Show Trainees Trainees' Morals Guarded Jealously b Stresses ses Integration Of Youthful Personalities By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator In this Ibis the third of oj a series art on universal military training further differences between this this s system stern and previous training methods are art discussed WASHINGTON Aside Aside from the loss of his freedom which I discussed in a previous column the young men called upon for military training object to having their schooling interrupted orthe or orthe orthe the securing of a job postponed The national security training act would answer those objections educational and vocational advantages this way a The trainee gets voc under which in many cases h he would not otherwise have and b He literally earns carns while he learns Let me quote from the November issue of the Army Information Digest Digest Digest Di Di- gest I Each trainee during the first I phase and if he elects to take a secand second sec sec- m ond and six months 1 1 would receive a ai i 30 30 cash allowance allowance allow allow- i ance monthly If Ift Iff f t he is the chief family support he would qualify I for a dependency allowance which i would be paid wholly by the government This allowance would 3 be 50 a month w for one dependent depend depend- z ent an and d S 65 65 a month for two or Baukhage g a more dependents During initial training the trainee would be entitled to benefits of the soldiers' soldiers and sailors' sailors civil relief act of 1940 and to the death and disability disability disability dis dis- dis- dis ability benefits furnished civilian employees of the government As to the educational factor the report of the sub committee on education education education edu edu- cation a division of the Ul civilian civilian civilian civil civil- ian advisory committee which visits visits visits vis vis- vis- vis its the Fort Knox experimental unit regularly set forth the principle that should be so flexible that thata a man could return to school or to his civilian occupation without a loss of considerable time and therefore therefore there there- fore lore it is more advantageous to maintain the six-month six period of initial training with a minimum of education than to prolong this period period period pe pe- of training and permit inclusion inclusion I sion of a comprehensive educational I I program To ensure that the trainee does not lose sight of his life objective objective objective tive a well planned counselling program is recommended It would be conducted by an educational educational educational edu edu- staff including a trained psychologist The six-month six training period where the accent is on the military is by no means ALL military Bayonet Bayonet Bay Bay- f onet practice and dirty fighting have been eliminated and out of the entire six sL months only hours are devoted to actual training the rest restI I to processing and orientation There is a week once-a-week lecture on citizenship and morality and general general general gen gen- eral information is included in the regular troop information period In k f 3 r u ut f i t t r pp fY r Y p Apprentice training in plastics and other vocations are some of the extra duty activities offered by Ul experimental unit at Fort Knox i the experimental unit at Fort Knox says the Army Information Digest It is not uncommon for the officer of the day while inspecting a rifle at daily guard mount to ask the trainee Who is the secretary of war or Who heads our diplomatic mission to Moscow it The Tho inn P u. u 0 trainer and trainee according to the Digest is not that of sergeant sergeant ser ser- geant and recruit but rather of Instructor and pupil Nearly 50 per cent of the men at Fort Knox participate in the off- off duty educational program and some have completed graduation from high school by this route According to the Dig Digest st report made in June the barracks smell of profanity and obscenity does not exist Without in any way sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sac sac- virility the Digest claims that a new way of looking at things has been created Sex has its place in instruction The trainee gets a healthy understanding of the normal normal normal nor nor- mal place of sex in raising a family family family fam fam- ily is taught that the only sure way to avoid venereal disease is contin contin- ence Plenty of entertainment Is provided at Fort Knox including including including ing a canteen where soft drinks and snacks are available but no alcoholic beverages are sold So much for the first six months After that period there are a number number number num- num ber of options which the trainee can exercise He can remain for an additional additional additional addi addi- six months' months training in the national security training corps he can enlist in the armed services the national guard or the enlisted reserve corps with assignment to an organized unit he can enter one of the service academies academics take specialist special special- or technical work at an approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved college or exercise other alternatives For those who cannot accept any of the named above-named options there is enlistment in the enlisted reserve corps for six years with active duty requirements of not more than 30 days a year The first experimental unit at Fort Knox has just lust about completed the second cycle of its training the first cycle having ended in July N 4 f ra r A. A y 4 rk rs 9 Ul IT program centers on a se selective selective selective se- se schedule of instructive military training Since last January a civilian advisory advisory advisory ad ad- committee of 34 men and women has served continuously visiting visiting visiting vis vis- vis- vis the unit individually and in groups They have observed the trainees at work at play on leave in and around Louisville This committee by the way represents a fair section cross-section of the parents educators religious ous leaders newspapermen and public officials whose interest either personal professional or patriotic makes maItes universal training important to them This committee says that as a result result result re re- sult of this year of training the boys have by definite spiritual and moral training self-expression self through individual hobbies training for leadership and respect for authority authority au au- au- au and the rights of others aswell aswell as aswell I well as gaining gaming military skills which are taught under discipline not regimentation As one man from Louisville put it to me Its lilts an entirely different thing from ordinary GI experiences The boys themselves are the best witnesses wit wit- nesses According to the Century fund cotton supplies more than three-fourths three of all fiber consumption in hi the United States Now I know what they put into my breakfast food t 4 The housing problem seems highly high high- ly explosive Frank Creedon who I recently resigned as housing expediter expediter expediter ex ex- ex- ex to join an atomic energy project probably finds fords splitting atoms safer They have a national letter writing writing writing writ writ- ing week I understand Letter writing writing writ writ- i ing makes me weak any week |