Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Students Are Urged
TO Join Natl Guard
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ferred until after graduation, but
not after the age Of 20. If he volun-
teers for this training, he is draft
deferred. but continues 70 be an
OBLIGATED Reservist. If he goes 70
COLLEGE. or lives far from any train
ing center he may request an an
nual 3O-day period Of active train
ing In place Of the weekly drills
and the tive weeks summer camp.
BY volunteering for the six-months
training. a young man can arrange
his own career so that il is least
interrupted by military service, ex-
copt, of course in the event Of mo-
bllizatiOn.
Three. an important provision Of
the Bill permits veterans, who we're
on active duty when the Bill was
passed and subsequently separated
from active duty between August
10. 1855 and July /, 1857, to partici-
pate for only one year with Re
serve unit and then be transferred
to the Standby Reserve for the rest
, OF their military obligation. This
section Of the Bill deserves study
by the more than 100 men IN Del
aware who are eligible to complete
this Ready Reserve obligation with
active Reserve participation TOT
one year.
Everything possible, said Colonel
Barnes, is being done to strengthen
the Army Reserve in Delaware.
y "a high school graduate" he
said, would be better of to Join
a local Army Reserve unit, take TAG
six months training now, and get 4
over with, than SO ahead with col
lege, Job and marriage Otherwise
the prospects Of serving two K
tour years in uniform and break
ing up his life, when he is gettlni
settled viii always be ahead o
him. Even though the Select1V'
Service Boards may not get to hin
for a while, the possibility Of pc
ing completely passed by on
draft call Is too slim to gamble on.
In terms Of manhours spent b
the individual in the 17-iS1a year
group who decide to volunteer an
ioin a local Army Reserve unit,
has been estimated that he wi
sDend q little less than one-hah
the time in uniform then viii On
individual who is drafted for Nv
years active duty and three yeaI
81 Ready Reserve service. This
seems. Is the programs chief sci
ing point in that It shows the shar
dislocation in the individuals g
reer III he decides to wait II out an
finds himself drafted before Teacl
ing 26. volunteering under this 81
months active-duty program defel
the individual from the draft.
The best evidence that the 81,
months program Is getting acfo'
to the public comes from the statl
tics culleds from the Delaware Arm
Reserve units which show an e
rollment of over so Delaware his
school students since September
last year. Five high-schOOl Reser
lists. now slightly halfway throu'
their six-mOnths active-duty trai
ING. reveal in letters to unit mel
bers that their morale is high, tn
thew consider it a worthwhile E
narience. and that camp faciiiti
treatment and training are grea
Pfc Bill Coiatriano, GOO N. v
Ruren Street. was quite impress
with the experience. "IH have
awful lot to teach the other fello
when / get back" he wrote to Ma.
Harry Little, 76Srd Field Artills
Battalion Commander
In commenting on the Bill bef'
a group Of Wilmington high sch
students recently. Colonel Barr
emOhasized that the Bill was
best thing we've had IN 4
time to help us build our stren
IN reserve. and since there aDpe
no clear line between military
civilian defense in the event OF
emergency, all Of YOU viii be BET
enuipped with this training to Z
care of yourselves and families
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