The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
nY IA sIARauIsE DIE roNrENoY.

R1NcE ERNEST AUGUSTUS, of
- the United Kingdom OF Great
4 Britain and Ireland, who Is also
Duke of Cumberland and OF
Teyiotdaie in the peerage OF Great
Britain, and Earl OF Armagh in tn.
! peerage of Ireland. as we'll as Hovcr-
eign Duke OF Brunswick Luneber.,
I though dcbarred by the kaisor from
owing TO his stubborn refusal 10
recognize Prussia'B annexation In 1866
OF his fathers Kingdom OF Hanover.
has just been celebrating the golden
jubilee Of his appointment to a COM
mission in the army OF Austriu. where
/ he has made his homo ever since he
was driven with his parents from
Hanover, more than forty-hve years
ago.
This celebration. which conceded with
that OF MIS- sixty sixth birthday. serves
10 recall that he Is one of the only
/ FOUR surviving knights Of that cele-
resa. which is only bestowed for tho
performance of some feat OF conspicu-
GUS gallantry In war. over and above
ones ordinary duty. In most cases It
which. in the event of failure would
have entailcd court ma r tial ana pos
sibly sentence Of death for dIsobedl-
ehce. and which have only won com
be successful. He received II for gal
lantry al the battle of Langenzalza,
the last stand made by the Hanoverian
army against the Prussians IN 1866,
his father. the totally blind King OF
Hanover. to direct the operations Of
the Hanoverian troops
The other three remaining knights
claimant to the throne of Naples. who
owes the cross to the part which he
played in the splendid defense Of
Gaeta. the last stronghold of the
bouroons; when their don3inions Were
incorporated into the Kingdom, nt'Itnly.
In 1867: Emperor Francis Joseph. who
won 1t, prior TO his accession 10 the
throne. at the battle of Santa Lucia
unuer REID Marshal Rataczy; and the
octogena rian General Baron Fetervary,
former Minister of War, who Won IL as
a young captain of the general stan. ut
the battle of solferino, In 1853. The
honor OF the victory of Kolin. over Fred
erick the Great. by Empress Maria
Theresa. and It's first knight was her
successful field marshal. Count Daun.
It's knights are chosen by ballot on
the part of the chapter, the sover-
eign having no voice In the matter, al
though he is the instrument of It's be-
stowal. Since 1915 only ffty-six knights
have been admitted. Some OF the m
have been commissioned officers
nay, even privates, when they won the
distinction; and no matter how plebeian
their origin. they were all on election
uiu IeSeINcu commissions Ill
the army; while each of them has been
treated to the same picturesque and
Imposing military obsequies at his
death; feature of the ceremony being
the appearance, in front OF the hearse,
OF knight mounted on a coal black
charger. caparisoned with black velvet
and arrayed from head to foot In suit
OF black medieval armor. His vizor is
lowered over his face. the pennon on
his lance his shield. and his mace are
shrouded with Grape. and the sompre
character Of his aspect is enhanced by
the fact that his armor, and that OF
his charger, are almost black, exquisite
ly DANA seemed with gold. This steel
clad warrior only appears on the scene
at the funeral of the members of the
Order of Maria Theresa, and whenever
he rides through the streets of Vienna,
the people know that one of their few
remaining HEROES has gone to his
eternal rest.