The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-09

by his regiment at the battle of Saragossa,
where, among other things, ii captured the
belts of the Spanish cavalry opposed to It.
Hence its nickname of the Cross Belts.
Then the Northumberland Fusiliers and
the Scots Greys both prize their bearskins
all the more highly that the right to wear
them was conferred as a recognition of
special acts of valor The former defeat
ed "a division of French Grenader Guards
at Wilhelmstahl in 1862. and the latter
captured the coiors of the Regiment du
Roi at the battle of Families in 17OG And
it is not on record that the Black Watch
have ever petitoned the war office for
leave to discard their kilts-even when the
FrencH called them Scotch savages," and
asserted that they ran about naked on
their native hills.
one of the most honorable titles in the
army is that borne by the Middlesex Regi-
ment-"the Orchards" 1t has clunR to
Them ever since the battle of Albuhera.
when the old Fifty-seventh, as il was then
called, was almost annihllated having lost
Y officers out of %, and 425 men out OF
$40. The Colonel kept crying out, Die
hard, my men; die hardr' and 1t has never
been forgotten. Indeed at the battle or
lnkerman their leader saved the situation
at a critical moment by shouting, Die
hards, remember Albuhera!"
by the way 1t might be a trihe risky IL
an officer OF the Royal Welsh Fusiliers for
instance stroye to rally his men In the
thick OF light by crying, Nanny Goats.
remember Mlnden'' for it was by an act
of deliberate disobedience that they suc-
ceeded so brilliantly on that memora bic
Day. Luckily for them, they Jared no worse
than did Nelson at Copenhagen
Truly a Doeticai soul was he who first
DUBBED the northampton Regiment THE
Steelbacks," from the heroic wav thaV
pore their hoggings in the Old days; and
having got the name, they have nobly up
held it on more than one occasion The
most notable instance of late years. per
maps was that of Lieut.. Hi, who earn
ed his V. c. by saving here "a man and
there man under fire at Laing's Mex. in
Natal. in 1881
Talking of ncknames, a good story is
told of The Old Stubborns" 0he 6her-
wood Foresters) For long time the Col
onel tried to have the Forthwith called
by its present title of the sherwood For
esters,' but only got nearly strangIed to
death in red tape for his pains At hast
one day, hearing the wv regiments on
either side OF him on the parade ground
addressed by their full titles as Princes
IRISH and "Connaught Rangers" he
turned 10 his own men, and in a fit of ex-
ASPIRATION shouted. nottingham hosiers
attentiouH But. after al, nottingham
hoslers sounds quite as high-class as
The Ragged Brigade" and yet this lat
ter title was only won after years of hard
nghting. II was bestowed by a grateful
country on the Thirteenth Hussars al The
close of their thirty-second action In the
Peninsular war, when It appears that the
STATE OF their uniforms. left few trines
TO be desired ON the other hand, we may
imagine how dazzling must have been the
appearance Of the Eghty-ffth after Il was
remodeled In 1913, with officers chosen from
other regiments, when we read that they
we're known to fame as the Elegant Ex-
tracts To military ears the words Con
naught Rangers" and THE Devils own
are synonymous terms; and so are THE
Old Toughs" ana "The Dublin Fusiners 3"
And who would enlist in rhe Seventeenth
Lancers II they ceased 10 be known as
Tine Death or Glory Boys? But the
finest and most inspiring name in the
whole range of The British army IS that
OF the Royal Irish Fusiliers-"The Faugh-
aBallagh Lads" and nobly they sus-
tanned 1t as they cleared the way" with
the Old Toughs at Glencoe on oct 90