The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-04


THE BRITISH ARMY.-A London newspa-
army estimates lust submitted to Parlia-
ment, the strength of the Regular Army is
practically the same as it was last year. The
home army receded, while that of
the Colonies is increased, and the number
of British troops in India remains as it was,
namely at $4,000 men. Together, for the
home and Colonial forces, Mr.. Hardy asks
for 135, ,452 men, against 1872, 72O last year;
but the slight increase is more than abb
sorbed by the unusual demands of our Colo
MES this year. Instead of 24,7O0 men
which represented the Colonial army last
year, 30,O38 men are now called for,
leaving us at home with something like
100, 900 men.
We can not however, calculate upon this
number as good men and true, for deduct
ing recruits, time-expired men, and nom
fighting soldiers, there would probably re-
main not more than 10000 fit and ready to
be drawn up in line of battle. Of our colo
nial troops, the Mediterranean stations mo-
nopolize nearly half between them. The
garrison at Gibraltar is represented by 4, ,991,
and that of Malta, which has recently been
considerably augmented, is shown to be
8,004. In China, at Hong Kong, there are
/, ,209 British soldiers; at Ceylon ,234 and
in the Straits Settlements 1,022. On the
West Coast of Africa there is one regiment
of West Indians distributed between Sierra
Leone and the Gold Coast, the former col
ony having a garrison of 426 while the Gold
Coast and Lagos must be content with 1856
In South Africa there is a comparatively
large force of British soldiers just now, by
reason of the Kafir war; indeed the garri-
son is just double its ordinary strength, or
i'll other words, amounts to 6,243 men. The
Island of st. Helena is held by lis artillery
men, and that of Mauritius by a force of 562
all told In Bermuda there are 2,146 Brit
ish troops; in Halifax, 1885, and through
out the West Indies about 1000 more. FL
nally comes the Colony of FIJI, which is
represented by the British army in the per-
son of one Royal Engineer, and a man in
the Army Hospital Corps making total of
two. Altogether, we are informed the
home, colonial and Indian armies are made
up of 32 regiments of cavalry, 230 batteries
of artillery, 43 companies of engineers, ISL
battalions of infantry, and the Army Hos
pital and Army Service Corps.
A WIFE SURRENDERED TO HER FATHER
An interesting decision relating to the right
of husband to the custody of his wife was
recently delivered by Judge Rice at late
term OF the Gwlnnett County (Georgia)
Court. The wife was minor being only
sixteen years of age, and on this ground her
father detained her at home
The husbands sued out a writ of
habeas corpus, and on the return day of the
same the Judge heidi 'That, notwith-
standing the license was irregularly issued,
and the father had not given his consent,
she being sixteen years of age, the marriage
was valid and binding, and the parties oc-
cupied the relationship of husband and
wife; but that under the law which gives
the parent the custody and right to the SER
vices of his child until majority, unless he
voluntarily loses it, the defendant had the
one, and therefore was entitled to her custo-
dy." An order was therefore passed dimin-
ishing the writ, and remanding the wife to
| the possession of her father Savannah
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