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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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178 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. SCHOOL OF M I L I T A E T SCIENCE. REPORT BY CUETIS B. H O P P I N , F I R S T LIEUTENANT 2D CAVALRY, U. S. A., PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS. University of Illinois: I n compliance with verbal instructions from your office I respectfully submit the following report of the military department of the University now under my charge. I n accordance with orders from the Adjutant General, United States Army, I reported to you for duty Sept. 1, 1887, since which time I have been continuously under your orders. At the beginning of the fall term four companies, A and B, old students, C and D, new students, averaging 60 men, were organized for chapel formations and drills. During the fall term companies A and B were drilled Tuosdays and Thursdays in the school of the company, and in the ceremonies of guard mounting, inspection and dress parade; also in •the posting and instructing of sentinels. The aim in these drills being to instruct the student as far as practicable in the actual duties of the soldier. Companies C and D drilled Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the school of the soldier, including the setting up drills, marchings and the manual of arms. The drills from the 1st of November until the end of the fall term were short, owing to the fact that the hall is not lighted, for during the short days of that season it was impossible to see after 4:30 p. m., most of the time. Drills for the winter term began February 6th, owing to cold weather previous to that time, and have been confined to the manual of arms and to the school of the platoon and company. The aptitude of the American youth in matters military is well illustrated here, as I am sure it is in every school of the kind in t h e country, the great stumbling block being a lack of discipline which is hard to remedy. Theoretical instruction is given as follows: Sophomore Class—Fall term, school of soldier and the company. Winter term, skirmishes, school of the battalion and ceremonies. DEAR S I R : To the Regent,
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