The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-05

Military academy at Woolwich, where
England trains her Would-be "sappers
and "gunners," is a very different mat !
fer. There are two military colleges
in England-the Royal Military college I
at SandhursI and the Royal Military
academy, above mentioned. At Sand
hurst the cadets are trained for the |
cavalry and infantry branches OF the
service, while at WooiW1ch, known
popularity as the Shop" commissions
are given only for the artlleIy anu
engineers-the latter being those most
successful in the competitive examlna-
tons
MUST PAY. FOR TUITION
Entrance to these establishments is
obtained only through a very severe
! competitive examination, held under
civil service rules and the usual med
zeal inspection. But when the struS-
| Cling student has at length overcome
/ all difficulties, his father must face a
yearly bill of $500, unless he himself
holds or held a commission in the
army The size of this sum, even
though it be only for two years, the
full course, is sufficient to debar all but
] scions of Well-tO-dO families. ThlS
qualification of means is very neces-
sary, as the young officer cannot eX-
pect to live on his pay, which is only
5000 a year for some considerable
time.
Once within the gates, the studies
and drills are very familiar to those
of our institution, but the social ana
recreative systems differ considerably.
At Woolwich and Sandhurst the men
of different ste, ms" have no common
intercourse, and of late years it has
become intensely bad form for one
term to interfere with another at all.
But not many years ago the perSecu-
ton of the SMOKERS or ''plebes, as
they are called in America, was so
great that it finally led to revolution.
The story is rather amusing, as the
unfortunate SMOKERS TO show their
disappr0val of their treatment, went
to unprecedented lengths. Marching IN
a body out of the academy q am
speaking of the Woolwich cadets) to
Blackheath, where a fair was being
{ held three miles away, they utterly
ignored the orders of their officers, ana
on being threatened with police inter
ference, declared that they would i'm
, mediately set free an entire menagerie
of wild animals which was one of the
: features of the fair, if a policeman
dared to show his helmet near them
} Needless to say, these young daredevlls
effectually coWed the local DogberryS
When the fair was over the cadets
S returned anu were eiLl pAciCCNA III N1AA S1'
n on bread and water, of which ordinance
| the only notice they took was to SeIze
i all the bread they could lay hands on
load the old waterloo cannons viii
e the loaves, and deliberately turn then
h on the governors house, the windows
of which suffered considerable damage
Thus was the backbone of most per
Il nicious system of persecution broken
: and now all is quiet in the shop, saw
g for the occasional ''tosching" or rag
ging" of an Objectionable man by hi
t fellow termers. "Tosching' is a form
of amusement which consists of forci
e bly, inmersing the victim in a colt
=. water bath, and is generally con1lne
1t to winter, while Raging man is t
: continually irritate, annoy and incon
'e venience him by petty insults, such a
,e making hay of his room or conceal
l. ing his ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
q WOOLWICH AND SANDHURST.
! The distinctive feature of both Wool
d wich and Sandhurst is the great at
r tention devoted to sports and athletic:
q intercollegiate contests occur annual
ID at football, cricket and athletics, an
10 in the respective seasons of the tW
great national games matches ar
made with a large number of othe
ia clubs and the teams always get leaV
le from studies and drills for the day c
st the match if necessary. If they pla
s away from home the institution pay
r their travelling expenses, and if the
ir play at home good luncheon is
ways forthcoming for the occasion. 1
at fact, cadet who is never seen joinin
r in the games is always in disfavo
es with the authorities, while an athlet
tie is proportionately liked.
~ Liberty of action off parade and tt
RS amount of leave" given is anotht
Id point wherein the military schools
ed the two countries differ greatly.
Nv England the cadet off parade is free
ag dress himself in cricket fiannels an
i'd amuse himself as he sees fit, being
no way bound by any strict rules
MT decorum such as prevail at West Poin
On The Young Englishman is suppose
lis (and with good cause) to have had a
m the nonsense" knocked out of him
er his public school, and to be, therefor
m fit to associate with his fellow cade
zig according to the ''schoolboy's code
it honor M
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