Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 2
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A PARTIAL LIST OF THE ACTIVI'I II < >!• THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN THE WAR To January, 1918 I. 2. 3. 4. Military drill required of ;ill freshmen and sophomore-. Reserve (>flkvr> Training I'nrps at (lie rniwrsity. Men oi all classes under military instruction about 1400. February, KM 7, President offers facilities of University to the President of the United States through the Governor of the State. Loss of students since declaration of war last April, more 1200. 5. 6. than Number of faculty, students and alumni now in the service of their country in the war, 2582, 300 of them now abroad, and also 200 medical and dental students in the enlisted reserve. Illinois men largely in charge of construction of the military camps during the past six months. Classes organized last spring to furnish men to the ordnance and quartermaster's departments, about 120 students enrolled. Red Cross course given completed by 140 students. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ambulance unit sent to France. About $10,000 in money raised for ambulance support. 11. 12. United States Government Army School of Military Aeronautics at the University. Food conservation. Professor Isabel Bevier spent two months ""ling the Food Department in Washington. The extensfon has conservation Belgian Relief g 13. The first service was about two months after the Wkh a donation of r ^ ^ ?'' 50 boxes of cloth £ ami $1500 m cash. Cash raised for Belgian relief $ i 3 & 5 3
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