The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-06-13
FRENCH ARMY DISCIPLINE.

The Pnnishments arc rs IA rule Severe ah'
| Cruel.
The punishment in vogue in th,
French army are of very severe M
ture, more especially when it is con
sldered that the men thus punished
are not by any means criminals, bu
only soldiers who have not behaved
so well as they might. These are de
ported to Algiers under the name
of "Camisards," where they are en-
rolled In the ."compagnics de disci
pline." Before embarking the mar
has his boots taken from him, wnIc.
are replaced by sabots, and on arriv
ing at his destination he receives 6
uniform of gray wool, and q cap with
a large brim. The men are farmed
out to do work, and are all the time
under the supervision of non-com
missioned officers, who treat their
Interiors with the greatest brutality,
1t is, however, the NaNE1pishments to
which these men are ~ 6iaot
the most trih;nf OF
texcita "a a ienat - = -
"a e0mmsn Slly m 5 mole in the
ground with perpendicular walls, so
that escape is impossible. Scorching
heat by day and cold at night, with
rations reduced to one quarter of
their proper quantity, make the very
common punishment of the cargo ule
extremely trying Tie imprison-
ment of men in the tombcaux, OF reg
ulation tents, which is only fifty cen
timetres broad and sixty high, is no
rarity; and during their incarceration
the prisoners receive no wine nor
water nor coffee. A little meat and
some bouillon is their whole nourish-
ment during the day. But those
who are punished with cells are iu-
comparably worse off. They are
never allowed, under any circumstan-
ces, to leave the hole they are kept in
either by night or by day. They
have no duties of work to pass the
time, and only get warm soup every
second day, with a very limited guam
tity of water daily.
The punishment is made still more
severe by putting the man into irons
on certain occasions. The delin-
qucnt has two rings around his an
kles, which are connected by an iron
ban rather more tan foot in length
SO that his legs form an isosceles tli-
angle with it. He is forced to lie
down on his face, and then his arms
are chained on his back, whoreupon
he is put into his tombeau. lie can
only cat his soup like dog, and if
he wants to drink he must seize his
bottle with his teeth, and should he
let the bottle fall his ration of water
is lost for that day. Any complaints
arc stopped by a gag. Only quite
recently punishment was in use
called the crapaudine. The prison
er's hands and feet were chained to-
gether and in this posture he was
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his hands are tied on his back, and
round his neck an iron collar is fas
tened, which is attached to an iron
bar in the wall. The man has to
stand in this position as longa as eight
days, unable to lie down OF to do
anything for himself.
Agricultural College Presidents.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee has made a
fine record as president of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Mississippi He has made the in
stitution one of the most famous nnd
most useful of its kind in the country.
1t is easy to understand therefore
why Gen. Lee has been elected unani
mously president of Clemson College
ut Fort Hill, S. G. The trustees OF
that institution were on the lookout
for the best man they could find fol
the position and their choice fell OF
Gen. Lee. The college will occupy
the homestead of John G. Calhoun
His son-m-law, Mr.. Clemson, gave
100000 to the State in addition to 9
magnificent site and valuable build
ings. The institution will receive
| $4,000 year from South Caroline
in addition to this bequest. Gen
Lee was paid $4,000 year by Mis-
sissippi. South Carolina gives hin
$4,000 and home. He is worth it
But this incident Shows how prcca
rious is the tenure of Georgia on an.
valuable teacher that may develop il
| her service. Teachers are paid mis-
cradle salaries in the public schools
of Gcorgia,a and the folly of this polio.
will become evident when other State
begin to take our best teachers from
us. Alabama now has one of the bes
agricultural schools in the country a
Auburn. Three of it's most distin
guishcd men were formerly in tn
employ of Georgia and would proba
bly, have been there yet if their sci
had bednf fea,a alnaageeiated aud the
One of these is the president of th
institution, William Leroy Broul
one of the most valuable professor
that ever adorned the University @
Georgia. Another is Professor j
Stanley Newman, trained teacher
and the man who did more for th
agricultural bureau of Georgia tha,
any other. The third is Professor I
| III. Nell, former State Chemist O
Georgia and n teacher of the frs
order. All these men went AVA
from Georgia because they could d
bette" elsewhere. 1t is cheap polio
III one sense, and, in another sense,