The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
the piokman may have made whips at

psI.hHpS ne plCkmhn may nave nhuo Whips ~
These wero the principal people Of, the civil
tlemen had their own gentlemen. and OF course
the gentlemen's gentlemen had to be cared for.
In the military establishment there vas
were three Troops OF Guards of Horse: the
Kings Troop, distinguished by their Blew Rib;
bons and Cafbine Belts. the Red Hooses and
Houlstcr Caps. Embroidered with His MaIestie's
CIPHER and Crown, Tho Queens Troop by
Green Velvet. and Gold Lace. also Green HOSES
and ,Houlster Caps. Embroidered with the same
yellow Ribbons and Carbino Belts. and Yellow
HOSES. Embroidered rs the Others" When tho
aarry, mS' sS s6 6uI Gan'H Nh, walked /. so,d n fssi 10 b nim.
ing u crown: n Principal Commissioned Qnice
came next. who bore a silver headed staff; and
There was u troop" OF Rrenadlers for each
troop OF guards. who. performed "CentIy.Dutv
he walks abroad, but always. March with great
Dctachmcnts. The Kings Troop consists of a
three corporals, two drums. two hauthois tthese
four instruments attended presumably by men
ed" rhe Queen and The Duke had to scrape
along with only two Sergennts. two corporals,
TWO hantbols and sixty nriyate.. ...,.,
as :. Eldest Colonies of Horse; the Lieutenants
as Eldest Lleutcnant-C nloncls. OF Horse; the
Comets ard GnIdons rs Eldest Majors OF Horse;
the Quartermastcrs as Youngest Captains OF
Horse; the .Brigad!ers as Eldest Lieutenants =
Horse" We are the only country In the world
where Brigadicr has n permanent and high
rank. In France a Brlgadier In lower than n
Corporal: in the gcnsdarmrrie he is what. we IN
New \ Ork call n round-man. In Great Britain
he u y field officer commanding troops brigadeti
together temporarily. Two hund red year, ago
an English Brigadier was n commissioned ofii-
Ger OF the lowest rank.
A queer thing In King Cha-lcs's guards was
that one troop was the eldest. and even though
commanded hy the Captain having the newest
commission. Il led: and its CAPTAIN took com.
company follows Its Captains seniority. and
has none Of its own.
MaJesty's regiment Of horse: then th" Kings.
regiment OF foot. the Cold,trcafn regiment. the
Pnso Of Yo,s's regiment It. his MHlirs, T. IioI;
lost It's precedency by the death Of its Colonel.
This Is what King Charles'S court lived on:
There were daily In his court clghty-siS
tables. well furnished each meal. whereof the
Kings table had twenty.cisht dishes, thu
Queens twcnty-four. four other tables sixteen
each. three other- ten each, twelve others seven.
seventeen others Ave. three others four. thirty
dishes, in ali about 500 dishes each meal. with
bread. beer. wine. and all things necessary,
I!s sfoss "@ %. Sheni 500 yser, oxen In ne g'oS Si"s shrr hou 200 90
vchls. 400 porker-, 400 sturk- or young beevc-,
$500 lambs. 900 ditches OF bacon, and % hoars.
Also 40 dozen OF geese. .bO dozen of capons.
47O dozen of hens. $50 dozen of outlets. i.+7O
dozen OF chickens this distinction reminds one
Fresh EscsI: for bread 81 400 bushels Of wheat.
and for drink 600 tuns of wine AID LOO tuns
together with the hsh and fowl. venison. fruit.
spice, proportIonably."
IL IL interesting TO note tnAt the court OF
Queen Victoria still retains many OF the Offices
OF King Charles. day. The Court OF Green
Cloth doesn't sit. though 1t probably exists: but
the Board Of Green Cloth meets In Buckingham
Palace. II has the Lord steward rs its head.
the Treasurer, the Comptroller. the Master Of
the Household. the Secretary. and the CHIEF
Clerk. There Il a Master of the Ceremonies.
with an assistant and q marshal: all sorts OF
Lords and Groums, Gentlemen tshers. and
more Grooms. that Charles II. had: n poet
laureate, n painter In ordinary. a marine painter,
various Sergeant Painters: there is a barge
master, hut the watermen are gone; mud n
keeper or the swans. though the Master
OF Cock Fighting and the Master OF the
Game ~ the Bulls and Bears are both gone.
There are pages Of various kinds. from those Of
thin brown psper to those Of editions de luxe.
tergeants-a yeonen 81 the guard. tho
honorable corps OF gentlemen Mt arms. there Is
q Queens champion: there are physic!ans ga
lore. surgeons al lib. zone of them n sergeant
surgeon. apothecaries nd nnu.eam: instead Of
two operators for the teeth, there IL one sur
Reon dentist. There IL n full supply OF sky
pilots, DC. twenty in number for a good woo
man. There Ia still n master 81 the horse
and n ditto OF the buck 'ounds. and
an hereditary grand falconer. but the
master OF the otter hounds ana he Of the
haps on the payroll: at all events. they don't
even. pretend tn work. Instead Of q Master NJ
the Robes there Is n Mistress; but there Is still
RGroom Of the Robes. BEING n Scotchmnn. he
doeen't see the hGmor 1or humourl OF the groom
OF the robe. bearing a territorial title: no Is Mr..
IL. II. Erskl ne of tarlross. Ana there IL n
Clerk OF the Robes. who has been made G. II. by
camphor among the dresses when in the hurry
NJ Dublic buainess shs'l forpoftento dn so