Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-22
For the Enquirer.

For tie Enquirer.
Mrssrs. Editors Yonr columns have rarely prescnted an
announcement gratifying to those who have Sons ID
educate than that Of the probable and speedy institution .!
military school and Cadet Guard at the Armory
You have very correctly argued that the preservation o
the and other public property and The various duties
which dcvove the proposed corps Of tadets can
necessarily for an organization essentially military.
1t is present purpose 10 draw comparison De
tween the moral religious condition OF military nstltutes
and theological scnlnaries ordinary colleges There can
be 10 doubt that the comparative morality and decolum o
different educational institutions depend less on the Se
designation peculiar province than on the regulations e
abshed the degree of subordnaon eSacted o pupils ana
the department OF professors.
We ARE ycf learn that The military academies oi Eng
land France Prussia exhibit less discipline and decosou7
proprey than those from which the military feature ~ rA
cluied 10 come nearer home be- alleged win
shadow OF truth that the annals o the United States Ai
ry Academy Of the Virginia Military Institute pieseh'
css attractive results graduates less distinguished or use
ulness in civil life than those oi our lnedica OF ohe'
schools North South Indeed the striking success oi
r experiment Lexington affords o Itself stheient areu
meni favor OF the immediate erection o other institutions
on similar principles and have arrived at Crisis III
our history in which the South bo ytay interested III
increased diffusion Of military science anu sA' as
ieT . =. ~.
Military exercises known contribute as nuch 10 ne
hralrhul expansion the chest and development oil hu5e
und bodily yigor any system that can be de'sso anu w
more corporal exeon will be requisite In he VI
cadets regular duty, than this last consideration aohe
would call Tor. 49,, >;
Ii our good too at this conGnctnre, 10 have IN
,ur midst an individual who, by natural capacity ot
rnurcph lndoc trinutio naftia science by iesua
course at our National School West Point perfected oy
foreign travel and long period OF service II ouI gallant .,
nv i pre- einenty fitted for the post Of superintendent
Such are the qualifications OF the individual aisuaea
To- 10 dwell on them and his claims 10 the lasting graft
tuie OF our community would be equally superiuo4s
will oy point the Stale Guard and ask VINO mas ehestea
thai eourion both moral and military which s no less op
n.rent IA MS country farmers rayeirr and citIehs
o Richmond. ,
boldly aver and challenge dsproot thai bette, eonci
TONED COMPANY regulars j. not 10 be found IN any service
N lie il as nuisance if prase call II "a il'sHs On tt
| lut 4 horn
his e,umple and devotion has shed around him saluaiy III
auencc which has confined itself TO his command Is Tic
man whom our State SHOULD delight 10 honor
There are numbers of conntrymen, like myself VINO nav
ons 10 educate and who desire place them undei Inc eG
dance Of the present commander of the State ard as s
s.est means Of rendering lem useful TO hr 'oh''.
see ,ha laid armory school mnder more euPhoEo"s
] title how eyer,D and fouri-h. 'ol y N HA.''