Word: draft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Only a few of the men who have been accepted as Y. M. C. A. workers are of the draft age, as only those who have been exempted from military service were accepted...
Immediate consideration of this war problem is necessary to prevent future difficulties. Even if the draft age is not lowered, and, although preparatory school graduates are urged to obtain all the education they can, yet it is very doubtful if more students will be enrolled than at present. As a matter of fact, a continuous decrease is indicated in many ways; the likelihood of younger draftees, the increasing economy of money, and the experience of foreign universities. As war deficits exist already, and as they will surely grow no less under present conditions, every college is forced to adopt...
...national government has acted wisely in exempting from immediate military service all students of draft age who are regularly engaged in engineering studies, thus placing them in the same category with students in our medical schools. The experience of the other warring countries has demonstrated how large a part engineering, in its wider applications, is now called upon to play in military operations on land, at sea and in the air. We must keep our resources in engineering skill recruited to top notch at all hazards...
...general public appears to be under the impression that voluntary enrollments in the Naval Reserve Force ceased on December 15th, and that, after that date, all men of draft age, not previously enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force are ineligible. This belief has caused the naval authorities of this district considerable concern in view of the fact that the Second Naval District is in need of at least 1,500 additional men for its Naval Reserve Force. If, therefore, you would be willing to publish an article in your columns correcting this general impression, you would not only be doing...
...discussing the matter, Senator Lodge said: "The question has not come before Congress at this session, but the age limits for the draft were most fully considered at the time of the passage of the Act, and it seems to me doubtful if anything will be done to change them at the present time with over 9,000,000 men registered. I should certainly oppose any proposal of this nature...