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SCHOOL OF MILITARY SCIENCE.

PBOFESSOB CHABLES MCCLURE,

2ND LIEUT. I8TH INFANTRY, U. S. A.

Y the law of Congress, and of the State, the University is required to teach Military Tactics to its students. All able-bodied male students of the Preparatory year and of College classes of the first, second, and third years are enrolled in the companies -of the University battalion, and receiva 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; Duties of Sentinels. CLASS IN MILITAEY SCIENCE.

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Classes are taught in military science and tactics, as far as is requisite for officers of the line. From these classes are selected the officers of the several companies, for which they act as instructors. The military instruction is now under the charge of Lieut. Charles McClure, a graduate of the IT. S. Military Academy, and an officer of the regular army of the United States. A full supply of arms and ammunition is furnished by the War Department, including 300 cadet'rifles and accoutrements, two pieces of field artillery, 1,000 ball cartridges and 1,000 blank cartridges annually for target practice, with 100 cartridges and 300 friction primers for artillery. No student is eligible to the military class till he has reached the third term of the Freshman year, nor unless he is in good standing in all his studies. The course of instruction is confined strictly to two years. No student will be permitted to retain a command who does not maintain a good standing in conduct and scholarship. The instruction and class exercises occupy about three hours each week, arranged as far as possible so as not to interfere with any other