iorously conducting q campaign to Sc
Icure recruits and the results are be-
ginning to be very gratifying. By the
use Of as many Of the old Regular
Army as possible, about 10000 of
whom are not now entitled TO dis
charge or furlough to the Reserve,
and the volunteers obtained, 1t Is
hoped that most men who entered the
service for the emergency only will
be replaced by September. !, 1913.
l By September /. therefore. the num-
Der Of college students remaining In
the Army will be very small indeed. I.