540 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



manual of arms and sword ; bayonet exercise, skirmish drill, 

 target practice ; ceremonies, marches, field service. 



Artillery : schools of the soldier, detachment, and battery 

 (dismounted). Mortar drill, sabre exercise, pointing, and 

 field service. 



BATTALION ORGANIZATION. 



For instruction in infantry tactics and discipline, the ca- 

 dets are organized into a battalion of two or more companies 

 under the commandant. The officers, commissioned and non- 

 commissioned, are selected from those cadets who are best 

 instructed and most soldier-like in the discharije of their 

 duties. As a rule, the commissioned officers are taken from 

 the seniors, the sergeants from the juniors, and the corporals 

 from the sophomores. All seniors are detailed to act as com- 

 missioned officers. 



Commissioned Staff". 



George H. Barber, First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Charles S. 



Phelps, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 



Non-commissioned Staff. 



George W. Wheeler, Sergeant-Major. David F. Carpenter, 



Quartermaster Sergeant. 



Color Guard. 

 Sergeants, — Kingsbury Sanborn, National Colors. Richard F. 



Duncan, State Colors. 



Privates, — C. S. Howe, F. B. Carpenter, W. H. Caldwell, 



W. M. Ball, S. H. Long, F. C. Allen. 



Captains. 



1. Joel E. Goldthwait, Co. A. 2. Edwin W. Allen, Co. B. 



3. Edward R. Flint, Co. C. 



Lieutenants. 



1. Hezekiaii Howell, Co. A. 2. Charles W. Browne, Co. B. 



3. L. J, DE Almeida, Co. C. 



First Sergeants. 



1. Charles W. Clapp, Co. A. 2. Winfield Ayre, Co. B. 



3. John K. Barker, Co. C. 



