The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-10 00:00:00

CURIOSITIES Of MILITARY DISCIPLINE.

The Gentionsx's ifaratim of Ibis mouth wettable
• dismal article on dila subject. The following
extracts will be of load interest •
In the Promise army. till 1870, marriages were
lesally call ant TOICI, and the aiming of them
In the oasis of offioers marrylnr without
royal noneset, or of subordinate officers without the
oonseut of lb. centmander ot their regiments. Bat
align the Irrance•Gerutan war so great was ths
social &wider found to be consequent upon times
rmtriedi.as, that a special law ba I to be made to
remove the bat ~f illegitimaor from the marriage. In
question. Is thallasheis army the Inability of privates
to merry before the annotation of mesa years' wervioe,
' and the posseesion of at least one badge, sad then
only with the sonseat of the mom utdioe °floor. Is a
can +et sotirely contrery to the Iltsrty esjoyed In
other welts of life.

car.ont—of -Wirt la loam in the array or Church
Parade aft irds another retro. of dr surearsable
ourtailmeats of individual liberty that irs till
regarded emential to discipline. A soldier!. is
drummed to rural just as he is drummed to the
drill-granad or the His smear in
chorea l.a tatter of compulsion, sot of chubs or
oonvkdioa ; and the genaral principle that ear
atenoore is valueless rime it is voluarry iv waived
la his ore as In that of very yortag children, with
whom, in this respect, bits played on • par. If we
brig, • for the orals of the practice, we rail
probably fini in it arra old Bran and imperial
arras of war, whir row that the prayer of the
military were formerly regarded ea equally alloadose
with rote swords la *blares victoria over their
esemiee ; and render as a very neorgary part of
their du.
It woatyd MOM leder as if the war-preeidiag grit
bad of set puep.. endeavoured to make rally
series as distasteful or melba to mankind. For
they bar made disciplines net merely • ourtallarat
of liberty and • forfeiture of richt., but, or it were,
an sip rimer os the limits of human endures. The
Irowitios itself could seareely bar devised • more
struclatieg punishment than titeold Hagliele Wirer/
or of Mir the Works Hrre, whoa the victim
was made to sit astride Osaka tailed together is •
sharp ridge, sad in rough reeemblaser to • bores, with
his band' tied behind him and muskets In-tito his
legs to drag them downward.; or rale, thaa the
petairment of the Picket, la which the band was
burned to • book is • pest above re bead, sad the
man's susraded body left tv be supported by his
bare heel rioting on • wooden romp, of which the *ad
was cut to the rapper of a sword point.
But the penal part of military disolpilos, wi.h is
is I-hot Iron,, Its floggings, aid It, tatiOU4 forme of
death, le too repulsive to do more thaa glare at as
testimony of the cruelty sad detours that have
sever bra wrested from lb.. 'Bing of arms. The
art of the'diecipUnarisa liae ever bees to brier such •
arise of misers to bear upon • man's life that the
prosper of death apr the battle-teld should Isar
for him rather charms than terror ; sod the tale of the
eoldier who, when his regiment was to be decimated,
drew a bleak without the fatal D upon it, sad
immediately offered it to • comrade for bait aotown,
who had sot yet drew., show. at bow cheeps rats
man may be reduced to value their lives after experi-
saes of ths realities of • military career.
There aro few military costar bat bare their
origin and explanation In the Artificial prewar of
outrage is the minds of the oomb dsar Tale Is to.
reo to the Mali mild peculiarities of costume.
Easligh children are, pert ape, still rash: that Freer
soldiers wear red trousers Is our, that the eight of
blood may Dot frighten them is war-time ; and
doubtless Freer children imbibe • similar theory re-
Wilding the &IBA red coat.. Toe wes meson was
even by Janus Farris la the middle of the sixteenth
rotary f w the short red frock then generally wore
by the military. TIN lira meation of red sa • spirit
military odour le Briar he sit to have bra the
order lord in 1631 for the curs of all yormr id re
boarshol to be f red sloth. MO beer-skin hate,
which still make some English 11111111•Uti ridiculous
and onairlitly, was perhaps is their orate the moss.
lions of terrarium. Evelyn, writua of re yew 1878,
asys—" Now wen brought into service • or, sort of
°ldlers called Dresediers, who we. drama of I ag.
lag hand-priree, err? was • bead fall.
They bad tarred ors with coped crowns ilte Judearies,
which made them look very free."
Bat there is all the differences in the world between
the bravery el3Psoled to by oar ancestor • Id that
required sire the revolution elected in warfare by
the laration of gaspowder.
The Draltallas of per nal liberty okra, ensiled
I. would of thearelves sallies in • ortatrir of Dr
inerations to reader the military preform distasteful
sad heirlrler. 'The actual pair of war, at no time
erre than those of mines, railways, or texratithh
ripping, would never alone deter me.' from weir ;
so that we moot look for other rears to explain the
difficulty of recruiting and the frequency of &werlion.
What makes • military life eo little an object of
dears in realeies where it ean be avoided is more ran
It. dangers, more err than Its lose of liberty, its bury
clearable sad appalling dollars. Tbe shades in point
of oberfolness mast he ((mad gee which distisesir
• barrack from • convict prlsno. In none of the s•
p 1 starts of civil life is there saylblar to error*
with the unspeakable monotosy of parades, mantas
the.. or four times every day, waled what,s in wet
weather by the military catechism, and with the
intervals of time spent la corpations of little interest
•.:111.E.Ity. The raga of time &read to the mere
- sad pelleitise seeteelesteste Id proved by
I;radieb Ma MOMS SipleleiSS Weed a• /Mb

