Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-28
THEY rIGII'r IT OUT.
HOW ENGLISH ARMY OFFICERS sET-
 TIE THEIR DIFFERENCES.


 Crushed the Cheeky Houngster.
 In vica Of the disgracefnl duel be. tween the Duke of Orleans and the Count of Turin we publish the follow ing article which shows the manner in which British officers settle disputes:
 Officers have their disagreements, of course, like other men, and they have to be settled. Dueling is forbidden by law as well as by modern ideas and common sense. Complaints respecting infractions of mess etiquette CT of un- gentlemanly or unsoldierly condnct may be submitted to the mess committee, the punitive powers of which are extremely farreaching. The life of an officer sent to Coventry" by his fellows is unendura- ble. and his only chance is to exchange.
 But all this is moral suasion only, and i'll the end disputes are frequently settled by a resort to first principles the rule of fst--while redress Is some times obtained in ways as drastic as they are novel.
 4 gentleman joined crack cavalry regiment. He had no pedigree or fami. 1y to recommend him. In fact, his fa- ther was retired brewer, and by the scions of nobility among his comrades he was rather coldly received
 Are you the son of Dash, the brew err" inquired one of these.
 f'I am. :"
 Then why didn't your father bring you up to his trade?'
 "Oh, we'll, you're the son of Lord Blank, aren't you?''
 t'Yes. D
 Then why didn't ho bring you mp a gentleman?"
 The upshot of this was q rough and tumble, wherein was demonstrated that in the army plebeian is the equal of a peer--if he can box as well. Another gentleman from the ranks of trade came home one day to find all the crockery and brcakablo articles i'll his rooms smashed, the same being intend ! ed by tho wreokcrs as delicate hint l that his presence among them was ob- jeetionable
 He was late for dinner that evening and apologized to the president of the mess for it, explaining what had hap pened-that he had been to the rooms of the threo he suspected and returned i the compliment; if he had wronged any, he would apologize and restore tho articles; if he had hit oil the right ones, they could have satisfaction il the rid ing school after dinner.
 Accordingly, after dinner, two of them received satisfaction il full, a Ia Gorbett in drill time, but the third proved a tougher nut to crack, and tho big hearted plebeian (who, by the bye, is now q general), weakened by his ex- ertions, was getting worsled so anoth- CT of the same social status who was an expert boxer took up the running.
 He soon finished off the third man and obligingly offered to take on any one who sympathizr7 with the trio. By this means-appropIl@tc tt5 their pro- fession-these two officers opened tho door i'll that regiment to others than offshoots of the peerage, by whom it had previously been regarded as a pre- serve.
 Among officers exchanging from one regiment to another is common. One little man, lieutenant, incurred the enmity of the men of his troop by con- tinua1ly finding fault and rubbing it ill by contrasting them unfaYorably with his late corps till they hated the very name of the ''Pinks," as we'll call them.
 Not only the rank and file, but the noncommissioned officers. came ilt for his animadyersion till it got unbeatable, and at last tho troop sergeant major told the captain quietly that there would be mutiny ill the troop before long if it continued
 1t so happened that he had also car ried his insulting comparisons into the mess, and as he wouldn't take advice and "drop it" his brother officers took the matter into their own hands, with the result that one cold night in Febru- ary there was hubbub within the ofil- cers' quarters, a window was presently opened, and little Joey, clad only in 1 his nightshirt, was handed out. seized, placed aud held down in a handbalrow, i wheeled off to the manure heap and there shot out, to make his way back to bed as best he could He soon after left tho regiment.
 The antipodes Of this gentleman WAS an officer in the same regiment, an Irishman, feet , and Liz in propor- ton, but his "go" was not proportion- ate to his size. He was too big and apa- thetic for cavalry captain In fact, his nickname, Molly, well describes him. One " cheeky" youngstcr appeared to think he could take any liberties with such an easy going mouatain of flesh, and in the billiard room one night he carried his impotence beyond all reason.
 Molly said nothing. He simply dropped his cue, picked the offender up and sat him violently down on a side ta- ble, ignorant or needless of the fact that upon it were standing glasses and 1 decanters