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Show Utah State Press Ass'n Releases Data On Selective Service Draft Attention: Doctors, dentists and veterinarians : Local Selective Service boards, State of Utah, have been instructed to urge doctors, doc-tors, dentists, and veterinarians who have been placed in Class 1-A to apply for commissions in the Officers' Reserve . corps in their respective branches. Dependency classification broadened: broad-ened: National headquarters for Selective Service has stated that dependency is not merely a matter mat-ter of financial support. All local boards in classifying married men, whose wives are employed, are cautioned to carefully weigh social so-cial and other factors. National headquarters recognizes that the establishment and maintenance of the home is of great importance to the national interest and should be continued as a unit where possible. Marriage since enactment of the law, since registration, reg-istration, or even after classification, classifi-cation, is not in itself, evidence of a desire upon the part of the registrants to evade the law. Draftee's Training What will the draftee learn? What will the drafted men learn while they are in the Army ? Nothing but military tactics, says Colonel William H. Draper Jr., of the General Staff. Col. Draper tells us the U. S. doesn't intend to repeat the mistake made by France during the first months of war. French soldiers sat behind be-hind the Maginot line studying correspondence courses in various subjects while the German troops were being hardened by 35-mile marches carrying full equipment. The Colonel believes that a year is none too long to train a soldier in the intricate techniques of modern mod-ern war. Obviously speaking for the Army, he suggests that after working hard all day, most of the time in the open air, the draftee will be too tired and sleepy to engage in vocational' pursuits after supper. It is self-evident that the function of Army training train-ing is to prepare men for national na-tional defense and that nothing else should be allowed to stand in its way. At the same time, we hope that last word on this subject hasn't been spoken. Military Mili-tary science has been revolutionized revolution-ized in the last few years and especially in the last few months. Some fairly impressive experts hold the view that the old-fashioned infantryman, trained in drill and the use of the rifle, isn't much better fitted for fighting fight-ing today than a civilian would be. One of the jobs this country must do is to make sure that our Army men keep up with the times; in the past, they have had an almost unbroken record for failing to do this except under violent civilian pressure. |