Collection: Student Army Training Corps Records

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, rosters, and budgetary data relating to the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) program at Tufts during World War I.

Dates

1917 -- 1918

Creator

Student Army Training Corps

Language of Materials

English

Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproductions and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Copyright to all materials created by Tufts University employees in the course of their work is held by the Trustees of Tufts University.

Arrangement

This collection organized into one series: Student Army Training Corps.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

The Student Army Training Corps (SATC) was organized at Tufts in the late summer of 1918 to take the place temporarily of the ROTC during World War I.The purpose of the SATC was to train enlisted men for special military assignments. After a twelve-weeks' term, men from each unit were to be sent to officers' training campus, non-commissioned officer' schools, or cantonments, or were assigned to assist in instructing others at SATC units. The SATC began training in mid-October, after the opening of the college had been delayed by an influenza epidemic. The armistice was signed less than a month later. On November 27, 1918, orders were received to demobilize the SATC.