Evening star., 1955-03-10
Veterans and
Druftees
By Moi. Thomos M. Mol

Marching. m aneuvers. and
workmanship still take a good
chunk of the average soldiers
time but more and more of 1t Is
being spent in classrooms.
This has led the Army to make
the claim that it's "the worlds
greatest educator"
The Army's educational pro-
grams blanket the United States,
extend into island possessions in
two oceans and flourish in for
eign countries. They run the
gamut from Army specialists.
schools to civilian universities.
This year, one out of every six
soldiers will attend some type
Of school for an average Of 13
weeks Of instruction.
This means nearly 100000
officers and enlisted men will re-
ceive instruction at Army and
civilian schools during the year.
In addition. 100000 soldiers will
take Army correspondence
courses as reservists. Off-duty
education programs will draw
many more thousands Of men
in uniform into correspondence.
self-teaching and group study
courses.
Army Service Schools.
The major load of the school,
ing will be carried by "a Army
service schools. This years plans
call for training more than 14l,-
. 900 enlisted men and more thar
$1,000 officers in these schools.
They include:
The Army War College and
the Command and General Staff
College which is primarily set up
to prepare certain select officers
for duty as commanders of COM
panies and battalions and as
general staff officers at higher
levels of command, such as civil
sion and corps commanders.
The Army General School
which instructs soldiers in COM
bat and other types of military
intelligence.
The 18 branch service schools
which give basic instruction in
infantry. artillery, armor and
signal work.
The 13 specialists, schools such
as the Army Language School
and the Psychological Warfare
School.
Officers in School.
The Army also plans to train
about 1000 officers and enlisted
men at civilian colleges and uni
versities this year. The courses
will range from food technology
to nuclear physics and include
all branches of engineering. busi-
ness and personnel administra-
ton, psychology. foreign Ian
guages, medicine and political
science. Many of the men taking
this type Of course will serve as
instructors at the United States
Military Academy and the Army
service schools.
Also included in the Army pro-
grams will be instruction for
about 1000 soldiers in trade
schools or with private industry.
They will get schooling in such
fields as television. engineering.
aircraft maintenance, highway
transportation.
The Army also undertakes to
educate school = age dependents
of military personnel in areas
where this type of education
wouldn't ordinarily be available,
such as in foreign countries. For
example. elementary and second
airy schools for children of SOL
diers are now in operation in
Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal
Zone and about 80 foreign coun-
tries. Schools of this type are
also operated on many Army
posts in the United States.
The Army's educational pro-
grams also include training of
civilian and enlisted men to be-
come officers. This activity en-
braces the Military Academy at
West Point, officer candidate
schools at the Infantry School.
the Artillery School and the
WAC Training Center.
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(From AP Newsfeatures)