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...candidates for positions in the corps. The election for officers will be held on the last Tuesday in November. The requisite number of names having been appended to the Constitution, application will at once be made for the exchange of one hundred muzzle-loading Springfield rifles for Peabody breech-loaders and corresponding accoutrements. The amendment to the Constitution carried at the last meeting provides that attendance at half the number of regular company drills (one weekly) shall be necessary to entitle a member to target-shooting in the spring. A drum corps is in process of formation, and Freshmen...
...this corps was held at the Gymnasium on the evening of the 22d. Several names were added to the roll, including members of other departments of the University, and the meeting adjourned until Monday next, Oct. 29, at the same time and place. It has been ascertained that Peabody breech-loading rifles can be obtained from the State in exchange for the old muzzle-loaders, now in use by the corps, upon the proper requisitions being made. General Lister will exert every possible influence to place good arms in the hands of the corps, in the success of which...