The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-14 00:00:00

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Questions which naturally occur to an
INFANTRY OFFICER—WHOSE MIND HAS BEEN OPENED BY
A RESIDENCE AT ALDERSHOT—ON LOOKING AT HIMSELF
IN A GLASS, WHEN DRESSED IN UNIFORM.
1. Will the British officer ever be properly dressed?
2. Will it be in the present reign ?
3. Will it be in the time of the reigning Horse Guards ?
4. Will it be in my time ?
5. Will it be in the time of the present generation?
G. Why do not the authorities adopt some of the many
clever, practical, and useful suggestions made through the
columns of the Army and Navy Gazette?
7. Do the Clothing Board study the Army and Navy
Gazette 2'
8. Are the present Clothing Board capable of producing
a handsome and serviceable uniform ?
9. Are they men of taste ?—and who are their tailors ?
10. Is it contrary to " Itegulations"to dress an infantry
officer in a handsome soldierlike costume ?
11. Why should he be badly dressed, in a stiff, ugly,
uncomfortable uniform?
12. Why do I always look such an ass in uniform ? Am
I an ass ?—or is it the uniform which does it ?
13. Why is not the vile, ugly, buttony, mean-looking,
uncomfortable blue coat discarded at once ?
14. Why are not all the Staff made to wear it, if they
think it soldierlike or sightly ?
15. Why is it that the Staff do not wear any of the
objectionable parts of Infantry uniform—such as ugly caps
and hats, ugly coats, useless scabbards, &c. ?
16. Why are the Guards allowed to discard all the ugly
and objectionable articles of Infantry uniform?
17. Have the Line a fair chance, beside the Guards, when
they are so badly dressed ?
18. Why should not the Line be well dressed ? They
pay for their uniform; and would they grudge paying for a
decent uniform ?
19. Why should the Guards be allowed, with extra and
unaccountable ranks, to supersede the Line ?
20. Is it really because they are better dressed ?
21. If not, is there any other good reason for such super-
cession ?
22. Will the Guards' extra ranks survive another war ?
23. Why should the Infantry officer be dawdled with a
peak to his very plain forage cap ?
24. Does it improve the Foot officer's appearance ?
25. Have officers weaker eyes than the men ?
26. Why might they not have a neat handsome cap with-
out a peak ?
27. Who took all the badges of the forage caps ?
28. Was that a good move ?
29. Was reducing all regiments to a common denomina-
tion, and destroying esprit-de-corps, a good more?
30. Why should not the present sash be discarded ? It
has been tried for 11 years, and it is a failure. It does not
contrast well with scarlet. It is always catching in every-
thing, and no one likes it. Why, not, therefore, get rid of
it ?

31. Why not return to the old Light Infantry sash,
which was the best and prettiest ever worn ?
32. Why not have a silk one for parades and hack
duties; a gold one for balls and show ? Would it not set
off the plain tunic ?
33. Would anybody object to pay for the alteration?
34. When will the present vile leather scabbards, which
are always falling to pieces, be discarded for steel scabbards
like those worn by the Guards ?
35. is it because the Line do all the hard work that
they are to have the most useless scabbards for their
swords ?
36. Why is not the rank of Infantry officers marked by
embroidered sleeves ?
37. Why are the old-fashioned footmanlike cuffs and
buttons retained for Infantry only ?
38. Why do not the Infantry mounted officers carry
sabretaches for carrying papers in?
39. Why do not mounted officers carry their cloaks
rolled over their holsters in heavy marching order?
40. Why do not the other officers carry their escarp6s
in marching order ?
41.lbiTe lthys
?do not all officers carry field-glasses, with
white
42. Is it because everybody sees how necessary it is ?
43. Why is the collar not cut square again, and stiffened
with leather to save stocks ?
44. Who introduced the cut-away collar, and what Li
the advantage of it ?
45. Why should Infantry have trousers of two colours?
Why not stick to blue, which is the best ?
46. Will anything ever bo done with the irrepressible
chaco to make it look decent ?
47. Why not make it of white leather or cloth ; it would
look infinitely better, and bo cooler to the head, and easily
cleaned ?
48. Why has not the soldier got a loose blue or red
blouse for fatigue duties ?
49. Are tight trousers and jackets nice things to work
in?

60. Are any of these suggeitions worthy of attention ?
51. If so, why not gratify the Army by carrying out the
good ones ?
52. Will Infantry officers kindly set upon any man who
grumbles at expense, when the object is to improve their
appearance, and give the Infantry a wally handsome,
soldierlike, and serviceable dress ?—Army and Nary
Gazette.

THE ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS OF AIRLIE.—A
correspondent furnishes us with the following cor-
rect account of the accident to the Countess of Airlie, re-
specting which many exaggerated versions have been circu-
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a visit to Lady Glammis. On entering the avenue leading
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denly, throwing its rider, and before he could recover his
feet both horses started off towards the castle, at a pace
which grew every instant more alarming. The Countess
of Airlie attempted to get over the back of the carriage,
but in doing so some part of her dress caught on the iron-
work, and she was not only thrown heavily to the ground,
but was dragged some distance. Excepting some very
severe contusions, her ladyship most fortunately escaped
all serious injury, and is, we are happy to say, nearly re-
covered from an accident which might have .proved fatal.
The horses continued their mad career
towards the house,
with the Countess of Gifford still sitting in the carriage.
Fortunately at the door was Lord Strathmore's carriage, in
which his lordship was sitting, on the point of starting for
a drive, accompanied by his medical attendant Mr. Faxon.
The doctor, seeing the state of the case, courageously
rushed to the head of the horses, and with some difficulty
succeeded in stopping them, and Lady Gifford escaped
without injury. The Countess of Airlie was immediately
put to bed, and after spending the night at Glammis Castle,
was sufficiently recovered next day to return home.
STATUE OF THE LATE EARL OF EGLLNTON.—The
memorial of " the good earl" is about to leave the hands of
the artist, and will, in all probability, be placed upon its
pedestal and publicly inaugurated iu the last week of the
present month, or early in October. The site chosen for
its erection is at the west end of Wellington-square, Ayr,
in front of the County-buildings.

An accident occurred a few days back on the
railroad from Maestricht to Landau, Belgium, at a short
distance from the latter place. The train of travellers came
suddenly upon a goods train which was standing across the
line, the i.ongineer not having been able, by reason of a
curve, to perceive the obstacle in time to apply the brake
effectually. The goods train was literally cut in two; but
the travellers in the other carriages escaped with onlya few
bruises and contusions.