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...Which combines features of both universal military training and universal military service. U.M.T. would require 18-year-olds to take six months' basic training in a special corps, after which they would have a choice of serving six more months, or enlist in the armed forces, join the National Guard, Reserves or R.O.T.C. U.M.S. would require six months' basic training followed by two solid years in active military service...
...allows for flexibility of choice of service in June. It is important to note that any person who has received an order to report for pre-induction physical examination (the postmark on the notice is the crucial date) is frozen for Selective Service, and may not under any circumstances enlist, in any branch of the service. Currently the Army is the only Service using the Selective Service, but this does not mean that a man who is drafted will end up in the Infantry, although many will. It is also pertinent that all drafted men in the Army are eligible...
Some citizens of the College community are about to make a mistake. They are about to enlist in the armed services. Perhaps their contemplation of this action was induced originally by the newspapers which have been playing the draft situation high on the front page for weeks, or, perhaps they believe they can gain some advantage by their move. Certainly in a few cases this advantage may exist. But for most students enlisting now would be a serious error...
...Choice: Enlist...
...survey of more than 53 colleges and universities showed that many students had been called into Reserve units and that large numbers of students had planned to enlist after mid-term examinations rather than wait to be drafted in June, since some choice of service had been available...