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Caption: Course Catalog - 1890-1891
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ADDITIONAL COURSES. NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOUR COLLEGES. COURSE IN MILITARY SCIENCE. PROFESSOR ELBRIDGE R. HILLS, IST LIEUTENANT 5TH ARTILLERY.-'U.S.A. By 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 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 taught 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 to present an essay upon some military subject. This is retained in the library of the department. From these classes are selected the officers of the several companies, for which they act as instructors. The military instruction is under the charge of Lieut. Elbridge R. Hills, a graduate of the U. 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, and two pieces of field artillery. Ammunition is furnished for practice and target firing, and for artillery use. No student is eligible to the military class until 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. 69
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