Evening star., 1942-12-17
Text of Army-Novy College Announcement
System Designed to Maintain Steady Flow of Officers
And Highly Trained Techncons Man Huge War Machine

VIII
The tert OF the joint Army
Ndpy announcement on military
use OF colleges tollo,Ds;
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-
son and Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox today issued the follow
ing joint statement regarding the
utilization of college facilities in
training specialists for the Army and
Navy: ~r-.. -a,
To MAINTAIN a steady flow Of
young men suitable for specialized
educational technical training for
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard, the War and Navy De-
partments will utilize for their train
ing the resources of the colleges and
universities of the country The re-
cent amendment to the Selective
Service and Training Act reducing
the draft age to 10 years will elimi-
nate the principal source of men
college students. The armed serv-
ices have jointly formulated plans
to contract for the facilities of Sc
lected number of these colleges and
universities where qualified young
men in the services will be detailed
for educational training.
Educators Consulted.
In formulating their plans, the
armed services have had the benefit
of fruitful consultation with many
educators, and particularly the staff
of the War Manpower Commission,
the Office of Education, a commit
tee of the American Council on Edu-
cation, and the Navy Advisory Coun-
Gil on Education. In the admins
tration of these plans the War and
Navy Departments will rely on the
same resources for further assist
ance.
Under the new plans, the Army
and Navy will contract with selected
colleges and universities to furnish
instruction in curricula prescribed
by the respective service as well as
the necessary housing and messing
facilities for the men who will be on
active duty, in uniform. with pay
and under general military diSci-
pline. The selection of particular
colleges and universities will be gov
erned by the facilities available for
their responsible participation in the
educational training program.
The chairman of the War Man.
power Commission. after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of War and
the Secretary of Navy. will prescribe
the rules and regulations under
which institutions of higher learning
will be selected for this work The
actual selection will be made by a
joint committee consisting of repre-
sentatives of the armed services and
the War Manpower Commission.
Questionnaires Sent Out.
The procedure for the selection of
colleges to be used in the training
programs will be announced short
ly Meanwhile college offcials or
representatives will attain no ad-
vantage by attempting to present
the merits of their particular insti-
tuition to the joint committee. This
organization has difficult admins
trative task to perform in an order
ly way. On behalf of the joint COM
mittee, QUESTIONABLE as to their
staffs and facilities has been sent
to all the higher educational insti-
tutions of the country by the War
Manpower Commission This will
furnish the basic information for
the use of the joint committee.
The plans of the Army and Navy
in their fundamentals, are the same
but there are certain variations ir
the plans of the respective services
due to differences in the laws affect.
| ing the two services, and in theil
requirements and procedures. These
variations are in both the permanent
plans and in the plans. for hitting
the present members of their re.
spective enlisted reserve corps int
the respective permanent programs
The plans will be operated in har.
mony and with mutual assistance.
! No existing contracts between tn,
Army and Navy and educational in.
stitutions will be abrogated by tn,
new programs.
Plans Approved by VINO.
These plans have been approved
by the War Manpower Commission
and are published in conformit,
with the provisions of the Presi
dents executive order on manpower
dated December 5. 1912.
The new Army plan follows:
The Army specialized trainini
program.
The objective of this plan is t,
meet the need Of the Army for th'
specialized technical training o
soldiers on active duty for certain
Army tasks for which its own train
| ing facilities are insufficient in ex
tent or character. To that end tn,
/ Army will contract with selected
colleges and universities for the U.s.
of their facilities and faculties Ii
affecting such training Of selectes
soldiers in courses prescribed by tn,
Army. This plan Will enable thl
Army to make a selection for thi
training of qualified young men OF
a broad democratic basis without re-
I gard to financial resources.
The selection of soldiers for sucl
training will be made from enliste,
men who have completed or ar
completing their basic militar,
training and who apply for selection
for specialized training. This selec