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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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On Feb. 19, the U.S. Army announced withdrawal of over 100,000 student-soldiers from colleges by April 1 to meet a 200,000 induction shortage due to offensive operations and casualties, reducing ASTP to 35,000 focused on advanced medical and engineering training. Similar cuts hit air forces program.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UP)—The army Saturday began preparations to withdraw more than 100,000 student-soldiers from colleges and universities by April 1 to help meet a shortage of 200,000 in required army inductions.
This drastic slash of the army specialized training program was decided on, the war department announced, because of "the increased tempo of offensive operations together with the mounting casualties demanding immediate replacements in the field."
The cut will trim ASTP enrollment to 35,000 from an authorized strength of 150,000. Those remaining will be mainly trainees taking advanced medicine, dentistry and engineering courses, and will include 5,000 pre-induction students.
The cut will not affect the 17-year-olds in the army specialized training program reserve, the authorized strength of which is 25,000.
Curtailment of the ASTP follows a similar sharp cut in the army air forces college training program. On Jan. 29 it was announced that 70 colleges and 14 civilian contract schools would be released by the air forces as soon as current courses at these institutions were finished. This affected a substantial part of the air forces' college training program.
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Washington
Event Date
Feb. 19
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the cut will trim astp enrollment to 35,000 from 150,000. those remaining will be mainly trainees in advanced medicine, dentistry, and engineering courses, including 5,000 pre-induction students. the cut will not affect the 17-year-olds in the astp reserve (authorized strength 25,000).
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The army began preparations to withdraw more than 100,000 student-soldiers from colleges and universities by April 1 to help meet a shortage of 200,000 in required army inductions. This slash of the army specialized training program was decided because of the increased tempo of offensive operations and mounting casualties demanding immediate replacements. Curtailment follows a similar cut in the army air forces college training program, where 70 colleges and 14 civilian contract schools would be released after current courses.