New-York tribune., 1903-03-08

Military College with the rank Of lieutenant
which L believe he still holds. and the present
King OF Greece was doing duty as midshipman
or an English man-o'-war when elected to his
throne He was at the tine known as Prince
William Of Denmark, and had to be summoned
from the masthead tC which he had been rele-
gated for some breach Of the naval regulations
70 meet the representatives Of the Greek Con-
stituent Assembly when they came on board to
offer him the Hellenic crown Prince Louis OF
Battenberg married to q granddaughter Of
Queen Victoria, is the director Of naval intell-
E-nce at the Admiralty and a captain Of the
British navy. Prince Christian Of Schieswig-
FIoIstein. brCther-in-law Of King Edward, is a
general Of the English army: Prince Leinlngen
is an admiral or The retired list Of the English
navy, and the late Prince Victor HohenlOhe,
another rephew Of Queen Victoria, was likewise
q British admiral All these princes have actu-
ally served or are stiI serving. under the Brit
ish flag, and. OF course. do not include in this
enumeration the Duke Of Cumberland and
Brunswick. Prince Charles Of Denmark and the
rulers OF Austria Germany, Portugal and Rus
sia, whose rank IN the British army and navy is
more OF less of an honorary character
Only one alien prince may be said to have re-
ceived his training in the Italian army, namely
louis Bonaparte, to whom his uncle, King Hum
bert. granted a commission Of lieutenant Of cav
airy. But when Italy joined the Triple Alliance
which was at the time admittedly aimed against
France and Russia Prince Louis, whose father,
s.PIon PJon" was the son of the great Napoleon s
youngest brother, Jerome, King Of WestPhalia,
resigned his commission In the Italian army
snd appIjed for and received from the late Gar
corresponding rank in the Russian cavalry In
which he has since served up to the rank OF
general. While ne is exceedingly popular at st.
Petersburg and treated by the Emperor and his
court az a member Of the Ieigning family. his
presence there has on several occasions proved a
source Of considerable embarrassment, espe-
ctauv in view Of RUssia's alliance with the
French RepubIic. Indeed, one OF the reasons
given for the recall Of the Marquis de Monte
IyeIlo from the post of French Ambassador to the
court u the Gar was the belief entertained in
gcTGrurleG. circles a. Paris that he mad oe-
ye,s1ed too great an intimacy with Prince
Louis, WEo. the only brother ana her OF
T.lcor. the Bonapartis: pretender, is regarded as
z serious danger to the present regime III
--s-oe Another alien prince in the Russian
army is Don Jaime, the sole son and heir OF the
Soa-isb pretender, Don Carlos He is captain OF
q cavalry regiment station d at Warsaw and
during the military operations in China couple
OF wears ago considerably distinguished himself
IN the etorrnfng OF the capital Of hanchuria-
One OF the brothers OF the Crown Prince Of
Siam is also serving In the Russian army and
visited this country last fall
The reigning Prince Of Monaco served pr1or 70
his accession TO the throne, in the Spanish navy
IN which ne holds the rank OF captain; and the
Duke OF Montpens4er, o1y brother Of the child