The Washington times., 1915-11-11
OXFORD HARD HIT
BY EUROPEAN WAR
Students and Teachers From
England's Great University
in Every Trench.

LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE names OF
nearly $500 members OF oxford Univer-
sity--students. alumni. and teachers
are listed In the oxford roll of service
Just issued. as having entered the serv-
Ice of Great Britain, and her allies be-
tween the beginning OF the war ana
June I. 1915. They run all the way
down from graduates OF forty years
standing. who hold honorary colonel
cics, to schoolboys-there are several
hundred Of these-who had been accept
ed for admission at the various colleges.
but had not yet matriculated; all the
way from the Prince of Wales and sir
Douglas Haig. commander OF the first
army of the original expeditionary
force, to men serving as priyates in
home defense forces in the colonies. or
In the French Foreign Legion.
The men on the list include all serv-
ing in the armies or navies. as fighting
men. administrative officers. or chap
n ms, of any of the allies; all men en-
,yed In the central offices of war and
3 trine: men serving with the Red Cross
~ the British Serbian Relief Fund
p ere is a supplementary list. contain
something more than 100 names.
itch includes about a score of Ameri-
n Rhodes scholars working for tho
lgian relief commission: as well as
numDer OF americans ana EnBllSn-
N engaged In Y. NJ. C. A. work with
armies. several Eglishmen attached
the press bureau Of the censorship
officials of the various bureaus
icerned with the output OF munitions.
;xact tabulation of the figures is dir-
...ult. for In a few cases undergraduates
belong to more than one college. and
this is usually the case with those listed
as holders Of university or college ap-
pointments." These last are for the
most part professors. tutors, and lectur-
ers of the teaching faculty. but include
some men who merely hold fellowships
implying nothing that is the equivalent
of n position on an American college
faculty. Allowing for Implications.
however. there are nearly hundred OF
the teaching staff who appear on the
roll OF service.
Retain EmOluments.
Every man who is either>on the regu-
lar or supplementary lists retains Tor
the duration OF his service any scholar
ships or appointments he may have
from the university-or, rather, he may
resume them at the end OF his service
without a break. What this means is a
serious loss to the university and Its
component colleges, which have already
suffered financial loss estimated at
from $.oo0O year up. For the fees
and charges OF the university and COL
lcges, as well as tho food and lodging
bills of the large number OF men VINO
live In the college buildings, furnishes q
large percentage of the income: and
about three-fourths of the student Dooy
went to the front Immediately at the
SIS per cent: Magdalen, S5.3 per cent
Trinity. ST. per cent, and only four OF
the twenty three colleges and halls sent
less than 90 per cent of the men VINO
ha. han to- .l.,.,A ,A...r
1yl3-l4 or in the fall term of 1914.
OF the Oxonians on the roll OF serv-
ice 2S9 had been killed up to June ] and
thirty-two wore listed as missing. Three
had won the Victoria Cross and twenty
one the Distinguished Service Order.
though most of these were old OXonians
who had gone into the regular army
before the war. one hundred and four
teen have been mentioned in dispatches
from the British army and several In
those of the French. Russian, or Bel
ginn commanders.
h. S. Craig, assistant registrar of
the university. who compiled the roll.
pretaces it with note explaining the
difficulties OF the task. particularly rs
three men from his own office had gono
to the front. The Roll" he says, m
Cludcs members of our army and navy.
of the armed forces OF our allies, and
of various ambulance units. and con-
tains the names of certain others VINO
have given up their ordinary vocatIons
to undertake duties in connection with
the war. 1t does not, however. record
the voluntary services OF many old
members of the university who. al
though prevented by one cause or an
other from joining the regular forces
OF the crown, are yet giving valuable
service as special constables or in the
volunteer training corps: nor does It IN
clude members of officers training
corps uhe student and faculty bones
at English universities and public
schools for the training OF officers ror
On volunteer army. which were in exist.
ence for several years before the war;
unless they hold commissions.
Personal Service.
This book Is then a record Of per-
sonal service, but 1t may perhaps be
worth pointing out that the part played
by the university In the war has not
been limited merely TO the supply OF
men: she has also given freely OF hei
buildings at the disposal OF the wal
office. The examination schools are