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-;(■ -j;- Curing 1969^ drsftv;cs vctre killed at the I’p.te of 31 per IjOOO and injured at the I’ats of 203 per 1^000, while first t..rra snListees wore killed at the rate of 'Ll per i_,000 and injured at the rate of 120 per 1^000* The ^reason draftees tend to be killed at a much higher rate is that the hrrny^ in a procedure different from previous ;., wars^ allows men xfoo enli-st for three year to choose what job they want, ^ Because of this_5 di’afteos who make up of tne men entering the Army, tend to make up a much ,!; higher percentage of combat units. William K. Brohm, assistant secretary ot the Army for manpower and reserve affaii explains that "tho popular jobs are the_ ones for which people enlist. They do%‘.t enlist for the hard-core combat skil‘ ' That is v^^y draftees tend to populate hard-cora;combat skills';, 1Q% of the + ..,r onnrt ar-hT 11 c-'TV arp dra 'l ilBIToRS hLTH) If you aren't afraid to work, and if yci can write, or are willing to leSrn, wc want ycu. Contact Frank Austin, II6 wew ha.ll; hiss Janet otone;; Allen Scitnci’, llh hew hall; hiss Pat.i\icia Butler, 302 nontreat-A-ndersen hall; or any other staff member for further info.rr/iotion. TT THh h’hvSPAPFR w:cicomt'S mate.id.al from all sources within or outsid; the wontreat- n.nderson commiinity, whether in agre.-ment or disagi-ecment with the views espressed in these pages. .f- t' t.-.y, armet’’ and artillery are draf^i^.*" A defense Department manpower expbrt,;,.^^ ; who refused to be quoted by name, told_ a"'" reporter for National Joulrnal^ a newslette which requested the Army study, that studied this problem very refuliy. PecplJ’ don't deem to enlist in-the Army to fight. 'tie recognize the ihsghity this caufj^;S^ in a shooting war, but we don't know what to., do about it." y:. College graduates are slightly less ' '■ likely^to be assigned to ctmbat'duty ■but.thare are no figures separating’-^rafte|s from e-nlistecs among college .ghaduate^ 3(^o2% of the graduates who entered..We Army in 1969 were assigned to combaj/\jobs, vompared with the overall rate of hi*%. 61% of,the graduates were draftee's. ^The higher'"death rate of draftees'in \ietnam hav-.. been .anded by. an ment to the- military protiurement bill,, which would h§ve barred the sending of dra.ftees. to Yietnam unless they voluntecirl to go. The amendraent, author.ed*by'Sqm* William Proxmire, (D-Wisc.) .was r^j'BUted by a vote of 22-71. (Among those voting 1 "no" Wore Senatqrs Jordan and lidwin of '. S- V, North Carolina.) , The Army says, it, has- ncr figured^ on lAle cnanccs of a drhftqe .^erv^ng in Vietpagi, but other figures indfeate thst'8,"'‘*^ draftees ayi % to Vietnam each mc|it,h. The montnly-'-draft call has been runhi'ng' of all draftles. about 10,000." in the Arm,' 30$ Nere serving in Vietnam oriv ■ July 1, compsredTwxth 2^W o£ first - Ui& GJi.LiL si} ccis .* 1 j". Mejny pc-r.^ionsj 3jric'Xudxr?g" Son. Projjcniire- feel that the thre;-yer.r erJ.iStt;ds sfiiuid not bt. able to opt out of combat while.' draftees must fight; the-Army is appar— ently unwilling to r.;mtve the provision , becouse enlistmdjts might drop, foro-in-'^ a drastic rise in draft calls. "As strange as it sounds,-," Brahm said, "only'*b00 . yo,..ng men a month out of 200 million Am ericans are s, ■:l'- enlisting for combat. If we went to an all-voluntcor force' in Vietnam', 1- it's conceivable that that's all w-- rnd'^ht out." "■
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