When Congress created the National Defense Act of 1916 that created ROTC the college used to train troops for the war and retained .
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The Morrill Act required all students in land-grant colleges to receive some military training and the college only had one military instructor at a time, until Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1916 and the college established an ROTC the same year.
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Enrollment slowly declined because of students joining the service until it was arranged for an Army Specialized Training Program to be located at the college.
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