Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-30
Students in Enlisted
Reserve 10 Be Called
Al End Of Semester
Medical Closes Will
Continue Studies, War
Department Reveals

Most OF the enlisted reserve corps
students in colleges will be called
to active duty at the end of the
current semester the War Depart
ment announced late yesterday in
making public the details of its
plans for collegians.
The principal exceptions are stu
dents in medical, pre-medical and
engineering courses in the enlisted
reserve who will not be called to
active duty until the end of the
first semester beginning in 1913.
In many cases, the order provides
that students selected at the COM
pletion of their basic military train
ing for further technical training
will be detailed back 10 schools
under the Army specialized training
program
Allowed to Complete Term.
Enlisted reserve corps students,
who are not assigned to any spe-
cial group, will be ordered to active
duty IA days after the completion
of the first academic term, quarter
or semester terminating after De-
cember 81. 1912, or as soon as re-
ception centers can alike them.
Students who have undergone
training in a senior unit of the
ROTC will be assigned to a replace
ment training center in the branch
in which they received their train
ing
The order provided that 80 days
before the issuance of orders calling
enlisted reserve corps students to
active duty, those who indicated in
writing at the time of their enlist
ment a preference for the Marine
Corps, Navy or Coast Guard will be
given a chance to 60 into the service
of their choice Their names will be
sent to the Bureau of Naval Per-
sonnet with statement that they
are eligible for discharge from the
enlisted reserve corps to enlist in
the service they prefer Those not
accepted by the other branches will
be processed with the other en-
listed reserve corps students.
Medical Students Continue.
Medical students, including dental
and veterinary, will be called to-
active duty after the end of the
first full semester that begins in
1943 and will be detailed to con-
tinue medical courses under con-
tracts to be made by the War De-
partment with medical schools.
Medical students who have been
commissioned in the Medical Ad-
ministration Corps may, at the
same time, resign their commissions,
enlist as privates and be detailed
as medical students in the enlisted
reserve.
Premedical students in the en-
listed Reserve Corps taking approved
courses will be on inactive status for
the same period. Those selected ut
induction or at the completion of
their basic military training for fur
Their medical or premedical training
will be detailed under the Army
specialized training program
Medical and premedical students
not in the enlisted reserve. IL they
are drafted before the end OF the
irst f943 semester, will also be placed
on inactive duty until the seniester's
end. When called to active duty,
they may 90 under the Army spe-
riahzed training program for fur
ther medical or premcdical training
or be assigned to other military duty.
Engineering Students Delayed.
Senior and junior year engineer
ing students in the enlisted reserve
corps also will be inactive until the
end of the first 1913 semester.
Those selected at the completion of
their basic training for further
technical training will be detailed
under the Army's specialized train
ing program.
First and second year advanced
course ROTC medical. dental and
veterinary students will not be called
to duty until the Army specialized
training program begins in the in
stitution they attend. If they main
tain satisfactory grades they will
remain in school till they finish
their course
Pre-medical and medical students
in other than a medical unit of the
ROTC may be discharged from their
ROTC contracts and continue in
school under the Army specialized
training program. If they fail their
medical course, they will be sent to
their branch officer candidate school
for qualification for a reserve COM
mission.
Third-year engineering students
who are not members OF the enlisted
Reserve will, if they are drafted
before the end of the first 1943
semester. be placed on inactive duty
until the end of that semester. They
also will then have a chance to
compete for the Army's specialized
training program after they COM
plete their basic training.
Second-year engineering students
will continue on inactive status until
the end of the same term, when
they will also compete for the spe-
cial training.
Military Students Get Delay.
All second-year students in the
enlisted Reserve Corps who are
now attending essentially military
schools will stay in school until the
end OF the first 1913 semester when
they. too. have chance to return
for specialized training after their
basic military training.
Second year advanced senior
division ROTC students who are
members of the enlisted reserve
will be called to active duty when
the Army specialized training pro-
gram is begun in the institution
they attend. will continue until
graduation, provided it comes be-
fore June 30, 1943, and will then
be detailed to branch service
schools for a commission in the
Officers Reserve Corps until COM
pletion of an appropriate basic
course of three months The same
procedure will apply to second-year
advanced senior division ROTC
students who are not members of