The Students Army Training Corps
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lllIIKIHIIIIIIIIIllllIIIlllllllllUHIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIirllllinillllllllllHinillllHIHlHIHHIilrittllllllKIIIIHI THE STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS SECOND EDITION DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR CORRECTED TO OCTOBER 14,1918 THE STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS Descriptive Circular 1. ADMINISTRATION: The Students Army Training Corps is administered by the Committee on Education and Special Train ing, of the War Department, Second Floor, Mills Building, Washington, D. C. 2. PURPOSE: The primary purpose of the Students Army Training Corps is to utilize the executive and teaching personnel and the physical equipment of the educational insti tutions to assist in the training of our new armies. These facilities will be especially useful for the training of officer-candidates and technical experts of all kinds to meet the needs of the service. This training is conducted in about 600 colleges, univer sities, professional, technical and trade schools of the country. 3. VOCATIONAL AND COLLEGIATE SECTIONS: The Corps is divided into two sections, the Collegiate or "A" Section and the Vocational or "B" Section. The units of the "B" Section were formerly known as National Army Training Detachments. They aim to train soldiers for service- as trade specialists in the Army. As the program for vocational training is now virtually com pleted, few, if any, new units of this type will for the present be added. The "A," or Collegiate Section, which was inaugurated October 1st, is open to regis trants who are members of some authorized college, university or professional school. 3 Students of authorized institutions join the Students Army Training Corps by volun tary induction into the service. They then be come members of the Army on active duty, receiving pay and subsistence, subject to military orders, and living in barracks under military discipline in exactly the same man ner as any other soldier. The housing, subsistence and instruction of soldiers in both branches of the Students Army Training Corps is provided by edu cational institutions under contract with the Government. A list of such institutions will be found at the end of this circular. 4. CHOICE OF SERVICE: The mem bers of the Students Army Training Corps are voluntarily inducted into the service, and are ordinarily allowed to choose the branch of the service for which they wish to be pre pared. This freedom of choice, however, is not absolute. It depends upon the indi vidual's qualifications and upon the needs of the service at any particular time. 5. OPPORTUNITIES: The status of a member of the Students Army Training Corps is that of a private. Members of a Collegiate or "A" Section who show by their rating in academic and military work that they have unusual ability may be: a. Transferred to a Central Officers' Train ing School; b. Transferred to a Non-Commissioned Offi cers' School; c. Assigned to the institution where they are enrolled for further intensive work in a specified line as, for instance, in engineering, chemistry or medicine. Those members of a Collegiate Section . 4 whose record is such as not to justify the Government in continuing their collegiate training may be: a. Assigned to a Vocational Training Section for technical training of military value; b. Transferred to a cantonment for duty with troops as a private. Members of a Vocational Section who show exceptional fitness or promise may be recommended for officers' or non-commis sioned officers' schools, or may be continued at institutions for more advanced study. 5. RELATION TO DRAFT: Members of the Students Army Training Corps, having already been inducted into the service, will thereafter not be subject to call by their Local Boards. It is expected that the members of Collegiate Sections will be trans ferred from institutions every three months in age groups, the twenty-year-old men going first, the nineteen-year-old men going next, and the eighteen-year-old men last, roughly corresponding to the periods at which men of these ages will be called under the Selec tive Service Law. As these groups leave the colleges their places will be taken by new contingents obtained by individual induction or, if necessary, from depot brigades. Stu dents of such subjects as engineering, chem istry and medicine may be required to finish their courses where the needs of the serv ice make this desirable. Members of Vocational Sections will ordi narily remain at the institution for two months and will then be assigned to various branches of the service in which technicians are needed. 5 It is impossible to say absolutely how long the training of any particular man will con tinue since this will depend upon the capacity of the individual and upon the changing needs of the service. 