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reverence,, diacip ino, self-respoct and all that tends towards a
true Christian ma. nlino aa. " ` i) The regime was partly modelled
on that of a public school » "... the. Brigade airna at giving
them something hitherto denied them, - something of the free
deicipline, the manly games* the opportunities of wholesome
society which a public School gives*''
(`)
These qualities
are very similar to those given pride of place in the
Rhodes Scholarships. The literature and speeches of the
ßzgade emphasised the Itn ortnnce of a strong navy and army;
religion and eiilitaricn were perfectly united in the aim of
one clergy sen, .» 'rTfv® must present Jesun Chri, t to Boys as
their hero. "
(3)
Thera were not only boys brigades in Sunday Schoola but
l'... crtdet battalions among working boys, cadet corps in
private and public cchoolaf of poor boys in induotr
. al
ochoole, of telegraph 1 ear onger5 in the Poet Office... " ý4ý
Conscription which was boing urged in the armed services
periodicals, was regarded by Radicals as a dangerous menaces-
au Blunt wrote "There is much talk, in England of conncription for
the crry1 and our people will soon begin to understand that they
(1) Rey Ari ndt Gazette, Juno 1892.
(2) Church Lade* Brigade Reports, 1896-7.
(3) R2Zs Brir c1e Ga tte, April 1891.
(4) Nonconformist 'indIndeponde t, 23rd December 1892v