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a part of lucky ones became instructors of military schools or accounting officers where
they could use their academic knowledge. Some fought as non-commissioned officers and
soldiers.

concLusion
Since the conscription law of 1873, the privilege granted to students had changed its char-
acter as time passed. the privilege was at first intended to attract the educated and the rich
into the military for bringing up reserve officers.
The privilege may have been attractive, but at the same time, the military maneuvered it
to mobilize students in the end. in retrospect, it is ironic that the original privilege intended
to keep the students away from the military became an instrument to force them to go to the
war.
You may want to read Listen to the Voices from the Sea, which is available in english.
This is a collection of letters and diaries by Japanese students who faced immediate death.

BIBlIograpHy (major works referred to)

Kumagai Mitsuhisa. Nihongun no Jintekiseido to Mondaiten no Kenkyu (A Studies of the Problems of
Japanese Army Personal System). Tokyo: Toshyokankoukai, 1994.
Archive Section of the Univ. of Tokyo. Tokyo Daigaku no Gakutodouin Gakutosyutujin (the Student
Mobilization of the Univ. of Tokyo). Tokyo: Tokyodaigakushuppankai, 1998.
oue Shinobu. Chouheisei (Conscription). Tokyo: Iwanamishyoten, 1981.
Ninagawa Jyukei. Gakutoshyutujin –Sensou to Seisyun (Student Mobilization –War and Youth).
Tokyo: Yoshikawakoubunkan, 1998.

Kato Yoko. Chouheisei to Kindai Nihon 1868-1945 (Conscription and Modern Japan, 1868-1945).
Tokyo: Yoshikawakoubunkan, 1996.
Fukuma toshinori. Gakutodouin Gakuto shutujin –Seido to Haikei (Student Mobilization –System
and Back ground). Tokyo: Daiichihoukisyuppan, 1980.