Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-12-25
ARMORY SCHOOL

Having shown that l0S Stale Cadets and 3o
Pay Cadets can be educated al The present cost
Of the Putlic Guard, and that all Inc miii airy
duties now performed ty The later, could be eii'-
cienlly discharged b. the former, we propose no"
| 10 point Out some 0! Inc advantages when "ou''
result, il the proposed transformation 1e maui
\ By taking The STATE Cadets from parents una
be 10 educate heir sons. lha, number would &c
4 quirc an education 10 which, Otherwise 'hey
would ever be strangers. And, snpposlhS '"a'
OF he les, - graduate every year, ana lhese
be made 10 teach school within The State al least
! Two wears, al compensation barely enough 10
maintain Them. there will be fifty thus ensasea'
| after The two frs. classes shall have sraoua'eo,
ever aferward; and, suPposng each mas sc"oo'
/ numbering %, there will be 1000 Children every
year being thus taught by these graduates AZ
| Ten wears 10000 will thus have been educated
II we suppose many Of these young men, mus
teaching school as return Tor The iioefai'y q
the State, 10 embrace il as profession anu eo'-
,inue beyond the Two years required by law do
doubtless will be the case, The NUMBER Oh 'he'e
school-masters will soon be ample Tor ne o'''e'
without having 10 depend upon Other ola'es ~
them.
Another and by no means small gam " %
derived from this school, will be, iha' lhe sd'''e
textbooks and ths same system OF leach'ns WIZ
ue adopted, wherever these graduates may se''i''
But il is urged that The intoxicating military
knowledge will be highly dangerous. ms e.
ror arises from an entire misunderstanding, as ~
The exlen, TO which this science IS taught; ana We
here insert The Subjects 10 which attention L Pa'a
al the Lexington institute, 10 which The PROPOSED
School is to he assimjlaled:
Frs vcar-A fiihmeIic first principles OF az
zebra and Geometry, English Grammar, 0eosra-
ply and French. ,
Second vear-AIgcbra, Geometry, Ana'y''ca'
Geometry commenced, French, Drawing, Lane
scape. 49,,
1ni,l pear-Anaytica Geometry concluded,
Descriptive Geometry, Shades and Shadows anu
Perspective Surveying DIffsren'iai an iatesIa'
Calculus French, Latin, Drawing, Topography
and Linear.
Fourth aea,-Mechanics Chemistry, Military
and Civil Engineering Tactics infantry anu AT
uery Latin English Literature Rhetoric Geo
eraphy and History
Thus, twill ae seen, that il is oty in Inc las.
years course thai any military studies are placed
before The cadets; they simply learning 'ne co"i-
mon drill in the three first years, known tof
should be) 10 every member oil our volunteer
companies Throughout, tn" Stale; and ms IS 'dusn'
between study and recitation hours when, a' di'
mber institutions, the students are in the Streets
acquiring loose habls AMI loose lansuase-shu
vet these military schools are condemned as oeins
Of immoral tendcnty.
During the last year Of instruction the move
ments of armies are superhcally looked mo- ana
the construction Of roads, canals, bridges, car
pen,ry and masonry are also taught, and some
slight attention is paid 10 the principles OF Field
Forts and Fonresses; The whole OF which tlhe
Military part) does no, absorb more Than 80 MN
u,es each day OF the 9TH year.
II, then, so little attention be given 10 The m'Ii-
tary sciences, why call them military schools
wby not strike on, this feature altogether from The
Armory school'
Il mus be remembered that military duties
mus, be performed AT The Armory. Else, Inc gu
600 stand Of arms ana all the other military pro-
petty there n depot, will be endangered, and The
guards a, the Peni,eniary and The Capitol ne
elected; 50 that The question is not an original
one. b,,t an al erna,ye 10 the state oil things As
they exist al present.
Next week We shall speak Of The advantages
10 the militia from Inc proposed reorganization.
There was slight mistake in our remarks
Yesterday, in saying thai the age 10 receive ca
dets is from Is 10 II. II should have been be-
tween L. and % years.