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Miliord Haven, Pembrokeshire. Map of the natural harbour in South Wales, showing the towns of Pembroke Dock 



and Milford Haven. See previous page 



5,560 ft., the latter to 9,042 ft. 

 The sound forms part of a nation- 

 al reserve, comprising also the 

 neighbouring fjords and covering 

 more than 2,000,000 acres of mag- 

 nificent scenery. The Sutherland 

 waterfall, 1,904 ft. in height, and 

 Lake Ada are its chief attractions. 



Militarism. Term generally 

 used in a disparaging sense for the 

 mental attitude of the professional 

 soldier, or for a national attitude 

 of mind which logically results in 

 war. During the years preceding 

 the Great War Prussian militarism 

 was a prime factor in causing other 

 European nations to arm against 

 possible aggression, as, more than 

 a century before, France had been 

 regarded by her neighbours as a 

 danger to the peace of the world. 

 See Militarism, G. Ferrero, 1902. 



Military Academy, ROYAL. In- 

 stitution at Woolwich for training 

 officers for the British army, a 

 similar institution being the Royal 

 Military College, Sandhurst. En- 

 trance is by competitive exami- 

 nation ; successful candidates for 

 commissions in the artillery and 

 engineers go to Woolwich, while 

 infantry and cavalry officers are 

 trained at Sandhurst. A corre- 

 sponding air force college is at Cran- 

 well. See Sandhurst ; Woolwich. 



Military Administration, 



SCHOOL OF. Organization of the 

 British Army. Established in Sept., 

 1920, at Chiseldon, Wiltshire, for 

 the purpose of teaching the prin- 

 ciples of administration, it pro- 

 vides courses for officers and men, 

 both of the regular and the auxil- 

 iary forces, hi elementary econom- 

 ics, transportation, food values, 

 and catering, while a branch deals 

 with the best uses of the food ration. 



Military Band. Combination 

 of wind and percussion instruments 

 used for military purposes. While 

 any group of these instruments is 

 often popularly called a military 

 band, the term should be reserved 

 for the full military orchestra of 

 flutes, double and single reed in- 

 struments, and trumpets, horns 

 and bugle types of all sizes, most of 

 which are transposing instruments, 

 together with a great variety of 

 percussion instruments. 



In Great Britain there is no 

 fixed standard, but a large military 

 band may contain 2 piccolos and 

 2 flutes in E flat or D flat, 4 haut- 

 boys, 2 E flat clarinets, 8 1st, 6 

 2nd and 4 3rd B flat clarinets, 1 

 alto clarinet in E flat, 4 saxophones 

 in E flat and B flat, 4 bassoons, 1 

 double bassoon, 6 1st and 4 2nd 

 cornets in B flat, 2 trumpets in E 

 flat or B flat, 4 horns in E flat or F, 

 2 fliigelhorns in B flat, 2 baritones 

 in B flat, 2 euphoniums in B flat or 

 C, 2 or 3 tenor trombones in B 

 flat, 1 bass trombone, 5 bombar- 

 dons in E flat and B flat, 2 string 

 basses, kettle drums, side drums, 

 bass drum, cymbals, triangles, 

 bells, glockenspiel, &c., &c. 



Military bands in other coun- 

 tries are differently constituted 

 and are progressive both in size 

 and in variety. For comparative 

 lists of the bands of France, 

 England,Germany, Austria, Russia, 

 Italy, and Spain, and the evolution 

 of the military band from the 

 earliest times, see Military Music : 

 a History of Wind Instrumental 

 Bands, J. A. Kappey, 1894; 

 Memoirs of the Royal Artillery 

 Band, H. G. Farmer, 1904; The 

 Rhe and Development of Military 

 Music, A. G. Farmer, 1912. 



Military Cross and 

 ribbon 



Military Cross. British mili- 

 tary decoration. Instituted in 

 1915 to reward conspicuous service 

 o f captains, 

 c o mmissioned 

 officers of a 

 lower grade, 

 warrant 

 officers, and 

 Indian and 

 colonial mili- 

 tary forces, it 

 was awarded 

 as from Aug. 

 1, 1918 for 

 " services in 

 action " only. 

 In 1920 it was 

 announced 

 that a warrant officer, Class I or 

 II of any of the British military 

 forces, who had been awarded this 

 decoration, would, in future, be 

 paid a gratuity of 20 on promotion 

 to a commission, on transfer to the 

 army reserve, or on discharge 

 without a pension. 



If discharged with a pension he is 

 eligible for an additional pension 

 of sixpence a day for Europeans 

 and threepence a day for non- 

 Europeans, if not already in re- 

 ceipt of such additional pension. 

 The badge is a silver cross, bearing 

 the imperial crown on each arm, 

 with the letters G.R.I, in the 

 centre. The ribbon, white, purple 

 and white,, is worn on the left 

 breast, immediately following the 

 V.C. , before decorations and medals, 

 but after all orders. See Medal. 



Military Engineering, SCHOOL 

 OF. British military instruction 

 centre. Situated at Chatham, it is 

 the official headquarters of tuition 

 in engineering for the army. Here 

 officers and men destined for the 



