Evening star., 1915-02-07

at the front several have been given
temporary commi ssions, others in
the ranks, others We're i'll the regular
army before the war began. Some turn
up in khak XII Sundays and tell us strange
stories of camp life, and never did We
feel such solidarity with members of
our old school"
Meanwhile at Eton, the 20. #. c." alb
serbs nearly all the energies, during
recreation time. of 600 members of the
school. Thursday foot ball has been
given up for extra drills, Skirmishings
or elementary maneuvers with regular
troops or hattalions from other schools.
one day Maj. Ware. a son of the pro-
vost of Eton, gave a technical lecture
on fighting in the trenches. and soon
after fifteen EtonianS (moSt of Them
as like as not. the heirs of dukes or
carlsl. were discovered digging scien-
tif1cally in the stiff and heavy soil of
piece of waste land such a trench as
the lecturer had described. 1t was the
same spirit which quickly raised s3.300
for the national relief fund and col
lected from pocket money in a week
nearly $500 to provide clothing. books
and forth for the Belgian boys
housed by the masters.
At another big public school. Win
chester. practically the whole school
always has belonged to the 30. T c.
save for the boys in their first year,
who are kept in ira ming for the corps
by means Of swedish exercises The
weekly drills, the marches. the field
the material out of which good officers
are quickly made, men used to giving
and obeying commands. to aking the
field even though in mimic war. and
to using their wits in it, Last summer
they Went twice to camp-the first time
under conditions of peace, the second
time under those of war
The consequence is that af Win
chester, as at the other great public
schools, the outbreak of war brought
no need for the sudden creation or re-
vival of some practical outlet for the
soldier spirit. Nowadays, in fact. the
school spends three days of the week
in khaki and can plead putties an
excuse for being late in the morning.
Lord Roberts, who was far from
blessing all the works of Viscount
Haldane more than once commended
the members of the 20. T. C." for their
care for the men, their skill in hand
ling them and for their cheerful
shouldering of drudSery and discom-
fort The great soldier was vehe
ment advocate of military training in
schools and SO, it proves. are the
headmasters of Great Britain AS IL
body These held their annual confer
ence at the historic London Gulldhall,
where Col. Roosevelt fired his oratorI-
cal bombshell about Egypt. this week,
and with hardly Il dissenting voice
passed resolution proposed by the
headmaster of Haileybury college.
Herts, that in the opinion of this as
sociation instruction in the elements of
military drill and the of the rifle
should form part of the education of
all boys in secondary schools Most of
the pedagogues. il is stated, regretted
only that the resolution was not word
ed more strongly and would have made
it apply to boys in all schools.
These headmasters had some striking
tales to tell of their boys keenness to
serve their country. Said one: THE
usual day for any of my boys to go to
town to see dentist is Wednesday.
During the last term several of the
bows came for the usual dentists
leave and usual I said, All right,
Wednesday,. Cant we go on Thurs
day, SIR they asked, and when I ask
ed their reason they explained that
Wednesday they drilled. whereas on
Thursday they played foot ball, and