The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-27
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fEELETaRY TRAINING ITS
HIGHEST OFFICE THE
STATE li9EsTARY
ACADEMY

The man is ever TO be regarded
as higher than the soldier. In
trnth, SoIdiership is but an in
cideut Of manhood. To educate
one TO serve on the battlefield OF
his country is one Of the necessi-
! ties Of the times 10 Which we
live. This necessity will doubt
less not soon pass away. True,
"Were half the power that fills the world
with sorrow,
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps
..- and courts, ..
Given TO redeem the human mind from error,
There were no need of arsenals and forts.
| But little is given TO redeem
= the human MIND from error, and
hence the world is yet far from
I, that milienniaI era when there
shall be no call for the sword. no
need for arsenals and forts. And
yet high and useful as military
training is for the purposes of war
it serves higher and more use.
ful office III institutions oflearning
designed to prepare its members
for the civil duties Of life.
1t is when the military element
is used as a means to;an end-to
form character, TO maintain dis.
cipiine, to develop manhood-tha ,
it accomplishes its best results. II
is VI hen used to make the man
rather than the. soldier that i;
fulfiis its larger mission Using
it as !; means 10 an end, what bet.
Ter than military discipline to
smooth the scholars path and to
surround bin with wholesome
bands, with conservative infu:
ences?
Consider, first, how military
methods. being neither more nor
loss than effective business meth
! DDS, fit the youth for the practical
duties Of life. The military way
Of reaching the -object-what Is it
but the true business way? What
is the rule for business ? If a
certain piece Of work is to be
done, the man of business habit
does it promptly, systematically
thoroughly. What, now, are
promptness, system and thorough
ness but military qualities? Mr..
James Parton, IN a lecture ON the
Kings Of Business the uncrown,
ed but sceptred monArchs Of the
mart. finds the secret Of their sue
cess in honesty. knowledge, self
control, resolution and persever
ance. What are these but mi Ii
tary qualities-what but such
soidierIy characteristics as are
impressed on the student, sub
jected to military rule?
We hold that military training
in every well.ordered .educationa
scheme, is i valuable instrumen
taiity. 49,: .......... 49,,
Apart from its preparing The
young citizen to meet the issues o
war, it is, when rightly undorstooc
and ate!!;gentIy administered
the most convenient and efhcien
Of al! disciplinary methods. IL
establish tbis PROPOSITION, we pro
pose TO consider the leading clio
ments Of the military discipline
that we would introduce into th'
school and the academy.
What are these elements
First, we suggest that military
discipline is not mechanical. I
the habit is mechanical, the spiri
underlying the habit is moral ant
intellectual.
In the second place, militar,
: discipline is not slavish. The,
who consider it a slavish cod
= understand little about it and de
grade it, fo.' he basis Of militar,
discipline is duty-duty which
the sanity Herbert says, give
j. music at midnight, and wbicI
D Gen. Lee calls the subIimest wo r
in the English language. Tb
) true military idea contemplate
duty as honor and honor
d duty. .
r Again. military discipline en-
}, braces the idea Of selfcontro
g The creed Of the world is sci
c indulgence. The doctrine ofChris
d is self-restraint. The soldier: a
s the loyal subject Of wholesom
law, is called upon, from the yer
nature Of obligations. to illu'
n trate that prudent, cautions Sc!
+ control which Burns calls sWi