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...Committee on Houses this week turned down a request by a unit of the Army Organized Reserve Corps to place representatives in the common rooms at dinner time to answer questions for prospective enlistees. The unit was the 356th Field Artillery Battalion of the 94th Division...
...356th Field Artillery Battlaion is a component of the 94th Infantry Division, Organized Reserve Corps. It is a "troop basis" unit, and, as such qualifies its members for postponement of induction under Selective Service administrative regulations. Under these regulations those who onlist in "troop basis" reserve units will not be called up by Selective. Service so long as they participate satisfactorily in reserve duties. This regulation can be changed at any time, however, by administrative order by General Hershey, but probably will remain in force as far as can be determined...
...might also be pertinent to point out that the commanding office of the 356th is Major W. Bruce Pirnie, Jr., '41, not Major Douglas D. Pirnie '43, as reported in the CRIMSON article...
Might I further point out that if a student decides he does want to join a reserve unit, the 356th is just about as good a "deal" as he will find in the reserve in this area. Alexander Clark Assistant Director of Student Placement
Clark criticized Major Douglas D. Pirnie '43, Commandant of the 356th Field Artillery Battalion, 94th Infantry Division, Organized Reserve Corps, for suggesting in a recruiting speech in Emerson D that his unit would not be called up in the near future and that students joining the unit would postpone their military service...