Show service dependency classification widened national headquarters for selective service has stated that dependency is not merely a matter of financial support all local boards in classifying married men whose wives are employed are cautioned to carefully weigh social and other factors actors national headquarters recognizes izes that the establishment and maintenance of the homo home is of great importance to the national interest and should be continued as a unit wherever possible marriage since enactment of the law since registration tra tion or even after classification is not in insela evidence of a desire sire upon the part of the registrants to evade the law the question has teen deen asked what will the drafted men learn while they are in the army nothing but military says colonel william H draper jr of the general staff col draper tells us the united states intend to repeat the mistake made by france during the first man french soldiers sat behind the mag aa AIT e inot line studying cor correspondence cc 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 noile too long a time to train a soldier in the intricate techniques of modern war obviously speaking for me 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 evi dent that the function of army training is to prepare men for national defense and that nothing else should be allowed to stand in its way and the the same time we hope the last word on this subject been spoken military science has been revolutionized in the last few years and especially in the last few months some fairly im experts hold the view that the old fashioned infantryman trained in drill and the use of the riffle rif lle much better fitted for I 1 fighting today than a civilian would be one of the jobs mis inis 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 |