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by the Navy Department, with the approval of 

 President Humphreys, civilian director. 



It is contemplated to make a five-month 

 course for the training of an officer; one month 

 to be devoted to military and ship duties train- 

 ing at Pelham; one month at Stevens to re- 

 ceive the preliminary requirements and duties 

 of an engineer; one month in inspection and 

 repair duties at local shipyards, machine shops 

 and boiler shops; one month at sea in the en- 

 gine room of diiierent type boats; and one 

 month subsequent training and examination 

 at Stevens. It is expected to have about one 

 hundred men in each of these divisions, or five 

 hundred in all. 



Three of the divisions will be quartered in 

 barracks now in the course of construction on 

 the college grounds at the corner of Sixth and 

 Hudson Streets adjoining the Carnegie Lab- 

 oratory of Engineering. The school divisions 

 will attend classes in the lecture rooms of the 

 college, and will take their meals at the college 

 mess hall at Castle Stevens. 



The instructors for the school, with the ex- 

 ception of the civilian director, will he regu- 

 larly appointed commissioned officers of the 

 TTnited States ISTaval Auxiliary Eeserve and 

 will be selected particularly for their special 

 work. 



Quotas are furnished for this school by the 

 various JSTaval Districts throughout the coun- 

 try as outlilied by the ISTavy Department and 

 are required to meet the following qualifica- 

 tions : 



(a) Men of ability and ofacer material. 

 (6) Age 21 to 30 inclusive. 



(c) Completed Mgh-sohool course, and graduate of 



engineering course at a recognized teclmical 

 school or an equivalent of the above. 



(d) Must be regular Navy, N.N.V., or N.K.F. 



(any class) for general service, 



(e) Physically qualified for line officer — standard 



of regular Navy. 



ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS AND MILITARY 

 SERVICE 



We learn from the British Medical Journal 

 that the Minister of ISTational Service has is- 

 sued detailed directions with regard to the 

 " protection from military service of medical 

 students " now in civil life. These may be 



looked upon as the obverse of Army Council 

 Instruction No. 153 of 1918, which governs 

 the release of medical students from the ranks. 

 (1) A medical student who on March 5, 1918, 

 was a full-time student at a recognized medical 

 school, and had at that date passed his profes- 

 sional examination in chemistry, physics and 

 biology (or botany and zoology) for a medical 

 degree or license is not (subject to paragraphs 

 5, 6, 7 and 8, below) to be called up, whatever 

 his medical category or grade, so long as he re- 

 mains a full-time medical student. (2) A med- 

 ical student who on March 5, 1918, was a full- 

 time student at a recognized medical school, 

 and furnishes to the A.D.E. of his area a cer- 

 tificate from the dean, or corresponding offi- 

 cial, of his medical school that he should be 

 able to pass his first professional examination 

 as above on or below July 31 nest, is not to be 

 called up before July 31 next, whatever his 

 medical category or grade. If he passes that 

 examination by July 31 next his case will 

 thenceforward be treated as if covered by 

 paragraph 1. If he does not pass by that date 

 he will forthwith be called to the colors if 

 otherwise available and required for service, 

 unless he comes within the terms of paragraph 

 3. (3) A medical student (other than one 

 whose case is covered, or is to be treated as if 

 covered, by paragraph (1) who is or becomes a 

 full-time student at a recognized medical 

 school, and who is in Category B 2, B 3, C 2 

 or C 3, or is placed in Grade 3, is not (subject 

 to paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 1 and 8) to be called up, 

 so long as he remains a full-time student, 

 without reference to the Director of National 

 Service for the region. (4) A student pro- 

 tected under paragraph 3 who does not within 

 twelve months of commencing his professional 

 studies at a recognized medical school pass 

 his first professional examination as above, 

 will forthwith be called up if otherwise 

 available and required for service. (5) A 

 student protected under this instruction who 

 fails to pass his professional examination in 

 anatomy and physiology within thirty-sLx 

 months of commencing his professional studies 

 at a recognized medical school will similarly 

 be called to the colors. (6) For protection 



