Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
RFARDS FOR SOLDIERS.
pEFDONI FROM THE BABER
GRANTED IN FRANCE
-. Vow order of the War MINER and
me Curious History Relang to
R.ards-Bad Food for SOlders.

NJ M Curious History Relang to
~ Reards-Bad Food for SOldsrs
from tho Neqo York Times
D.p1s Nov. 3.-Each Mlnistf OF War
us rronee-and there have beeltwo-and-
IN ttularies of the Frenc War De-
Is 'st,,ont since the fall Of the trant-has
x, raortad his administration byome great
- -, Of reform. Gen. de Cisseyiubstituted
al scoops for the visOrs Of ne soldiers
W.. one OF his successors pit unsightly
S.s,5 on the fronts of tutcs; third
tai,sfod epaulets; a forth, on the
-n,mepdation Of Gen. d Galifet, in
". ..,dnced the use of yeDw vice black
+ber boots into the cavalry; fifth
An pe.rocizad the yellow bots; a sixth had
orasIqp in consequence OF MS predlIec-
sors toward spiked heltets lor the IN
@1trv. Gen. Fare mad war on drums,
a. Con Bnlot re-eaablished drums;
IT,, con lsmpenOn, the pesent incumbent,
1uVtsrr,iupd to throw into the shade all his
~ u. ,0 and willie the army was
d. roiting auxously that long-prOmised
og- law nv which the salary OF its officers
M SEotd be unified, and That other law,
~, n,IIy long-promise1, which would re-
-9ST 5I+ m the re-onistnent OF meritorlOus
Commissioned Oflicers, whose want
h more keenly felt every day, that great
he'd man has been Celebrating, IN the
d ella
Us So-sa which strikes dumb with aston
IN; tabn,ent the commanders OF army corps,
100 ~ whom has been forwarded q circular
artborfzjng everybody who wishes to
and wear his beard exactly as he pleases, in
stead Of as heretofore being obliged to
~ conform his hirsute appendages to the reg
mental cut 1t is deathblOw to disci-
line the ass's kick to the dying lion OF
M. f,orjt al c0rpS, bewaled by those for
whom tradition and routine are the first
NJ ali religions, and who, because their
ers' ancestors excluded full boards from the
ma. army. are sincerely convinced that
t military uniform and a full beard
ID cannot be made to harmonic, and that
and Gen. CampenOn's calculation that the
suppression Of regimental BARRIERS will
econ0miZe 0,000f annually to the bud
yet Of the War Department Is merely an
coA eycuse-naught but q preteXt by which
IRA foaid in the realization of NJ. Clemer-
O3 ceau's programme-the entire suppre5-
hing sion of a standing army and it's replase-
mept by national guard, which great
reform is TO be the browning glory of chat
gmndiose International exhibition OF
con- 1889 proposed as the solemn afirpatiOn
RNI. ofthe triumph of the revolution, bat, ac-
cOrding to present appearances, no likely
og get beyond the state OF a proposal, M.
, M BnssOn rather discouraging theinstltu-
,Oi1 ton on economical reasons, but ia reality
so minded, in consequence OF the
oficOus notification from most OF
the continental cabinets that, in
Don simple justice to the principles on
t sVh which monarchial governments are based,
Nsw II would be Illogical as Wellas dangerous
ntrs to assist IN the glOrifcatiOI of other prln-
lated eples, which, If generally admitted, must
result in the general abolition OF every
u re- form of monarchy. | think / have told
pIus, you how Austria and Germany HAD so in
formed France some months ago, and,
believe also, was then c)ntradlcted by some
IS mo WI NkupW OnlfA
You will, fancy, frd that | was right,
Sovs1 and that, except there be some mOdlhca-
ms tons made in the original programme Of
,rded anature to render some of its items less
q the di0us to those who will not have re-
ut q public for themselves at any price, there
0 20 will be no International Exposition in
80 1889, or il there he one, that il will be cir
nj in amscrbed to the participation of not
nrtot more than five foreign nations. which, GER
from M binly. must deprive it of much OF its uni
W rersal International character.
's Sea 10 20 back to the beard question: This
Z mn BILL not have been the first time that
pro. french soldiers have worn full boards.
or in Bearded archersmarched in the vanguard
sixty Of those who fought beneath the folds Of
Jews, frances banner at the battle of B0vines,
esou md if we are to believe old chroOiclers,
he mere sightO the long boards be-
It ths Qrnkled with gold dust of honor of the
any PODS worn by the warriors OF ancient
al 5aul struck terror to the hearts of the
\ r. euton spesrsmen, and fascinated the
~ naglnatiOns Of the fair daughters Of the
tors allneland, where all heard save the mus
mple- aoae was piilesslY prescribed, and even
& one aat only allowed to those who had by
= G sme leatO arms won the right to wear the
noyed lmbol Of yalOrOus heroism. 1t was
emo. tous who first introduced the
nuslacne on this side Of the Rhine,
stu aud 1000 years after the Merovingian
gusIl aVnasty had ceased TO exist, leave TO keep
% w. uns0orn was special favor granted TO
atos NE Count de BOutevIlle when he mounted
lhoaa le scatOld for high treason. Do not
d an oppose, however, that the corporation Of
ltn eiVefs can claim any great antiquity.
l my ~ Ae contrary, it was his own noble
s,o0i ponsor Who shaved each newly dubbed
mora nsul on Inc eve Of the ceremony, when
which uLsJ ouckled on golden spur, and it
T-avd sa' 10 relieve his cOurtiers of disagree
PIE duty that Henri l. authorized the
o' tnn earring OF the entire beard by the armY
! iWl lu tne nobility, who so continued to look
ubied aTlarcha until after the return of Fran
mple l., who brought back with him from
sngn 1ly not only rich vestments and mar
sn nIs' sousiy chseled gOldsmith's work,
" y AM strange habits and Gus
'es mol us' many OF them more
ed, Of uvlaole by their breach than by their
vance, and hitherto unknown forms
I Is steecn, with wide brimmed gigantic
10 sslu'gleu mats, long rapiers, and swash-
p@ast S Ialer boards, called q peScOpette, while
or ID pam and Hungary, fnaugurated the
yed I,'lacles In IarQue and a crOc, in
boi . u0l ol Which caprice of fashion their
a " IPectlVe wearers fought deadly duels
x nj ~. Dermain des Pris and the Cemetery
ski 'le lnnocents. The beard question was
hec' @61rhlng IN the days OF Louis XIII. as
4, 81 ,ulealens to become under the admin
esro ,TD5ioh oil Campenon l., and Tallemant
asSip ,'eau1 tells IN his memoirs how the
ISsA i,s'lans used to sing in the streets
8 pom Tas. I'VE ballad wherein was recited the
en- mtet Vl those officers Of the royal
laI i ,S 'elold whom their capricious soVOr-
gsoai To one day shaved clean, all but
esrees s6G. cuiA tutt-with his own august
ont nm 20 rom which, however, dates the
ysna ac u2 mat other hairy ornament which
4 alg gs1e' "goatee" and the French a
i hsy hIsis, Il curious history is that OF the
eesg leo's ue, aud one fertile In queer in
Batter Ob Az +, "hlch recominen to the atten-
ie sra ,iii.erarily inclined BARRIERS, but will
)geas I'M IT,! SKID through, u citing that Louis
cePss MI Nept 70 The traditions Of his fathers
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