R. M. C. REVIEW vol.. X JUNE. 1929 5L'E i,flifIfLf1, 9. Foreword HE Commandant has done me the very high honour of inviting me to write a Foreword to your Review, and I thank him very sincerely for the opportunity. My recollections of the College date from 1880 when I arrived at Kingston from England to join my father who was then Adjutant of the College. I arrived just after the Old Eighteen had left, and I became aware at once that, though the College was young, it was already old in tradition: for the Old Eighteen had assimilated very quickly a high standard of discipline and honour, and had carried on the high traditions of the British Service, and had passed all this on to those who remained. All we-re men of character and personality. Since then I too have passed through the College-I graduated in 1885-and I believe we in those days tried to carry on that same high standard. Since I left, I have mixed with all arms of the service in many coun- tries, and I have been struck by the invariably high eulogistic terms in which Ex-Cadets were spoken of. All this shows that the training has continued down the years on the same sound lines and has produced the same type of Cadet. So far as the British Army is concerned, I can state that Kingston Cadet bears a very high reputation. Your Commandant published in the December, 1928, issue- a letter from me in which I recorded the laudatory opinion of Kingston lads expressed by a very distinguished General whose reputation for direct speaking is famous, that is but one instance, I could tell of others. This continually expressed high opinion makes it evident that the present generation is maintaining the high traditions of the past, and that the same care is being taken with the training and education. Looking back on the past 44 years-which have simply rushed by-I am certain that what counts most in a man is his character, a quality that can be acquired. Let this always be uppermost in one's mind: for mere academic excellence without character can achieve but little. The whole system of Education and training at the R.M.C. is based on the desire to form character in harness with reasonable academic qualities. That this is successful is evident from the records of Ex-Cadets in every walk of life, for our Ex-Cadets have shone as Engineers, Scien- tists, Administrators, Airmen, Police Soldiers, Business Men, and a host of other professions. So that in saying HI was at R.M.C., Kingston one may be certain with just pride that one's standing is high.
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