ruction is given. In Berne, for example, the cantonal
schools rank somewhat like the grammar and higher-grade public schools
in Boston or the large towns generally in Massachusetts. They are open
to all boys upon examination. All the boys in these schools are
organized with military corps, and officered from their own class, but
provided by Government with special military instructors, and furnished
with small muskets, rifles, or carbines, suitable to the strength and
age of the boys; or, if organized into artillery corps, they are
supplied with small side-arms and field-pieces, which they can wield
without difficulty.

"For these arms arsenals are provided by the Government, and custodians
are appointed to keep them safely and in good condition when not in
actual use. The military instructors are officers of the federal
military organization, educated men, who have seen service, and who are
_au fait_ in the theory and art of war. The time devoted to military
studies and training in the manual exercises varies with the season and
in the various cantons. During the summer about three half-days in the
week is the average time. There is also an occasional general muster,
when all turn out together and occupy a spacious parade-ground. Then the
whole population of parents and friends, as well as the cantonal
authorities, turn out for a holiday, to witness the nascent valor and
heroism of the republic.

"It should be added, that all these cantonal cadets wear a simple and
modest stripe for a uniform, and one or two bright buttons, which, cost
almost nothing, but give the wearers a soldierly pride and love for this
branch of their studies."

In England the experiment of military drill has thus far been limited to
a few schools, but the result in those has been officially described as
being admirable. The well-known sanitary reformer, Edwin Chadwick, in
his "Report on Military Drill," addressed to the Royal Educational
Commission, states the following propositions as proved.

"1st. That the military and naval drill is more effectively and
permanently taught in the infantile and juvenile stages than in the
adolescent or adult stages.

"2d. That at school it may be taught most economically, as not
interfering with productive labor, and that thirty or forty boys may be
taught the naval and military drill, at one penny farthing per week per
head, as cheaply as one man, and the whole juvenile population may be
drilled complete