Military Instruction and Manual Labor

File — Box: 1, Folder: 22

Scope and Contents

1. Circular on the conditions for substituting courses for drillwork. Mar. 10, 1876
2. Pamphlet from War Department - laws and regulations about training of Army officers at educational institutions. April 6, 1904
3. Copy of Federal Act empowering President to set up military training programs at Colleges and Universities
4. Military histories of several students at Cornell
5. Letter from Office of Secretary of War concerning authority for detailing of Army officers as Military Instructors at colleges, particularly about one Major Wittlesey. Feb. 9, 1894
6. Extract from order to Major W. to Familiarize colleges with system of military instruction. April 4, 1894
7. Extract from a letter of Mr. Cornell's in N.Y. Tribune dated August 10, 1868 concerning validity of manual labor
8. Letter to Hewett from William R. Brown containing reminiscences of his about White's fostering self-help in students. November 25, 1904