Show R 0 T C eap exp expands n enrolls men en minneapolis the army of students taking ROTC military training at american colleges high schools and academies has expanded another men with the fall enrollments of 1940 to a total enrollment of trainees applications are pouring into the war department for establishment ot of new ROTC units from schools and colleges now without them applications are already on file from schools treble the number of institutions represented on the application files of the war department a year ago there is little immediate kikeli bood of any of these requests being Nj Vr granted as the army cannot spare any more experienced officers for instruction purposes according to a new report on military training in U S schools by northwestern national life insurance company total ROTC student military enrollment totaled men in the academic year 1939 1940 which was an increase of 20 per cent over the previous two years the 1940 41 enrollment roll ment consists of men taking the basic two year training taking the advanced course and youths enrolled in junior units of prep and high school grade according to the report meanwhile the comparatively limited group of students in naval ROTC units is also showing a sharp expansion to a number approximating at 19 universities ais atlie FT lie navys present program in chis work calls for a maximum of men at 26 different schools just as the army ROTC graduates are eligible for second lieuten anches in the officers reserve of the army at the end ot of four years training naval ROTC graduates with satisfactory grades are eligible tor for ensign ships in the naval reserve they are required to take at least one 30 day salt water cruise on a naval ship during their tour four years course but ore privileged to take one each summer during their four vears vars |