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Tis said that an ald lady, on hear-

ing that her nephew had joined nn Octu, remarked that she had no Idea the Russians had come in on our side.

'The word Octu, which is now heard upon the lips of so many thou- sands of our young men, is the Army abbreviation for Officer Cadet Train- ing Unit,

It will be agreed that, of all the abbreviations created by this War, it easily wins first prize for ugliness, It is now the rule that every off- cer in the new Army must first serve six months in the ranks, but I heard a rumour in the War Ofee the other day that this period may be shor fened.

The need for officers continues to be urgent in an Army that is expand- ing so rapidly.

In Three Months

At the present time, however, a suitable candidate, having completed. six months service as a private sol- dler, is recommended by his com manding offleer to one of the training units.

Here an eighteen months' course is crammed into three months, and if al the end of that time the young man passes his examinations he goes on

Officers-to-be recaiva instruction in the use of Bron guns.

School for OFFICERS

leave to await the appearance of his name in the "London Gazette" and the arrival of a parchment from the King:

This parchment is his commission, an interesting word which dates from the time before there was a standing army, when noblemen raised levies by Royal Command by virtue of a warrant, or commissión, signed by the Monarch.

The wording of a commission Is still pleasantly archate-It-reads;- "Given at our Court of Saint James's by His Majesty's command -----to our Trusty and Well Be- loved, Greetings; We do by these Presents Constiute and Appoint you to be second-lieuten- ant in our Land Forces."

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On receiving this document, new lleutenant may wear officer's uniform and put up the badge of his rank-one star, or pip, as it is com- monly called, and go out to acknow ledge his first solute.

All Equal

In the eyes of the Army Counell, all Octus are equal,

They all work to the same syllabus. except, of course, those who train and specialists, such as signallers, they all turn out their cadets to the samo specified standard.

Even Sandhurst and its opposite to the number, Woolwich, known Army as "the Shop,", are ordinary Octus to-day, and there are now no speelal privileges attached to either of those two famous training grounds for the Regular Army.

Sandhurst alone has one speciality: all ameera destined for the Brigade of Guards must go there, but other. wiso a cadet may just as easily find himself at Sandhurst as anywhere olec...

Thinking it would be interesting to sco Sandhurst funelloning as a demo. cratie Octu. I went there the other morning and was fortunate enough to arrive in a brief gicam of winter sunshine.

Good To Look At

I had no idea that Sandhurst is no good to look at. It is a huge, low Regency stucco building set in the middle of a lovely park.

Like the Hymnal, ft may be divided into Ancient and Modern: the ancient is the grand Regency building with old cannon standing, in front of it, and the modern is a vast and regret- table Edwardian extension which has only one virtue, that ... · from many neighbouring viewpoints it is Invis(4- ble.

As I drove through the park and came within sight of the dignified old building. I thought for a moment that Sandhurst had changed ita sex.

Women In Khaki

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Lafted high for all to see, on nter- Taco in front of the main, building marched and counter-marched, a company of young women in khaki

and prefer to be treated

ひき men,

would have a grond time in the A.T.S. at Sandhurst!

I found the Orderly Room, where the Adjutant told me the strength of the unft

They are all saris: young men for the Guards; young men for the in- Inntry; young men for the Royal Armoured Corps; young men who bear the names of field-marshals and generals; young men whose names arc 4 yet unknown to military fame--

They come from public schools. counell schools, from offices, from factories, from near, from far, oven from New Zealand and Australia.

Sandhurst is now divided into two wings; an infantry wing and a Royal Armoured Corps wing. The course is a strenuous one, and a man has to work hard if he aspires to pass with crodit,

How They Study!

Divided into eleven main subjects, a Sandhurst course consists of a total of 672 periods of study, devoted in varying degree to those subjects,

An idea of the comparative impor taneo which they occupy in the train- ing of an officer may be gathered from the number of periods devoted to each.

Tactics come first, by a long way. with 220 periods; then comes Weapon Training with 82, Company Command with 64, Mop Reading with 65, Field Engineering with 54, Drill with 48, Physical Training with 43, Mecliani- cal Vehicle Training with 40, Organ- isation and Military Law with 28, Special Lectures with 10, and Anti- Gas Training with 11.

All these main subjects split up into a bewildering series of sub- divisions,

Tako, one of the most simple-Or- ganisation and Military Law.

