Ixviii DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



Number of target practices, lasting three hours, with an average attend- 

 ance of 14 students 6 



On July 13, 1886, I delivered a public lecture in the chapel, entitled, " The 

 English Soldier in Bermuda." On September 29, 1886, I delivered a lecture to 

 my class in Tactics on " The Duties of Guards and Sentinels." 



On Decoration Day (May 30, 1880,) the Cadets accepted an invitation to 

 march in the street parade in Lansing, and made a creditable appearance. 



Fifty-seven of the cadets, fully uniformed and equipped, attended the State 

 Fair, at Jackson, on September 16 and 17, 1886. Of this number a company 

 of thirty, commanded by Cadet Captain Irving B. Bates, participated in the 

 street parade and drill on the 17th. Of this company the Detroit Free Press 

 of the 18th of September, spoke as follows : 



"The agricultural bovs came in next. Dressed in blue and with the whitest 

 of white gloves, they presented a very fine appearance. Their manual was 

 manual, indeed. The marching of the cadets was precision from first to last." 



Since my last report the College Armory has been completed, and the number 

 of cadet Springfield rifles, loaned by the War Department, has been increased 

 to 150. The Armory is satisfactory in all respects for military purposes. 



Discipline among the cadets, during the hours when they have been subject 

 to my control, has been good. They have shown great interest and aptitude at 

 drill and are never disobedient or insubordinate. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



I respectfully repeat my recommendation of last year that every student 

 shall be required to drill two years as a condition for graduation, and that the 

 Legislature be requested to confer the brevet rank of Second Lieutenant in the 

 M. S. T. on all graduates of the college who earn this honor. 



I recommend that the cadets go into camp for one week during the summer, 

 at some place in the vicinity of the college. Tents for the purjDose would 

 doubtless be supplied by the State Q,. M. Dept. 



Lastly I suggest that a suitable house be provided at the college for the itse 

 of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Since the State receives his 

 services gratis he should at least be comfortably quartered. My successor will 

 reap the benefit of this suggestion, if it is acted upon, as my own connection 

 •with the college will, by operation of law, probably cease during the coming 

 year. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



J. A. LOCKWOOD, 

 2d Lieut. 17th U. S. Infantry, 

 Professor of Military Science and Tactics. 



Michigan Agricultural College, ) 

 October, 1886. ) 



