Aldershot

al'der-shot, a military camp about thirty-five miles from London. It was established in 1855 as a training camp for soldiers. The British government has expended $20,000,000 there. Large barracks and other conveniences enable the military authorities to train troops in the manual of arms and in field manoeuvers, before they are sent away on garrison duty or to the scene of actual war. The presence of a permanent garrison and of large bodies of troops at other times has fostered the growth of a well built town of the same name. Hotels provide for the wants of visitors. Tradesmen of all sorts relieve the soldiers of their spare coin. Population, 30,000.