O I•sk " mod the work which come
mixt la hairtirlanee t this soldieries is the humbler
one of paellas potatoes Is, dinner. Sven military
great co its require at • moderateestimate balf-se-haer
or same every day to be properly folded. the Pe=
of an giddiness! hoer's drill beim the probable
of say oareleseams is tblo iably ImpOrtsei
(meths. Still less osloalofof to had attraotheisese
to the life of the reeks are the daily I itisse work.,
at extra dudes *bleb fall is lure on the mem oh every
company, suck se *al carrying, passage elmaleg,
Pito, oleariag, arid other like maid works irt
But tri; bag hours of matey duty, popularly sailed
"liestry.go," conalitat, this soldnis greatest beim
°mid duty to Zealand, ream to, at short periods,
lame • whole day sad night, every four hour. of the
twenty-four Wag spent Is full accoutrement ia
guard-room, and every latervening two hours ou
anise samhy, thus sailing is ell—Mama limn le
the gnird-ream, bed eight on the sentry panel "Altos
ahem thirtroas it thlrty-two years of age, says dir
V. Roberti, " the private soldier usually ages rapidly,
and brooms, a veteran both is leaks sad habit.; '
amba Ibi didiagnishedwijjy tommoodier, st. to
messehe sentry oe c""' ""a
the If offish ranks has sllrshly dintialehed data the
latiroducaloa of the soortooreiee system has sit a
viable term to die hardehipe of a military life. Ad-
heresy, to the colouri for mesa ue eight peers, or
•••• far twelve, which is now the longest wirrise
poseible at Um time of 'allotment, sad adheres,* to
them foe life, yearly dare • vary different complexion
oft the desirability of aa Naomi escape from them.
80 ihat eeneidering the reductions Inn had beim
made I. the terra of sande*, sad dm Wm** of,, !Pei
soikles mote Maxie, demasetirsted the minimal
avec ISM Of the Saglish people to areas this the
•xosdlo, dlillculty with which the airdrome recruited,
sad lb. high smith of the percentage of 4.... U....
LI of Trent year. recruiting bee lima Inner, the
explimatios le simply that trade hes bees wane •
statisticsof recruiting beteg the beet possible berosame;
of the state of tie staUOD, duo. lb* scarcity or
Macadam*, of recruits warier a is. ennead, with tie
brisk or Mask demand for labour la other employ.
owsk. fLppily,ll.egiogs le dm liegileit army now
cionat amoag tin curiosities of =Marl discipline, into
the wood*. hareem the thumb-screw; tint the
Ming is Nun the dierioliae, I. the seam of that:V:l
neared of the army I. the find, was shover won* lima
I. the days whim 1.000 imbas sere minima sentemer.
Toe nil fast Is, that Ito ,pe are difficult to manage I
jest la properties to limo rigour, the in 'Downy, aid
MN dolmas of lb. disoiplin. hopoi• I Upon them la
11... of . lb. experime• of oilier a maths
proves, that Boils d will imam at later
adopt the prima* of maseriptioa or oleos to wade
blood sad 0n.., Is Oweilaental quarrels. The cam
seription will to for her the only poseible way e
°Malaise aa samy of all, r one at all commeseeraM
with *ON of bar possible Seropese rivals. We me
still drift *sly as the threshold of the ihear, and
ma hardly estimate Um atiaiste died as Massa life I
of ib. headstone* to the whole male pope!' hoe of •
coastry of the habit. and rim previously malleed
to oaly • motion of It. dat this at Wise Is certain,
that at present GMT prediotioa which ushered la the
Mange le being laid/ id from year toys.,.

TIUIO=DCTLOM aND so=aip suierfas
tram Uri of =dui" Ibe wee
ably serprlsed at the afforded lry
the see ad ' Brewa's Breacelal Trachea" mese Wear
"loseaver are aew and by son respenable chaalsta Is
Ibis eoualry at )a. IAIL per bal. People It cabled will.
a alight sehl," sr breuenial affactloaa.
rraakil er 1%
°76 "&at lee saga, as leads: troubles. U ago Lal
affeenoaa Bea Ma
Prodran. reinM la seriose Puleartaary sad hosruse
t the wards " Browa's Brosobial
Taulbee ara ea the Qs varanwat Stamp around each box.
—Prepared by Jona 1. Mows aid Boas. Booboo. United
Mateo. &woman divot U. Fordsaffos-read lewded-
Ora Bea or Clistutra Plua Is warraated to sere GH
Mernarges hen lb* Misery Oros', IS eltber fraqabod
sc soesiltutlestall gravel. aid Paiss la the Boar. Gem-
sateen free from Mercury. Sold is ea dd. sash, by
al Medan aad lied Naas Voodars tlttout UN World,
or seat to say address for tasty Mamas by the Makers, Tan
Lame" LSD KIDLUID ODOPITIO DllllO 007/MXT, Lawns.
Wbelarele .e. 41 Beams' A Morn. Leedom. sad all ths
Wbetwale

