Marine Corps Reserve

THE UNITED STATES Marine Corps is planning to increase its Reserve Officer strength to meet the increasing demands of the present emergency. Under these plans, applicants for Reserve Commissions will be selected for active duty from recent college graduates who are not members of the Army Reserve, National Guard, or Naval Reserve. The first three months would be spent as a candidate with rank of private in the Reserve, undergoing intensive training at Quantico, Virginia.

On completion of this training, those recommended by their Commanding Officer would be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve and given an additional three months training in a reserve officers' course designed to qualify them as platoon commanders. Of these officers, those recommended would be retained on active duty with troops for an additional six months, with possible extension if circumstances warrant. On completion of this duty the officer would continue in the Reserve in an inactive status. The first class is scheduled to start November 1, 1940, with succeeding classes commencing on February 1 and May 1, 1941. This offer is open to college graduates under 25 years of age. A recommendation from the President of the College is required.

If you are interested in this offer, communicate with Prof. Harold J. Tobin 'l7, chairman of the American Defense Dartmouth Group, who will furnish you an application blank and a recommendation to be returned to the Major General Commandant, Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.