(110 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 21)
    Sec. 4. The graduates of the said university, college, academy or other educational institution, shall be eligible to appointment as brevet second lieutenants in the Illinois National Guard, and may be commissioned as such and assigned to companies at the discretion of the Governor upon the recommendation of the inspecting officers and of the commanding officer of the company to which any graduate may be assigned, not exceeding one to each company.
(Source: Laws 1895, p. 324.)