—flag ROUBIROLO TRW ITRL—Sete bat mane is
Its males. Prepared uiLurownex BORAX porta=
sad sweetens everything. expels dirt. MANS 441,410,
ermerms lood, destroye theme germs, sat arrests decay.
neat for Toast wad Lean try see. 'fl. Queen of
Astisownos." Bold Everywhere. Illustrated Particulars
of be Memory Uwe, Itenpeo, Cot „with Semple Packet,
mat Me for tw:a swaps from Wm Worts : Patent Beraz
°mammy.
Tex Dielsoena= al the bed dyes aver made
Dreams, coats, mark hoods, yarn, shackled& e tryst read
I rashest, feather& or anr (Abdo or Isom article easy sod
pert may coloured to any shod.. Black, brown, greed.
! blase, searlek earthen, red, nary blue, seal brows, olive
Lirbrass eta, and II other best /Inure. Warraated
t ghsmidurable, Loa packet will colour an. to (oar
lb.. of rood• If yoa hese never ased dyes try them
once You will be del/heel. Said by ohamists sad
nreists, or mend us 6 and 601 colour wanted emit post
IV coloured sample. ant a bitch ite ok of directio rent
r,r7L ld. Wauk di RICHARDSON CO., thl. RIAASCAH4I4
Ansa., lovialon. LC.
Cesar Nomusentesr.—Fuorteen lards break( est caps
M moms, reliable C 000 can to and. from • sixpenny
packet of Cadbury's Oews R 14401011. Ask tor Ottlbares,
sad do not be imposed upon.
To NIGHT WATCHMEN 000 SR 0000000 to Sh• Is.
clemency 4 Ike weetner. • cop of Ca Moore 00031 will
be found very maaptable—warming—euxtsioing--rom•
forting.
anew' TO Karam —Are you Mohan in your rest by
• sick child ettiferiad with the pain of cuttiag teethiGo at
owe to • chemist and get • honks of Bee Winuewd
dooreme Bruer. It will relieve titer imillerve Name&
stilly. iii. perfectly harmless and mesa* to tisane' it
produces DM:vat quiet sheep by re evias the child frees
psis, and the little &arab awakes "as bright as • beam.'
It com Mes the cellth I maw the mum, allays all dela
relieves via& repasts, the bowels, and Is the best lumen
remedy fordysentery and diarrhoea, whether added Irma
Mendes at ether ceases. His. Wiselow's Boothia/
ByrnEolied by Methane dealers everywhere at Is.
Ppert
HOLLOWIIfS °IMAM! AND PlLLll.—Rlentestisca sad
WM.—Timm purify's( mad soothing naiades demand
the sortiesl atieatiou of all peewee liable to gout,
sciatica, or other psis( al *Seldom of the innwles,
& foists. The °Animal should be applied alter
t.l:tToel or
etel perta hay• been asthma, fonseated with
warm water, wises the ma/mot eheald be dilidtatly
rubbed apes Me mllamet skin, online the friction dteuld
canes pain. Holloway s pills should be sisnalbuteously
liken to reduce lam matioa and to pull, the blood. Ws
reranieut abates the violence, and lemmas the fregmacy
of monk rheumatism, and pit eponemotto disemmes, which
pring Irons hereditary predispositlo_ .8 or from any acci
dental weakness of oonetuntens. This ointment checks
tam local remedy. Tik• pike niter* the vital power.
7talllllllll—Foa TIM TRIMS AHD Biliitl.—A few drape
silk, liquid "Iflorilme" sprinkled on a wet tooth brush
produces a plemmat lather, which therm/lily neeammi
teeth from a/I parasites or iinpuritioa herdeue the gawp.
prevents Whir, 110201 decay, dives to the teeth • mealier
rtrwhammies, sad • dellglitthil Indrawn to the breath
esnosee all naptesseat odour nines from doomed
teeth or totems emeles. "Th. Fragraat Flosillan" being
emapeeed in maiad Imam sad sweet herb. Is &Meow to
the taste sad the dreamt MUM discovery of 1110 000.
Prise fla. Id. of all Chemists and perfumes. WRORISOIO
Farrinadoe.voth e Londe'.
VINT Puna was Lemma Wonc—Tne Laundress
who was the Brat arise to the commtitioe for Ma best
got op llama, at the Torquay indnatrial seed
Reckat's Paris Blue and Ittareb.