Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
WOMEN AS COLONELs.

A woman, as a general rule. has to be
 very exalted parsonage. indeed to be
 given command of regiment and even
 then inc appointment is usually pure Iy honorary one. But not always. l Some women "coloneis' there are wnu l have actually "secn service" ! One of these latter is the ex-Queen | Marie of Naples. the heroine of the ! siege of Gaeta, the last stronghold in ! Italy of the ill fated B0urbon9. Night | and day she was on the rlmparts. and once al all events, she personally head | ed sOrtie against the besiegers. For this she was decorated by the czar with
 the Russian Order of St. George. q much prized emblem of valor. equva- lent to our Victoria Cross.
 Another famous woman warrior is Princess Maria, daughter of the late King Miguel of Portugal. and wife of Don Alplonsa. Donna Maria took an active part in the last two Carlist ris- ings. accompanyir@ her husband into action and being placed in command of large bodies of troops.
 But these ara exceptions. Our own beloved queen has never seen q shot
 
 ontl of some half a dozen regiments. including that corps d'eIite of the Ger man imperial service. the H7irst Prus- sian Dragoon Guards. Among the queens daughters one only. the Elm press Frederick, is entitled to wear uni form. She is colonel-in-chie of the Second Prussian HussaTs, and actually rode at he head of the corps. attired in fall reRime1taIs, on the occasion of its triumphal entry into Berlin after the Frsnco-Gcrman war. The empress iF also coWmanl0r Of a regiment of Ger man Tusile,rs.
 The Princess of Walo; is chief of a Danish cavalry corps. Thn duchess pf SaEe- Cl5ur%- -COti-l is head of a rcGi- mcut of Russian dr&%o0ns ana colonel of a German greradier regiment, while the duchess of Connaught E the nOni- nal coHaander of the reSiU mt Of in flntry which was frrmerly explained by her i.lUsuipus father. Prince FTrder- icI, Chail-s Of Prussia
 The empress of Russia it cu'nnel-in- chief of no fewer than four regimen, $ nf Aiuscovite cavalry. while her sister in-law. the Grand Duchess Vladimir. is in command of regiment cr infantry of the line. The Gran1 DucEcss Con- stantire. aunt of the ear. l. colonel of the Sixteenth regiment f dragoons, and hey daughter. the Grand Duchess Vera. holds sway over the First roEi- ment cf Russian foot guards.
 Queen MarEhc.i,a of Italy. again. is chief of a battalion oc German mounted troops. and tw1 sisjors of tlic kaiser also lad regiments occasionally GT peaceful parades of state. One of these. ChlIlJttee. the hereditary princess of SaXe-M Meiningen. is chief of the King Frederick III regiment of grenadiers. and Princess Adolf Of Lippe- Schaum- burg is chief of the Fifth Wostphalian foot.
 Grand Duchess Victoria of TIe.se is chief of the Third Hessian infantry, and the Crown Princess Maria of Rou- mania wears striking uniform as hon. orary colonel-in-chief of tho Fourth Roumani1n Hussars. Tha Spanish queen-mother Is honorary chief of no fewer than three cavalry and five in- fantry regiments. on behalf of her lit tie son. Alfonso XIII. and Qu en Will hemina of Holland rules ov=r q cavalry corps on her own account.
 Finally. although it is not strictly within the scope Cf this article. men, ton ought to be made If Queen Olga l of Greece, who is an admiral in the Russian fleet. Queen olga was ap- pointed to this high honor by her cou- sin, the czar. Nor is the appointment so altogether uniting as it might at first appear to be. seeing that, like the late Lady Brassey, her majesty has passed the examinations and gained the certificate of a master lnariner.- London Mail.