54 DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



has been accomplished for the new department with which I have been con- 

 nected since I reported for duty three years ago. At that time there was no 

 military organization whatever. Before the expiration of the first year the 

 present placed armory, which is planned in accordance with my suggestions, 

 was completed, and the necessary arms were obtained from the U. S. 

 ordnance department and placed therein. Meanwhile a battalion of two 

 companies was enrolled, uniformed and daily infantry drills in the schools of 

 the squad, company and battalion were begun, and have been carried on 

 without intermission during each college year. At present the battalion 

 consists of 150 cadets. Drill is now compulsory for all students at certain 

 stated periods during the four years' agricultural course. The interest 

 of the students in military matters continues unabated, and the conduct 

 of those under me has, with few exceptions, been entirely satisfactory. 



The last legislature having authorized the erection of suitable quarters 

 for the professor of military science, the officers who follow me will be 

 spared the inconvenience and expense to which I have been subjected, con- 

 sequent upon necessarily living off of the college grounds. 



EECOMMENDATIONS. 



In my opinion the usefulness of this department would be vastly enhanced 

 and the morale of the students improved by transferring the discipline of 

 the students to the Military Department. The dormitories would then be 

 subject to systematic daily inspection, absentees from any college exercise 

 would at once be reported and accounted for; students would march to 

 classes, to work and to drill in orderly sections, instead of straggling along as 

 they now do ; and I am confident professors would be saved much annoy- 

 ance, and the president, especially, a great deal of the arduous work of 

 enforcing discipline, which now consumes so much of his valuable time. 



I respectfully invite attention to the fact that the rules of the college need 

 early revision, especially with a view to affixing proper penalties for absences 

 from drill. 



Verv respectfully your obedient servant, 



J. A. LOCKWOOD, 

 Lieut. J 7th U. 8. Infantry. 

 Professor of Military Science and Tactics. 



Michigan'Agricultural College, October, 1887. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To the President : 



The number of students using books is a gratifying indication of the work 

 done in the class-room; never before have there been so many students doing 

 regular reading in the library ; the helps to the reader are greater than ever 

 before, and are mainly found in the indexes and catalogues, now ready for 

 use. 



