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SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 103
STUDENTS'
ARMY TRAINING CORPS
REGULATIONS
V
1918
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMEr^T PRINTING OFHCE
1918
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 24, 1918.
The following regulations and instructions governing the
establishment, administration, and maintenance of Students'
Army Training Corps units at educational institutions, and the
issue of Government property thereto in accordance with exist-
ing laws are published for the information and guidance of all
concerned.
The provisions of these regulations do not affect obligations
to provide military instruction imposed by the act of July 2,
1862, upon land-grant institutions.
[000.862, A. G. O.]
PEYTON C. MARCH,
General, Chief of Staff.
Official :
P. C. HARRIS,
Acting The Adjutant General.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Paragraphs.
Section I. General principles >- 1- 3
Section II. Constitution ,
4r- 9
Section III. Conditions and routine ot admission to. a
Students' Army Training Corps unit 10-16
Section IV. Administration 17-23
Section V. Scope of training 24-27
Section VI. Military inspection 28
Section VII. Uniform and equipment 29-37
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SECTION I.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Paragraph.
Authorization for establishment 1
Title 2
Object - - 3
1. Anthorization for establishment. —
The Students' Army
Training Corps is raised under authority of the act of Con-
gress approved May 18, 1917, commonly known as the selective-
service act, authorizing the President to increase temporarily
the Military Establishment of the United States, as amended
by the act of August 31, 1918, and under Section II, General
Orders, No. 79, of the War Department, dated August 24, 1918,
as follows
" Under the authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8, and 9
of the act of Congress authorizing the President to increase
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CONSTITUTION.
Paragraph.
Establishment of units 4
Sections of units 5
Requirements for the establishment of sections 6
Students in preparatory departments 7
Approval of units 8
Discontinuance of units . 9
1 Normal schools which give at least two years of college work, fol-
c. A depot brigade, or
4. To continue in certain cases (in either a collegiate or voca-
tional section) such technical or special training as the needs
of the service may require.
Assignments will ordinarily be made to officers' training
camps or to noncommissioned officers' training schools in the
case of men who are qualified to become officers or noncommis-
sioned officers to continue at an educational institution in the
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ADMINISTRATION.
Paragraph.
Central administration IT
Administration witliin tlie institution IS
Relation of officers to the authorities of the institution 19
Authority in matters of discipline 21
Method of voluntary induction 22
Organization of units 23
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17. Central administration. The Students' Army Training
Corps is administered by the War Department through the
Committee on Education and Special Training of the Training
and Instruction Branch, War Plans Division, General StafC,
assisted by an advisory educational board, together with educa-
tional directors, district educational directors and special ad-
visers.
18. Administration within the institution. The War De-—
partment will provide an officer of the Army, active or retired,
to serve as commanding officer in each institution at w^hich a
unit of the Students' Army Training Corps is established, and,
so far as practicable, additional officers will be provided in
proportion to the strength of the unit.
19. Eelation of officers to the authorities of the institu-
—
tion. The commanding officer and the other officers assigned
to duty with units* of the Students' Army Training Corps will,
in their relation to the institution, observe the general usages
therein established affecting the duties and obligations of
members of the faculty and other academic instructors. Offi-
cers will not, without permission of the Secretary of War,
"undertake any Instructional or administrative duties in the
institution other than those connected with the work of the
Students' Army Training Corps.
20. The commanding officer at an institution will instruct
officers and noncommissioned officers in their relation to the
institution and its officials.
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21. Authority in matters of discipline. It is the duty of
the commanding officer, and of other officers assigned to duty
with units of the Students' Army Training Corps, to enforce
military discipline. Nothing in these regulations is intended
to confer on the commanding officer authority over purely
educational matters.
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22. Method of yoluntary induction. The method of volun-
tary induction into tlie Students' Army Training Corps is pre-
scribed in the Selective Service Regulations and instructions
issuing from the office of the Provost Marshal General.
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23. Organization of units. The Students' Army Training
Corps is a corps of The United States Army. Members of it will
be trained for the line and for the different staff corps. Their
educational programs will be shaped to prepare various groups
for particular duties in accordance with the needs of the
service. The Students' Army Training Corps will be organized
as Infantry under the Tables of Organization and the funda-
mental infantry training common to all branches of the service
will be given.
SECTION V.
SCOPE OF TRAINING.
Paragraph.
Instruction in Section A 24
Approval of courses in allied subjects 25
List of allied subjects . 26
Instruction in Section B 27
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24. Instruction in Section A. For Section A
the instruction
will be partly militaryand partly in allied subjects that have
value as a means of training officers and experts to meet the
needs of the service.
The average number of hours to be devoted each week to
those subjects will be as follows
a. Military subjects, including practical instruction (drill,
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26 above) 1 hour.
SECTION* VI.
MILITARY INSPECTION.
28. A
body of military inspectors will cover units of the
Students' Army Training Corps and report directly to the Com-
mittee on Education and Special Training.
SECTION VII.
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§C Sale or pledge. The sale or pledge of any article of
unif 01x11, arms, or equipment by an enlisted man is an offense
punishable by court-martial.
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37. Insignia. Members of the Students' Army Training
Corps will wear, with the service hat, an olive-drab cord.
They will wear as collar insignia a bronze disk bearing the
letters " U. S."
Acting noncommissioned officers of the Students' Army Train-
ing Corps will wear the chevrons prescribed for noncommis-
sioned officers of the Army.
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