6. CURRICULA: In addition to 1 1 hours per week of military training the course of study of the men in the Collegiate Section of the Students Army Training Corps will consist of the ordinary college or technical courses grouped and modified in such ways as are necessary to meet the needs of the War Department. Students in colleges of Liberal Arts will have as much free election as it is possible to give them. Students in engineering, medical, law, and other profes sional or technical schools will pursue special curricula approved by the War Department. Members of Vocational Sections will pur sue such subjects as auto-driving, auto-repair, bench woodwork, sheet metal work and elec trical work, etc., in addition to 15 J/2 hours per week of military training. Members of both sections will attend courses on the Issues of the War. 7. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Regis trants who have a grammar school education or equivalent trade experience are eligible for Vocational Sections. Eligible registrants may be inducted into these sections, either by special calls issued to the Local Boards, or by individual voluntary induction upon ap plication to the Committee in Washington. For the present, candidates are advised to apply at their Local Boards. Registrants who are graduates of standard four-year secondary schools or have equiva lent educational qualifications are eligible for 6 Collegiate Sections and will be inducted at the institutions to which they secure admis sion. The admission requirements into the colleges, and hence into the Students Army Training Corps, have been left substantially as they were. Young men seeking informa tion as to how to join a Collegiate Unit of the Corps should apply not to the War De partment, but to the Dean or Registrar of the college of their choice. Only registrants, physically qualified for general or limited service, are eligible for the Students Army Training Corps. Except in case of certain specially qualified technical and professional students, registrants prior to September 12, 1918, of Class I, Group A (physically qualified for general service), are ineligible for induction into Collegiate Sections; but registrants prior to September 12, 1918, of Medical Group C (limited service) or the deferred classes are eligible. 8. NAVY: At certain specified institu tions, named hereafter, a limited number of registrants may, upon indicating their pref erence, be inducted into the Navy or the Marine Corps. Such men will wear naval uniforms, and pay their own expenses indi vidually from an allowance made to them by the Navy Department. The Naval and Ma rine Sections will attend all drills and exer cises of the Students Army Training Corps. The following is a list of authorized in stitutions, S.A.T.C. Section "A," S.A.T.C. Section "B" (Training Detachments) Naval Sections and Marine Sections. This list is subject to change. 7 DISTRICT District Headquarters are now established as follow: Dist. Inspect. Officer No. Territory and Asst. 1. Me., N. H., Vt., R. I., Maj. W. D. Dillon.. Conn., Mass Capt. L. A. Whitney. 2. New Jersey and New Lt. Col. Barton.... York Capt. R. T. King. 3. Pa., Md., Del., Dist. Capt. Guild of Columbia Capt. D. Crandall 4. Va., N. C, S. C, Ga. Maj. C. Towner, and Fla 1st Lt. McGill.. 5. Ky., Tenn., Ala., and Major Lang Miss Maj. D. M. Moore. 6. Indiana, Ohio and W. Col. Converse Virginia Capt. J. R. LaVigne. 7. Illinois, Mich, and Wis- Major Wygant consin Capt. A. T. Knight. 8. N. Dak., S. Dak., Iowa, Capt. McNeal Nebraska and Minn Capt. H. A. Zillman. 9. Wyoming, Colo., Kans. Major Stogsdal and Mo 1st Lt. D. B. Miller. 10. Ark., Okla., La. and Major Applewhite . Texas Maj. H. D. Strack. 11. Arizona, New Mex., Captain Leeds Calif., Nev., Utah 1st Lt. B. C. Burdick. 12. Wash., Idaho, Ore. and Captain Patten Mont 1st Lt. J. B. Roberts HEADQUARTERS 1. Bus. Mgr. 2. Coll. Dir. 3. Voc. Dir. 4. W. I. C. Div. Address 1. J. D. Phillips Rogers Bldg., 491 Bolyston 2. Dr. J. H. Ropes St., Boston, Mass. 3. A. L. Williston 4. C. H. Moore 1 •...1101 Engr. Soc. Bldg., 29 W. 2. Dr. Chas. A. Richmond.. 39th St., New York, N. Y. 3. F. E. Mathewson.' 4. W. E. Hocking 1. Fred T. Moore No. 6, Law School Bldg., 2. Dr. J. H. MacCracken... Univ. of Pennsylvania, 3. S. A. Zweibel Philadelphia, Pa. 4. W. E. Lingelbach 1. J. C. Wardlaw Tucker Bldg., Fayette and 2. Dr. E. IC Graham Martin Sts., Raleigh, N. C. 3. R. W. Selvidge, and L. A. Roy, Asst 4. J. G. de R. Hamilton 1. Fred B. Frazier George Peabody College, Nash- 2. Dr. Bruce R. Payne ville, Tenn. 3. R. W. Selvidge, and L. A. Roy, Asst 4. M. L. Bonham 1. B. U. Rannels 20 S. Third St., Columbus, 2. Dr. R. M. Hughes Ohio 3. W. E. Russell 4. F. S. Bogardus 1. Edwin G. Cooley Lewis Institute, Madison and 2.