Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-16
EY FIGHT IT OUT.
!, rus, .jsH ARMY OFFICERS ssT-
 uf THEIR DIFFERENCES.

M+ k lFk-ttf lT'' - - .,.n.ian and the Peer How ons
 ,m.,, Was Opened to otRcrs Thsa
 .ots of the Pecrage Row "Niolly
 .bsd the Cheeky foungster. ,;o,, q the disgraceful duel be-
 tEe Duke of Orleans and the
 tf Turin we publish the follow
 r.ice which shows the manner i'll
 British officers settle disputes:
 osears have their disagrcernents. of
 like other men, and they have
 .ettled. Dueling is forbidden by
 well as by modern ideas and
 ,non sense. Complaints respecting
 Lotions of mess etiquette or of un- {. 'tlomanlv or unsoldierly conduct may
 admitted to the mess committee, the
 ..;+ive movers of which are extremely
 .saebing. Tho life of an officer sent
 roventrr' by his fellows is unendura- .s and his only chance is to exchange
 prt all this is moral suasion only,
 in the end disputes are frequently Sstled by 4 resort to first principles N. ' rnle of fist-while redress is some g,es obtained ill ways as drastic as Ibey are novel.
 gentleman joined a crack cavalry
 piment. He had no pedigree or falni. .. to recommend him. In fact, his fa- 8or was t retired brewer, and by the Sops of nobility among his comrades Is was rather coldly received.
 Are you the son of Dash, She brew N inquired one of these.
 'I am
 .,Then why didn't your father bring sau up to his trade"
 'Oh, well, you'ro the eon of Lord Blank, ren you:''
 Yes
 .Then why didn't he bring you up a
 ntleman9
 The upshot of this was rough and Ianble, wherein was demonstrated that a the army a plebeian is the equal of xer-if he can box as well.
 Another gentleman from the ranks of ede came home one day to find all the spckery and breakable articles in his |eous smashed, the same being intend- \ by the wreckers as delicate hint Lad his presence among them was eb- |etionable
 He was late for dinner that evening lbd apologized to the president of the 8ess for it. explaining what had hap ened-that he had been to the rooms { the three he suspected and returned ae compliment; if lie had wloRged ny, he would apologize and restore the Fticles; if lie had hit on the right ones. 1ey could have satisfaction in the rid ig school after dinner. Accordingly. after dinner, two Of lem received satisfaction in full. d lA orbett, in drill time. hut the third EQyed tougher nut to crack. and the i@ hearted plebeian tw1o. by the bye, how q eenpral), weakened by his ex- Hions, WAS getting worsted, so anoth- of the same social status who was ] expert hexef took up the rEnning.
 He soon finished off the third man N oLlisiagly offered to take OH any le who sxmrathized with the trio. By Ils meaus-apIropriate to their pro ssiou-these two officers opened the 'or in shat regiment 10 others than fshoots of the peerage, by whom it N previously been regarded as q pre- i've.
 -Among officers exchanging from enc giment to another is common Che file man, Q lieutenant. incurred the mity of the men of his troop by con- lually finding fault and rpbbing it in contrasting them unfavorably with late corps till they hated the very nne Of Jhe Pinks, as we'll call en
 -Not only the rank and file, but the neonmissioned officers, came in for s -rnimadversion till it got unbearable, d at last the troop sergeant major Id the captain quietly that there 0uld be mutiny i'll the troop before lg if it continued.
 It so happened that he had also car 'd his insulting comparisons into the ess and as he wouldn't take advice q drop it9 his brother officers took 9 matter into their own hands. with result that one cold night in Febru- y there was a hubbub within tho off rs' quarters, window was presently ened, and little Joey, clad only in nightshirt, was handed out, seized, ieed and held down in handbarrow. leeled off to the manure heap and ere shot out, to make bis way back to l as best he could. He soon after left } regiment.
 The antipodes of this gentleman was
 officer ill the same regiment, an shman, 6 feet } and big ill propor- 9s but his Ego" was not proportion- 'fo his size. He was too big and apa- stic for a cavalry captain. Ill fact, nickname, Molly" well describes Il. One cheeky" youngster appeared think he could take any liberties tn such an easy going mountain of sh, and in the billiard room one night carried his impudence beyond all son,
 Molly said nothing. He simply 'pped his cue, picked the offender up sat him violently down on side ta-