The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-27
THE ENGLISH ARMY.
SOME POINTS IN THE HIsrORY or an
ANCIENT AMI ILLusrKIous
INSTITUTION.

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INSTITUTION.
Army and Navy Journali
The English army, as ID exists today. dates
from the return OF Che stuarts. nearly Oh,
years ago. The opposing armies of King and
Parliament had, however, contained tho
germs Of many military institutions thatstill
survive They both had generals iii chief.
with sergeant major generals 40 second lii
command; scoutmasters, wagonmastars,
auartermasters and adjutants general on the
staff; commissaries Of food, forage and mus
ters; physicians, Outrageous and apotheca-
rles. Some Of the regiments had also dis
tlnetive names such as the Kings Life
Guards, Royal Horse Guards, the Queens
regiment and the Prince OF Wales; while
Cromwell had his "Ironsides,n bis aHaseI-
rigs Iobsters,' so called from their bright
iron shells or armor, his "bnfTss and .sblues.
and 80 ON. Charles had excellent cavalry but
poor infantry, badly paid and equipped. with
out helmets Or body armor, and often armed
only with cudgels and pitchforks, seldom
having mtskets or even pixies. Crofn we'll re-
solved TO raise q regiment Ut horse ID equal
fiery kuperts own, and out Of this dstsfmi-
nation sprang his renowned Ironsides, DO
Grifiths considers the New Model" army Of
16A5, formed by Parliament on the pattern oil
CromwelPB regiment, socially oil d superior
stamp TO any before or since and, though
bigoted, as z military body perhaps the
regiments sent to the Low Countries acquired
high ren0Wn.
The first army OF Charless II was about
1000 strong, selected chiefly from the dis
banded regiments. Monks 0oldstraam regl-
ment Of Guards. The Royal Regiment Of
Horse Guards Oxford Blues, stood first upon
the establishment. Charles also ruised two
troops OF cavalry, n which the ,prlyates were
ent. Life Guards Douglas. or Durnbarfon's
regiment o. Boyal Scots, which had been
serving the King OF France. was brought
back to England In 1851. the oldest regiment
I, II the Z world according to some accounts for
Scotch Guard Of Charles Of France, earlier
than the year 800. Certainly. the existing
organization served under Gtfstayus Adolf
phus. and, az aHepburn's Scots fought
First Royal Foot under Charles III. Charles
Queen, Mary OF Modena, brought him Tam
gier, which required garrison and another
infantry regiment was formed for this pur-
pose, and appropriately called the Queens
service, and fourth third, after the .AdmiraI's
was merged fin the Guards1 the Holland regi-
ment, which Was raised In London In Eliza
beth's reign, and called from the earliest
days the Bluffs. from its flesll-solored q
ment Id authorized to recruit solely In LON
don, and 1t alone ID by charter entitled I'd
march with drums beating and coIors flying
through the streets OF the city Of London.
lison regiment, called. on Its return Id 1854,
the Duchess Of York and Albany's, afterward
Kings Own.
These regiments, thus described, arc the
death Of Charles II the original 5000 had
grown to 10000 Under James I'll Monmouth's
rebellion served % an excuse Tor further ex-
panding the army. One OF the added regi@
ments was OF ordnance. and the privates car
whence the title Royal Regiment Of FuaiI.ers.
The Princess Anne's regiment was ralaed By
Lord Ferrers, and very many infantry re9f-
ments followed; then half dozen more horse
From 10000 men james III enlarged the army
to 81, 900, and recruits poured In by thousands
from Ireland. But the bulk OF the army was
not loyal to the cause OF James At Hounsiow
camp they cheered the acquittai OF the bishops.
The officers refused to enrol recruits from the
Green Isle, although eashIered for 50 doing:
the whole army, like Uncle Toby, WhistIed
Lillibulero. When the Prince of Orange land
cd, the Plymouth garrison, the Tenth and
Thirteenth Foot tas they now are), declared
OF Treiawney's Second Regiment and of
Kirke's Lambs" Drumlanrigg, Cornbury
and Churchill SOON followed. Dumbartonts
Royal Scots held by the King to the last, and
even when Incorporated In William Ills
army, muMnied and declared they would
never serve In Holland. Out of thfs conduct
grew the first mutiny act, giving the King
power to punish soldiers for the sake Of dis
clpllne -.
the expedition to Ireland he raised the
Twenty-seeond, TWenty-third and Twenty
fourth regiments. The Twenty-third was
the first distinctive Welsh regiment, now the
Black Prinee-rising sun, red dragon s & three rec
feathers and sIch Diem to this day Ii Iii
always headed on parade by milk-Hl.isa
goat, royal at; the regimental quickstep
is the "MareTof the Men Of Harlech, q fino
raised In Edinburg for defense against James.
and SO distinguished itself at killiscrankie
that 1t received from Edinburg the privilege
Of beating up the town for recruits without
special permission OF the provost. Itserved
bravely 10 Flanders. and presumably swots
terribly there, for among its corporaIs was
James Butler, better known az Corporal Trim
The Twenty-sixth, also Scotch regiment
enrolled 1900 strong. for the Prince Of
Orange, in one day. without money or beat OF
drum.
Under Anne, and In Marlborough's great
wars, were added the regiments from the
Twenty-eighth to the Thirty-ninth. Under
the first two Georges the Jaeobite risings and
the Seven Years, and other foreign wars
brought the regiments up to sixty. In 1858
fifteen regiments were added, making the
total seventy-fve.
The revolt OF the American colonies and the
coalition OF European powers against EnK-
land Increased the army to $1,000, but the
close OF the American war saw it reduced to
1900 men. Then came the French revolu-
and inst before the struggle with Napoleon
was over, it reached 10000. With it, growth
in numbers the British army grew In reputa-
tion, and yet IT had always to struggle against
snsnieion and distrust at home, despite Its
mapnifcent services and its answering pa
triotism.
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