Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . l;OVS OF THK \L, S r. JAMESS. i8; LIVING SHOEBLACKS PAYING IN THKIR DAvs EARNINGS(SAFFRON HILL). Empire. It is organised on a military basisfor pliysical and moral training. Bo}-sbetween the ages of twehe and seventeenare eligible for enrolment. Thirty boysform the minimum of a company. Eachcompany is under the command of acaptain, who has at least two subordinateofficers as lieutenants. The non-commissionedofficers are promoted from the ranks. Sixor more companies in an_\- t
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . l;OVS OF THK \L, S r. JAMESS. i8; LIVING SHOEBLACKS PAYING IN THKIR DAvs EARNINGS(SAFFRON HILL). Empire. It is organised on a military basisfor pliysical and moral training. Bo}-sbetween the ages of twehe and seventeenare eligible for enrolment. Thirty boysform the minimum of a company. Eachcompany is under the command of acaptain, who has at least two subordinateofficers as lieutenants. The non-commissionedofficers are promoted from the ranks. Sixor more companies in an_\- town or districtmay, with the sanction of the Executive, formthemselves into a battalion. Exer} companymust be connected with a church, mission, orother Christian organisation, the aim of thebrigade being to promote habits of obedience,reverence, discipline, self-respect, and all thattends towards a true Christian manliness b}-means of military organisation and boys whose muster our photographicillustration on page i8i shows are those ofNorth Londons crack company—the the case of the Church Lads Brigade,the Roman Catholic Bo}s Brigade,
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