Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890
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230 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. N O T INCLUDED IN THE F O U R COLLEGES. SCHOOL OF MILITARY SCIENCE. PROFESSOR CURTIS B. HOPPIN, 1ST LIEUTENANT 2ND CAVALRY, U. S. A. By the law of congress, and of the state, the University is required t o teach military tactics t o its students. All ablebodied male students of the p r e p a r a t o r y year and of college classes of the first, second and third years are enrolled in t h e companies of the University battalion, and receive instruction in the following military exercises: School of the Soldier; Manual of Arms. School of the Company; Movements by Platoons, Firings, etc. School of the Battalion; Ployment and Deployment of close Columns. Battalion and Company Skirmish Drill; Bugle Calls. Bayonet Fencing; Target Practice. Guard and Picket Duties of Sentinels. CLASS IN MILITARY SCIENCE. Classes are t a u g h t in military science and tactics, as far as is requisite for officers of the line. At the end of the junior year each member of the class is required t o present an essay upon some military subject. This is retained in the library of the department. F r o m these classes are selected the officers of the several companies, for which they act as instructors. The milit a r y instruction is under the charge of Lieut. Curtis B. Hoppin, a g r a d u a t e of the U. S. Military Academy, and an officer of t h e regular a r m y of the United States. A full supply of a r m s and ammunition is furnished by the war department, including 300 cadet rifles and accoutrements, and two pieces of field artillery. Ammunition is furnished for practice and t a r g e t firing, and for artillery use. No student is eligible t o the military class until he has reached the third term of the freshman year, nor unless he is in good s t a n d i n g in all his studies. The course of instruction is confined strictly t o two years. No student will be permitted t o retain a command who does n o t maintain a good standing in conduct and scholarship.
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