THE CADET HERO STORY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 5

THE CADET HERO STORY.

: V;.7 •' ' t -.77: 7. j ' . OFFICIAL EXPLANATION. . 7 - '. Tlib foiiowing is* the 1 " official" version of the;' incident - of; 'the .ljoy cadet' who spent the night on, Hoadley Heath after tho cadet field-day last week:—. To'.the Editor' of the ''.Express.!' ' ■ -Sir,—As the 3 officer commanding ' the .'at--cadet' field-day, I hay.e been interested to;, noticed the .growth of heroic legend' from it.' The little' cadot who, Ii kb, the yiioman tso'ntry ,'nt, Pompeii, •remained it;.his post; obeying orilors ;and nrirelievcd, is,; a' fiction—-niore roniahce than RoWan." " ,v i v ' Pers.oii'ally, 'perhaps,;: I 'onght to say fo'r.tunately,"' for , while jve/ have, .his mumniy ilii evidence; to attest . the one, ; we : flioulil most'certa'inly :hayo'.had7his "-mummy." in 'byideiice ; iininistakable : had the . small boy Keen' at" his.post., ' Biit. the. ttiith js,this:7\Ve wercrfiye schools in all-^lfeading,.: Refgate, King's College (Winihledoii)', 'Whitgift, and Emanuel—aiid | . the'Jast' i attacking .along 'Headlby Ifeath:: .-VA's 7thft>final -. assaiilti was "in pro- : gresSj.anEinanuel -b'oywasseiit-with.amos-Sftge .to' thb officer in.coniinand on the right: to which'he was. sent, ;But.'. the "Cease fire' 1 ; sounded -'just as ' : lie reached .them,' 'hp thought - that he licedtndt go ;furthpr; and' ; so tried to return acr6ss\the ; hills.. ' y' ' ilosV Hls;Way. " ' yi >;■ : ■ U ■'! In so : doing 'he -'Jost .his 7way,. and ; officer/ to '. he - was ; serit had '.no' kiiow.-? lcdgei. of ihis coming, .and Jthe. officer; ivho senthiii) ';tljought'hfl . h.ad -".reached, the 'strayed 'cadpt the'rptui-n ! to> ; tlie station.' v:-Naturally'..alirmed,' '.two ■ colleagues an'd.'7myself'went back .-i tothe heath, - anil 3psit thp;, night' j n 7Ecoiiring .'it 7for7 fcb©' lost lcfio'nary.- 7 ;■' Alas'fbr^Toiiiahco!-'-.-He- had been - .While-'.comfortably. : ensconcedin- a: giime.f k.eepter'si. ;;bot.tagei;...whither ,;.he -had,'.betaken himselfshortly,'after, our tdbparture. And the*''^fog-in"^the^"hol-2bws,''ind.-tho; November .'zephyr': on. the, hjll.s, the- raire '^'here,the 'flask was lost, and'. the .'met^'^o^reNye.'-aav'as. our - sfmdlfatiedfis heads .found"the' oiith'ouse,' I eari only'*'say that"'he;had - chosen the- bettor -part.- ; ; -. ' '.Soi-rani.shes another-military'iogend; .. The Old' v Guard . did. not. " die, ' but! not surrender "';:; the :Veng'eur did - not'' sink with' colours nailed ; ;tho Duke ; did- not say !' ,Hp Gjiards and at '.cni," and you may take it, pn' my . authority, - that- the Enjanupl ; cadet did' •not _ stand' urirelioved* and fbrgo'tterij but u'nflinqhing,' at his post. I believe I have " many,7that. wouldj> but truth is. truth,'' i 7. ;' : * " ; 'H. ''bUCHA'NA'N- -RYIiiEY (Capt.), : O.C. "Z " , Coy 7 Queen's Wosthiinster ' ; yoluhteers (Emahiiol-'School Ca:dets.) ■ : Emanuel 'School,' Wandsworth Common, 5:w...,. -. :;; , 7' ; ;'7:-.;7 ■/ . .■