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conspicuously before them from tbe first, there will be a definite 
inducement to them throughout their service to train themselves to 
habits of discipline, thrift and industrious conduct. It is too late to 
put into a man’s hand just as he is leaving the Army information 
regarding employment, which the experience of the previous seven 
years of his life has not qualified him to undertake. From the first he 
should be confronted with the responsibility of his future career after 
passing from the Army into civil life. Education is a great factor in 
the development of character. Recruits from their first day’s service 
can be urged to take advantage of the opportunities offered in the 
Army for improving their educational knowledge. Sir Edward 
Walter, who has had forty years experience of the management of old 
soldiers and sailors, sets great value on educational qualifications and 
never refuses to admit into his corps men who have obtained first class 
certificates of education. It is to be hoped that his circular* will 
reach every battery in the Regiment and be the means of making men 
acquainted with the value of an institution, which, under the conditions 
described, will provide them with work as long as they can do it, as 
well as enable them to make comfortable provision for themselves and 
families in their old age. 
* Copies of the “ Annual Circular ” can be obtained gratis on sending a written application to 
the Commanding Officer at the head-quarter office of the corps : Exchange Court, 419, Strand, 
London, W.C. 
