The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26
MILITARY GROWS
IN GREAT BRITAIN
Response to a Certain Popular
Demand
A PRISON FOR WOMEN
Where Every Prisoner Has Looking
PRISON FOR WOMEN
Where Every Prisoner Hhs Looking
Glass and Tencher In Calisthenics
Is Scotland's Latest Prison
Reform Movement

London, June 25.-(Special.)-I response
to certain popular demand England
is rapidly becoming a military state
The late Kings funeral was made
purely military affair and Lord Roberts
is endeavorng with all his might TO
work up a demand for compulsory mill
tary service, while the whole youth of
the country is imbued with the military
spirit through General Baden Powells
Boys Scout movement.
The war department, of course, is do
ing its bese to keep abreast of the move
ment, and in some respects is even out
doing Germany.
| The latest fad is that soldiers should be
practiced during peace time in slaughter
| ing animals. In some commands, at
any rate, officers commanding companies
are now Instructed to buy sheep, to
| slaughter them, and then to serve them
out as rations to their men,
| No wonder then that the sorely tried
British officer, who is thus asked to be-
| come master butcher even in time OF
peace is raising his voice in protest.
| He has to find the rations and sell
any other portions of the carcass which
may not be needed, In order to recoup
himself for the initial outlay he has been
put to- Another unpleasant feature of
| the business Is that no proper implements
are provided for the purpose, and so pre-
sumably the animal Is TO be dispatched
| by means of bilhooks and bayonets. Of
| ficers say that this Is simply making
| themselves and the army ridiculous.
| A colonel of infantry with whom had
talk on the subject yesterday express
ed himself very freely after had assured
him that | would keep his name out.
"Of course" he said I'VE all know that
occasionally animals have to be killed on
active service by unskilled hands and
many Of us remember that gruesome ac-
count of lola in the Debacle of the
horrors, which took place on the island
| where the French soldiers were herded
after Sedan. They were starving and
some of them tried to kill horse
THAT some knowledge of killing ami
mails is desirable outside the ranks OF
| the Army Service Corps Is very possible
But surely the point could be met by
| three or four men of each unit-company,
squadron, battery as the case may be-
being attached to the Army Service
| Corps for short course of instruction
In such matters Possibly, even then
| occasions might arise on active service
when no qualified slaughterer would be
|
and even IL the present experiment or
amateur Strengthening we're persisted in
| this might also happen In any case,
| however, somebody would have revolver
| handy which would answer the purpose.
| But a strong protest should be made
| against casting upon officers this I'M
| pleasant job. the worst feature or which
is that 1t brings the army into contempt.
| It is time that these childish crazes OF
slaughterng and anti-cigarette smoking
| were put stop to-
| A prison for women, where there is
| remarkable amount of freedom. where
every woman has a lookng-glass, and
where the prisoners are taught by cal
| lsthenic instructor to walk gracefully and
| to regain their self-respect is one of Scot
lands latest efforts at prison reform.
The new Jail for women in GLASGOW is
model prison 1t Is built on one OF
the most startling styles by an architect
who understands that the most perfect
discipline means the most perfect free
dom.
| Outside, the model prison looks like
stone fortress; inside. like a fairy palace
| Of white painted balconies and light
| open iron staircases and corridors. built
| in a series of radiating star-like wings,
divided from each other by lofty courts
covered with glass. One single warder
seated at the center can control the
whole 800 or 400 inmates at a glance. 1t
needs no espionage. no watching, no de-
grading sense Of suspecting and KICKING
at each cell door, The cells are not
kept fast-locked, like the English prison
cells, yet the discipline is strict.
Every kind of industry Is taught that
| Ia possible-frst class laundry work, and
the getting up" of fine linen-contracts
being taken from the chief hotels and
the long lines of the laundry hung with
| the beautifully ironed and starched I'm
rerie. Professional cooks are hired to
live Instructions in the making of dishes.
and special stoves are brought into the
prison chapel, where the demonstration
takes place.
A bomb-dropping competition for air
men is likely to be one of the attractlons
at the forthcoming Midland nylns meet
ing at Dunstall Park race course VOL
verhampton, which opens today.
II IL hoped by this means to go. con-
adorable way towards settling the PROB
lem of how much damage coulu DO oono
by men in aeroplanes dropping bombs
on a town or dockyard, an army OF
fleet
course a space will be provided and IN
dicated to competitors and spectators by
a white sheet or other suitable material
Into which the bombs may be thrown.
Competitors. while circling above, VIII
drop ''bombs into the sheet and the
nrize will be awarded to the competitor
scoring the greatest number of points.
Valuable evidence Is expected to be
obtained as to the possibility or otherwise
of a straight aim under such conditions
and as to the weight of bomb which
can be most easily dealt with.
The bombs, it need hardly be said.
will be dummies The prize will be $500
New Kind of Saloon