THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
MARCH,  IQIQ 
EDITORIAL. 
THE  POSITION  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  EDUCATION 
AND  SPECIAL  TRAINING  IN  REGARD  TO  S.  A.  T.  C. 
UNITS  IN  SCHOOLS  OF  PHARMACY. 
Under  the  above  title  there  is  printed  in  the  "  Correspondence  " 
in  the  February  number  of  -the  Journal  of  the  American  Pharma 
ceutical  Association  the  following  letter. 
War  Department. 
Committee  on  Education  and  Special  Training,  Section  of  Training 
and  Instruction  Branch  War  Plans  Division,  General  Staff. 
January  18,  1919. 
Charles  H.  La  Wall,  President, 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
39  South  10th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dear  Sir:  You  have  requested,  as  President  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  a  statement  of  the  position  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Education  and  Special  Training  in  regard  to  S.  A.  T.  C. 
units  in  schools  of  pharmacy.  The  basis  of  this  request  is  that  the 
subject  has  been  under  discussion  by  many  who  are  interested  in 
education  in  pharmacy  and  in  the  pharmaceutical  journals,  and  that 
it  is  not  clear  that  the  position  taken  by  the  War  Department  has 
been  fully  understood.  With  the  permission  of  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Education  and  Special  Training  the  following 
statement  is  made : 
The  object  of  the  Students'  Army  Training  Corps  was  to  furnish 
a  supply  of  educated  men  from  whom  officers  for  the  new  army 
could  be  chosen,  and  to  direct  their  training  while  in  educational 
