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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />active duty allowing an otherwise impossible expansion of forces to be <br /> <br />accomplished during one of the most critical times in United Sta tes his tory; <br /> <br />well over lOO.OOO ROTC graduates served as commissioned officers during <br /> <br />World War II, many times more than the number of officers commis'sioned <br /> <br />from the nation's military academies; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The ROTC program of today continues to provide the armed <br /> <br />forces of our country with the well trained and responsible leaders which they <br /> <br />need to protect the security of our nation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is not only an indispensable <br /> <br />and major source of military officers but it is recog'nized as much more; it <br /> <br />provides the nation with citizen- soldiers who serve their nation in the finest <br /> <br />tradition of service to one's country by contributing time and ene:rgy to the <br /> <br />reserve forces of the nation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The ROTC program and the qualities which it teaches and instills <br /> <br />in its cadets and midshipmen have pro,ved beyond any dOl1bt to be of inestimable <br /> <br />value to the cadets and midshipmen themselves in their civilian careers; <br /> <br />approximately four percent of all college male graduates today have had the <br /> <br />benefit of ROTC, but this relat ively small group has produced 23 percent of <br /> <br />the men who earn over $100,000 annually, 16 percent of our state governors, <br /> <br />24 percent of our senators and 16 percent of our congressmen; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, American business and industry recognize the greater potential <br /> <br />of ROTC graduates. and many companies have established preferences for <br /> <br />ROTC graduates; a substantial percentage of doctors. lawyers and other pro- <br /> <br />fessional persons haye also had the benefit of ROTC training; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The ROTC program also enables numerous stlldents, who would <br /> <br />otherwise be unable to attend college or who wOl'ld be forced to discontinue <br /> <br />their education due to financial difficulties, to obtain a college degree thrqugh <br /> <br />the ROTC Scholarship program; at the present time, 19, 000 scholars~ips are <br /> <br />given to deserving cadets and midshipmen across the nation annually; these <br /> <br />scholarships pay for all. academic expenses, except ro~m and board, and pay an <br /> <br />additional $100 tax-free stipend for up to ten months of each scholastic year; and <br />