The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-10


"ained at q system of education iat
once scientific and practical; and which
IT their original design is carried out,
twill eminently qualify the cadets
there taught for alnostsany station OF
condition iii life"
In, addition to the parliamentary
branches taught in the common
schools, the'cadets' were to receive in
struction in "tho history Of South
Carolina, modern history, French,
every department of mathematics,
bookkeeping, rhetoric, moral philoso-
tphy, architectural and Typographical
>drawing, natural philosophy, chomis-
Etiy, geology, 'n,ineralogy, botany,
civil and military engineering, the
constitutional law Of tho United States
and the law Of nations" This was Il
varied and d'eompfGhensive course of
study and required earnest and close
application to master its details.
The cadets were also to be instructed
in the schools of the soldier, company
and battalion, in the science Of war,
the evolntions Of tho line and the du-
! ties of commissioned officers. Having
fthns arranged for the mental and
| physical training Of tho cadets, both
institutions were pnt in operation in
the carly part Of 1888. The expert
mcnt then inaugarated was at oil early
day to become Il brilliant success. At
first the Arsenal Academy ut Colum-
Hbia and the Citadel Academy at
Charleston were independent of oach
other, but it was soon found cxpcticnt
to unite them in such manner as to
make the former q preparatory school
for the latter. TlU advantages Of the
thorough'training, mental and physi-
zeal, rcccivcdat tho institution were
quickly appreciated, and applications
tor admission were SO numerous that
additional accommodations became
necessary. The Legislature with
prompt, and wise lbcrality voted the
|rcdNfrcd sutns Of :money, and the
Arsenal and Citadel buildings were
improved and enlarged. Students
from all sections Of the State were
brought into close personal relations,
and under Il strict yet salutary disci-
plinc learned the first and greatest
lesson of civilized litc.-obcdienco to
constituted authority. Young men
from all classes of The community
were recipients Of its liberal and i'm
partial instruction. It's hold on pub
lie favor was, from its inccptiofi to it's
close, marked and permanent. :Such
eminent men 'Hs Jones, Jamison,
Hanna, Simons, Young, Means, Per-
rim, MaSrath, pickcns, Gage, Wilson
and Conner were proud Of it's success,
and watched with jealous care its
onward course. Graham, Colcock,
Capers, Brisbane, Leland, Tcw, Ste
vcns, Thomas, Thompson and White.
as teachers, contributed from Tic rich
stores of their experience and learn
ing to the training Of the cadets, while
the high-toncd, honorable lives, silent
but potential, examples for good, i'm
pressed themselves indclibly upon his
carocr.
And so for nearly twenty-five years
the military school Of the State pros
pcrcd. Each annual commencement
sent its graduates into the great army
of life prepared to take their places
and wherever stationed to do their
duty. At the bar, as teachers, IN the
sacred desk, rs engineers, as physi-
clans or rs farmers, in whatever
sphere their lot has fallen, they have
been honest, hiyh-toncd, faithful. In
war, rs in peace, they have been de-
voted sons OF the State, end have Shed
their blood &ocly in her cause.
The Arsenal III Columbia was burn
cd in 1865, and since tho close Of the
war, until a very recent period, the
Citadel was held by the United States
forces, during whose occupancy the
west wing was burned. There is due,
therefore, from the United States GOV
crnmcnt Il respectable sum for rent
and damages. This ,amoant, il in
possession Of the State authorities,
would be ample to rcnovate the build
ings and rcor9anizc the school. AS,
however, the collection of claims
against the government requires time,
would it not be advisable for our
Legislature to advance Il sum sufficient
to accomplish the immediate reopen
ing Of tho institution, rc-imbursing the
amount when its claim against the
United States is paid?
Governor Hampton took the first
steps towards the desired end bv the
appointment Of a Board of Visitors
composed Of graduates Of the Acadc-
my. But the hands Of this Board are
tied for want of the means to carry
out the object Of their creation. Will
the Legislature furnish the "siMews of
war" an thus comply witt, the popu-
lar desire for the rcopcning of this
school? Let us hope that at the ap-
preaching session this question will be
answered aflirmativcly and substan-
TALLY. Once rcopcncd, its doors will
never again bc closed. y.
DIED IN PRISON.. Mr.. w. w. Ward,
Il W hitc convict IN the pcnitcntiarv,
serving out sovcn years. sentence for
a forgery committed in Williamsburg
county a little more than Il year ago,
died very suddenly on Monday night.
| lie was sitting at the supper table
when he was stricken bown with apo
lcxy and expired in a few minutes.
The deceased was in his sixty-first
year, and was a man who, anterior to
his conviction of the crime, was re.
spcctcd by the community in which he
lived. For many years he had held
positions of honor and trust, and it
was during his term Of Office as sheriff
of the county that he committed the
forgery. During his trial in court he
was so angcrcd ut the damaging tcsti-
mOly of the DrOSncutOr thot hn draw a