Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-17
SERIOUS SITUATION
At Of War
What Academic Training Meant
10 Students Of Army Train
ing Corps
INTERESTING FEATURES


All fhe beginning 81 TIE VA the.
educational Institutions d tbs couH-
try were placed III i serious situar
ton, 81 nearly the entire student body
VAS included o. the operations of the
aslectiye draft
the Government. through the War
Department determined q utilize the
existing colleges and schools, and acs
eosaingsy entered into contracts with
SIS institutions ID furnish housing.
Subsistence and technical 81 academic
Itraining ID members 81 the Student
Army Training Corps These con-
tracts called Tor the training Of 22s, $50
student soldiers. and at the time q
the signing Of the arsnisfice u !, s93a
men had been Indicted and were being
cared for III these schools
I)n November I9 and % 81 last year,
tie Secretary 81 war ordered the ear
lest possible disqualification 81 the
student Army Training Corps, and hy
Christmas the orders Ind been carried
out aud the student soldiers left the
schools. The task Of making settle
nanss With the schools was taken UP
Immediately, and report has been
flied with the Committee on Educa-
tlonai and Special Training within the.
Epast few DAYS. by u * Hall, Business
IIDirector of the work II Il gratifying
10 note that nearly ten million dollars
81 claims we're adjusted III practically
| six months. which record tends 70 dis
prove tho too common impression
That ii iii impossible Id get things
finished uD wien the Government Is q
party To the transactiCr.
An Interesting feature Of the report
refers To the personnel of the Busis
ness Department, which though vol
Iuntary corps of war workers remain
ed iii their posts tor months after
peace Nas assured Mr. Hall says
The personnel III the Business De
partnent WAS recruited very largely
IduriIlg the latter hair III September
and the fIrst half of October ii the
year III 1918. It was made vi, almost
entirely Df men and women who vel
coined aa opportunity gur patriotic
service. To assist In the mobilization
of the enlarged army and % contribute
their small share To the winning Pr
| the war After the signing III the ar
nistIce, and especially after the order
demobiiiging the Student Army Train
ing Corps. the chief Incentive for SER
vice WAS removed aud there was NATL
rally the strongest kind Of desire On
I the part Or practically every member
81 the organization III go buck to hia
own home and his own business II
| Vas apparent. however, that II his
we're done and the task Of making adj
5Mstnents with the colleges were turn
Fed over to new Organization unfa-
Iniliar with the situation. or 10 those
departments of the Government which
were handling the adjustment of CONF
n1erciai contracts. II would inevitably
/ mean long drawn out delay III Taaking
/ the settlements, and would impose still
further hardship On the colleges many
of which were already ~ desperate
lstraits.
in spite of the personal sacrifices
Involved every member of the orgarli-
zation, with y fine conception of 10y.
alty, remained with the organization
/ until he had made his full contribu-
ton to the work which 1t was obvious
~ tlao duty 81 tho Department To COM
/ plcte
I'll was this spirit Of loyalty and the
whole hearted cooperation u the en-
tire personnel DC the department
which made possible the prompt and
successful completion Of tho work
one group Of the contracts with tlit
Il educational institutions covered til