The weekly Butte record., 1862-03-01
Military Training in our Common
Schools.

Schools.
The question Of the introduction into our
public schools of q system of military training
is obtaining IN the East the attention it de
serves. Governors Andrew, Curtain and Nor
gan have each recommended it for legislative
consideration in their messages and in dif.
eFent quarters it has been the subject Of resolu-
tons and inquiry by local educational boards.
The Mayor Of Bangor, Ne, has introduced
the military drill 10 the schools Of that city,
under the authority Of the Common Council !;
and many Of our best Eastern schools and
academies use it, and find il an inducement
with parents who wish to place theiE boys at
school. In New York il has been already in-
trodGced as a regular exercise in the Normal
School. In the report of the New York State
/ Superintendent Of Public Instruction, the in-
PRODUCTION Of military drill ard training in
public schools. Is unhesitatingly recommended.
The advantages Of adding such branch of
tuition to the common school course are evident
10 every body. The New York State Super
intendeut says truly that" q few minutes
taken each day from the hours Of shool, for the
! purpose Of going through the simple evoiutlons
Of military practice and the manual OF arms,
besides afording needed exercise aEd.Fecreation,
would fix those habits Of prompt and concerted
action, that ease aud facility Of movement 10
combitanion and mass which would be the best
possible preparation OF a citizen sodiery for the
sudden exigincies that have befallen Us. II It
be true that the child shoGld learn that which
he viii have occasion TO Use when be becomes
man-and the proposition Is too se!ievident
for deuial-then, in view of the service which
the citizens may be called upon TO render in
defence of bis country, does that preparation
which viii make such service nest effective,
become an important consideration In the
training of the child?
If we desire peace hereafter we must make
ourselves formidable. And though the subject
of military training in schools strikes Ameri-
cans as a novelty, it is by 10 means so.
A similar system was introduced by the
iron-hearted Lycurgus into the primary educa-
ton OF the Spartaus and 1t was owing TO this
education that these people were rendered al
most invncble in war. The Romans, too,
compelled every citizen, when he reached the
age Of seventeen. to be exercised in military
drill, and 10 undergo a system of physical
training which included marching, running,
leaping, vault;ng, wrestling and swimming
both armed and unarmed Those countries
like our own, were dependent upon the people
for their protection. Amongst the Romans
every citizen was obliged to take up arms in
defense of the State when required, those only
being excepted who were above fifty, and the
lowest class, who, from their poverty, were
exempted from military drill. That these
manly exercises cminently fitted them to the
duties of soldiers is self-evdent.
Mr.. Chadwick, who has paid much atten-
tion to this subject in England, states that
practiced drll-master thinks pupils may be
drilled as early as at the age Of five years.
The joints are then more supple and more ca
pable of being properly trained than at the age
of adolescence. Besides, what Is learned in
childhood is not only better learned, but rarely
ever forgotten in after life. We advise. by all
means, that this important matter have the
immediate and serious attention Of our legisla-
tors. The cost is Insignificant, and the advan-
tages cannot be overrated. Had the system
been introduced into our country ten years ago,
more money would 10 consequence thereof
have been saved in the present year than would
have been expended in drilling your youth for
a century. Let us drill as well as educate our
children, and then we shall always have an
army ready for any emergency.
The LAST Hours OF Ex-PREsIDExr TYLER
The Richmond Examiner of Jan. Goth says:
On Saturday morning the public were start
led by the intelligence that, little after mid
night ex- President Tyler had .breathed his last
at his rooms in the Exchange Hotel of this
city. The announcement Of the melancholy
fact occasioned the most painful surprise in the
community, as it had not been known that
Tyler had been sick, or even generally known
that he had at all been indisposed. On the
Sunday morning preceding his death Tyler
a1tr - na +abf at ba EN-..
Hotel, as usual. While slipping cup of tea
he was seized with a sudden faintness, and on
attempting TO rise from his chair fell to the
floor. He was taken into the ladies parl0r
where he recovered and was then conveved to
his chamber Several physicians were present,
and came to the assistance of Tyler This
sudden attack Of Illness was not supposed to be
serious and gave but little alarm, as it was
known that the deceased at different periods of
his life had been subject to severe attacks of
vertigo. Hopes were induIged of his speedy
recovery. and it was not doubted that he would
get well until the night he died, when he was
taken suddenly worse, and failing rapidly, but
without pain, died at precisely fifteen minutes
past twelve o'clock on Friday night At the
time of the decease of Tyler there were present
in his chamber Drs. Brown, Poachv and Miller
VoSidu !. w lISoa OF Nh4rleS OltY, MT. ahd
Mrs. Ballard, and Mrs. Tyler and child These
were the witnesses of his last moments De.
Brown had been sent for, and, on entering the
room, Tyler said, " Doctor, am dying" y
few moments and be fell eff into the utter
weakness preceding dissolution. One of the at
tending physicians approached the bedside with
medicine, and said. Mr. Tyler. let me give
you some stimnlant." will not have it,
replied the dying sufferer, and in few moments
quietly breathed bis last. His last intelligent
words was the reply 10 the doctor.
The Army TELEGRAru-The army tee-
graph now consists Of over one thousand miles
Of wire stretched through the different camps
from the headquarters Of Gen. Hooker on the
left, running towards the right wing till it
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