Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 5 | Jap Conscript Service Shortened by New Plan

I J dap ap Conscript Service Shortened by New Plan TOKIO Aug 2 AP AP Another move toward the gradual shortenIng shortening shortening shorten shorten- ing of 01 military conscription service in Japan was Inaugurated recently by the war department through the organization of the young oung mens men's military training corps Youths between 16 and 20 years are permitted permitted permitted per per- to volunteer In these trainIng training training train train- ing corps for physical and military instruction two afternoons weekly By putting in hours hours' training a year for four years a young man manIs manis manis is entitled to a subsequent reduction of service In n event he is called as asa asa asa a conscript While VI approximately a million enrollments resulted under the new plan plan the war office is declared t. t be o somewhat disappointed a a u pt least of tie the eligible eligi eligi- ble be had been expected to pate Every Japanese youth is liable for military service upon reaching 18 but as a rule none is conscripted until he is 20 and then only about one in seven Is compelled compell d to Join the colors Until a few years ago the con con- I period was for three e eye ye years year rs but it was reduced to two years first for Infantrymen and then for all branches and later it l was further shortened forty days so that at present the actu actual l time Is two twenty-two and one-half one months The Tl-r new volunteer scheme makes It possible to cut this approximately approximately eighteen months Military training was Instituted In the middle and upper school grades last year being optional only in certain cases Strenuous opposition was encountered from the students and even oven strikes and riots resulted The young mens men's military training trainIng trainIng train- train Ing corps was then conceived as asa asa asa a way out of the difficulty Through school training and the volunteer corps it Is said the war authorities eventually hope to be beable beable beable able to do away with conscription and yet have a great reserve which could be turned into an army virtually virtually virtually vir vir- ov over r night but the success of the plan will depend on how the various training projects are re receIved received received re- re by the public