Mr. SHERMAN. I will now submit an amendment to be inserted as additional sections before the last section of the bill. lt is a preposition which has been before the Mil itary Committee for some time, and I understand received its sanction: Aml he i! furthrr flnftcfll, Thnt for the purpose of promoting knowledge of military science among the young men ot the U.S. the President may. upon thonppliczition of nn establishedeollegeornni versity in the U.S. with sufficient capacity to educate at one time notloss than 150 male students.detail an officor of the Army to not us prr ident or superintendent of such college or university and he{ifiirrher mind, That the number of officers so detailed shall not exceed 20 at an one time, nndslinll be apportioned through the U.S. nsncurly as practicable according to population and shall be governed by renmnl rules to ho prescribed from time to time by the President. I can only state that this proposition has received the sanction of quite a number of odi a l cers, and it will cost the Government nothing. There are always this number of officers whose services are not needed in active service, especially in time of peace. They will be under the direction of the President, and may be recalled at any time when their services may be needed. Officers of this kind might easily be detailed to aid in military education at the colleges and universities throughout the U.S. For the purpose of limiting the number I have confined it to 20, and in order that they might not be sent to inferior colleges I have limited it to colleges that have 150 students. This is substantially a contribution by the U.S. of the expenses of a military professor, without any additional cost to the U.S. The officers who would be selected for this purpose would be probably on detailed duty if no such proposition was adopted. The officers likely to be detailed for this service would be officers wounded in the service, who had been edu cated at the eXpense of the Government, who might in this way render their education avail able in promoting military education through out the country. Another argument in favor of this proposition is, that it would promote uniformity. Military schools and colleges are springing up all over the U.S. In the southern Suites before the war they existed in almost every State. I think this contribution might be fairly given by the U.S. to promote militaryeducation; indeed it seems to me it would be of more service to the people of the U.S. than the establishment of a.militia, because it would educate 1,000s of young men throughout the U.S., and give them at least a preliminary knowledgeof military drill and science.