George Chapin "Military History of the University of Illinois", 1923 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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George Chapin prepared this manuscript entitled "Military History of the University of Illinois, 1868-1923" in his position as secretary of the Committee on the Participation of the University of Illinois in the World War. This 1,119-page study describes the development of the military department of the University and the involvement of students and faculty in the Spanish-American War and in World War I. One chapter covers the activities of University women during the war. Also included are a preface and appendices which give enrollment figures for the military department and summaries of the department's activities in 1920.