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This bolls down to more than 20 separate subjects of military impor tance, such as organisation, supply in war, evacuation" of wounded, dnance services, battalion, and com- pany administration, messing, taking over a company, ofice work, censor- ship, security, prisoners, reinforce- ments, billeting and hygleno,

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Not A Rest Cure

But this is a simple affair, which the Sandhurst cadet takes in his stride, compared, for instance, with Tactics,

This subject Involves 19 lectures,

ten eight discussions,

sand-table schemes, six demonstrations and 30 outdoor schemes and exercises, İş- cluding a number of night opern- tions.

So I anybody thinks" a,"modern" Octu is a rest cure, ho had botter- think againe jane

accompaniment of those inhuman barks and roars which are the official language of a Guards instructor.

It seemed to mo that, as if to un derline the Guards tradition and to set a good example to the young men, Guards sergeants stamp a bit harder at Sandhurst than elsewhere, and stand more rigidly to attention.

Discipline is obviously strict, and manners are correspondingly, good.

When, accompanied by an officer, I made a tour of the huge building, passing down" long corridors, young men instantly froze at our approach, and even groups late for a lecture, coming down a side turning at about Dfty miles an hour, managed to pull up sharply and stand with the thumbs on the seems of the trouseral

"It's Heaven!"

I encountered a young man, the son of a distinguished general, who has just completed six months as a pri vate-at-a-Guards-depot- I asked him. if he noticed any difference

"Oh yes, sir," he replied promptly. "Sandhurst is heaven, sir.”

I have often noticed what very odd Ideas of heaven some people possess, But Sandhurst has certain definite advantages which must ahine almost like the Bres of home in a hard life.

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Cadets have comfortable quarters, two and three to a room, and one school servant between every three

the or five cadets-1 forget

exact number.

It is the only Octu, I think, In which the cadets are allowed Lies privilege of batmen.

Then the dining-hall is good, and the food at least smells good, and is served by neat and pretty members of the AT.S.

If I were a cadet, the magnificent library would attract me (but I won- der how much time cadets have for It), and I should also welcome ser- vice in the beautiful Byzantino chapel on whose walls and pillars overy regiment in the British Army has a memorial to afficers (former Sandhurai endels) who fell in the last war.

There are more than 4,000 names inscribed on panels, cacli one sur- mounted by a regimental crest.

Two Stories

The Chaplain told me that Sand- hurst was visited by n German mill-' tary mission not long before the wat

One of its members, noting that the names of the fallon do not com pletely all all the pancis, remarked, with typical Teulonto humour: "Í soc you have leti plenty of room for more."

But another story I heard at Sand- such hurst was for removed from

grin matters. · It concerns a young cadet who was auxious to do the

· right thing.

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At the earliest possible moment he prosented himself before geant-major and asked if he liked to bo referred to as “sir."

The sergeant major did not selu ally burst, but, with his chest Inflated to the full, gave tongue to the fol lowing unpunctuated sentenes:

"I'm sir-to-you-sir-and-you're-air- to-me-air-and-don't-you-forget-it-air.

was shown over Sandhurst, Here's Luck!

realised; without having to be told. that it is run by the Guards for thu Guards, with's number of other can. didates thrown in; and that is not a bad idea.. KERAVAK

The axira polish they put on-Band

"I cannot bid good-bye to Sandhurst without saying that, to, a man; of middle-age who won a cadot in tho, last war, meating: again that flood- tide of youth, so like the boys, I re-

hurat cadets must make them wel-member, was a stirring and hearton

S. They were closely and forcely purcome, wherever they go. 22 IN.

sued by a sergeant of the Cluards with stick tucked under his arm. pointing north and south, while the dnds of a waxed moustache pointed

viated deturesrooms, demonstrating experience pers tion roomad wireless rooms, com- ing af rangia to the stables, where cadets of the Household Cavalry? onun grobmet their chargers, Those

chat and west, and his voice could be

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heard, booming Her-BOUT, toin!” te fine, riables are, how croos

* Hé, strode, with our dung: ohostatis carments persz61; endots, bend over. thelt hos!" und dealt with them with the mitralls of trolliney,Vehiclande but favour, as itɑhey were:

**MAHair brains indoors others wäre puleg Irben?etformin to foftwork, buldoors, to San

dan than boys "1" remeinher =helped ; to:

beat, the Germans (twenty-odd years ago, and boys like, those Laaw: at Bandhurst will do it again

Bo here's good luck to, "our trusty and well-balovod." T

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