Show Naval Unit To Close Next March By Ernest Carlson present program at the University of Utah will be discontinued on March Captain Thew announced in a statement issued recently to naval A regular peacetime unit is being considered in civilian students will be allowed to Men now in the unit will be given the choice of inactive active duty or transfer to a In a telegram received Tuesday by Captain J. P. Thew it was stated that the bill to continue this program to July 1 passed the House and is expected to pass in the Four possible alternatives are open to men now in the They may be ordered to inactive duty and attend a university of their own provided that they stay in civilian and complete 24 hours of work in naval Men who have completed four terms of college may request transfer to a program for flight Those men who do not take one of these alternatives wil be reverted to former rate and returned to active duty with the Only a few men have enough points to get regular discharges within the next few Navy men are not wildly celebrating the In small groups they are discussing the problem from all trying to decide what would be the best course for them to Most of the men want to get out of the navy as soon as Inactive duty appeals to men with several years left on their regular hitch because it will considerably shorten their active duty period and it appeals to men with only a few points who want to stay in college and take the Active duty appeals to men who want complete discharges from the navy to return to college without taking as well as to men who want more time to apply on the GI bill of The unit and the medical units were the first active duty naval units on the University of Utah The medical unit closed at the end oi the first quarter and the regular unit will close at the end of the second Plans for the peacetime unit at the University of Utah include three new advantages that will be offered to civilians upon enlistment in the They are Payment of tuition by the government Payment of fifty dollars a month to the students and Uniform Enlistments would be on the basis of competitive The men in peacetime ARO will be on inactive not on active duty as the men are |