The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-20
ROYAL AMAZONS.

From the New YORK. Tribune.
No one in Europe now dreams OF
laughing at the practice that has long
been in vogue among the various reign
ing families of comforting military
titles upon expresses, queens and prin-
cesses of the blood. Indeed, there
is scarcely a royal lady of any i'm.
portance in the old world who does not
figure on the roster of some regiment
either as captain, major or colonel-in.
chief Queen Victoria even-in her
younger days, it is true-reviewed her
troops at Aldershct arrayed in the scar
let and gold lace tunic of full general
sustaining from the regulation cooked
hat, and wearing instead a sort o.
Gainsborough with a long, waving
plume. Moreover, she holds at the
present moment the colonelcv of the
First PruSsian Dragon guards, and
has occasionally, when receiving her
grandson, affixed the shoulderstraps Of
that regiment TO her dreas. Three o.
her daughtors-in-law hold commissions
as officers, the princess of Wales being
colonel of Danish regiment of caval.
~, the duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Goth
colonel of Prussia regiment of grena.
diers and of a Russia Dragon regi
ment, and the duchess of Connaught
commander of the Sixty-fourth regi.
ment of Prussian infantry, formerly
under the orders of her father, the
famous cavalry general, Prince Fred
erick Charles. Only one of Queen Vie
toria's own daughters possesses ths
right to array herself in martial attire
and that is her eldest child. the wild
owed Empress Frederick of Germany
She Is colonel-in-chief Of the SseoRe
regiment Of Prussian huSsars. and. with
wearing It's bus0y and dolman, she
rode at the head of her corps through
the streets of Berlin on the occasion OF
the triumphal entry Of the victOrioa,
army into the metropolis at the close o.
the Franeo-GeTmaR war.
The empress Of Russia IS colonel-in
chief of no less than four regiments o.
MuscOvite cavalry, while her sister-in
law, the Grand Duchess Vladiuer, Il
forced TO cantsnt herself with tAs com
r1and Of a mere infantry regiment Of
the line. The old and infrm Crane
Duchess Constantine. aunt OF the czzT
tths lady who was robbed Of her jewels
BY her now exiled eldest son fer pre-
sentation % the Philadelphia sSvsn-
turess, Miss Hattie Blaekford. sliaI
Fannie Lear 5 colonial OF the Sax
teenth regiment OF dragons Hen
daughter. the widowed Grand DucheS,
Vera. whose husband Duke Eugene o.
Wurtem burg. Il generally reported -
have persisted much IN the same way a.
the late Crown Prince Rudolph OF Aus
ira. : commander OF the Sijni-Novge
rod infantry reg imsnt- Duke Eugene
was officially stated - have SacsEHbsS
20 al attack o. cholera ~ Dusseldorf
after q few hours Illness, THIS being
th4 pretext given for the Elyx:.ry OBJ
served IN connection with las demise {
and his funeral. the latter taxing Pizes I
n the dead Of he night. According = I
the story current IN he various Ger +.
man courts ne was killed by huSbzsd .
whose honor ne had betrayed Soszas .
sav that he tel IN due. Others again 4
that i was n ambush. while zccorcins i
% q thi-d version II was as aSszllan5's 4
wife herself Eno gave h.zn m cup De 4
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The G-anG DGckeSs Ve-as sister. -, i
Gassa Of Greees en.2Ts ne dstizctios