The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-01-15
OLD MILITARY LORE.
Regulations That Guided Soldiers In the
Sixteenth Century.

Regulations That Guided Soldiers In the
Sixteenth Century.
"The Pathwaie of Martial Disoi-
pline" (15S1), by Thomas Styward, is
full of plates and abounds in quaint re-
marks. Giving the duties of provost
marshal, we find: "He shall according
to the lawes punish all offenders with
out regard or respect Of persons, and in
the market place shall set up pair Of
gallows, both for the terror Of the wick
ed and for execution upon them that Of
fend the lawes. That he shall set upon
all victualls brought to the market a
reasonable price, that the seller and the
buyer may reasonably live by it" In
the office of coronel Cor colonel-the two
terms seem to have been introduced at
the same time, but the latter became the
favorite), after mentioning his appoint
ing Of as many captains as is needful,
giving 800 men to a company, (which
is convenient number" for If the men
are divided into smaller companies too
much money would be spent on the off,
GERS. With regard to the lieutenant, he
is to be "of great experiences, qualities
and behavior. " 1.-THE coronel shall also
examine the selections that the captains
have made of all the officers throughout
their companies, and If they be such as
ought to be, or not much worse he may
allow them, and not otherwise.
Before firearms drove out all other
weapons it was an object to equalize
the strength of the company, "the shot"
Jas the musketeers came to be called)
experimenting the pixies. All the COM
binations of men for drilling which are
given by various authors illustrate this
thus for the defense from horsemen
"Place the ranks Of pixies every way.
your shot next unto them, your bills Cor
halberds) and ensign in the midst, the
pixies ends couched down the better to
resist the enemy"
All kinds of lodges are taught-thus
''If in sight of the enemy, which is su-
perior in numbers, the front rank of
pixies shall spread out SO as to admit the
men of the second rank in the open
spaces. But if the enemy manifest q
real intention of attacking, and there
be no place of refuge near, the second
rank shall return to their places, and all
shall serrie close together. The shot
shall be placed in the voward and rear
ward SO that they may skirmish and re-
tire as occasion serveth. "-Gentleman' e
Magazine.
white House Of the Confederacy.
Within short time the old home Of
Jefferson Davis in Richmond will be
thrown open to the public as Confed-
crate museum. The white House OF
the Confederacy, as it has been called,
has been the property of the city for
many years and has recently been used
as schoolhouse. A room in the house
will be assigned to each Of the states
that seeded for collection of relics,
/ and in addition there will be a large
room for general museum and one for
a library. The first of the state collec-
tions-that of Georgia-has been re-
ceived 1t was presented to the commit
tee by Mr.. De Reune on the eighty sixth
birthday of President Davis, June, 1894.
Among the relics are the cape, gauntlets
and sword of General Lee; the plumes
from General Stuart's hat; the spy.
glasses used by General Beauregard at
the battle Of Manassas, and the collec'
lions from the various soldiers homes
established throughout the south, in
Gliding the Lee Camp Soldiers home
collection, which contains, in addition
to many rare and interesting relics, the
skin of Stonewall Jackson's charger.
There are also a number Of manuscripts
and private papers. New York Trib'
une.