The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-14

the Roman order is suspended tba
equipment being completed by n bow
SIX teet In length In the case Of Tho
oficers. the tunlc Is replaced, for court
wear. BY green cloth tall coat. rich
ny embroidered with gold thisties and
arrows with green velvet facinEs.
goid epaulets and aiguillettes. crimson
Silk sash, gold laced dark green trous.
, ers, and cooked hat with green piumes.
RMS uniform is often seen nj statn
functions in London and at Wtndsor
Sastle. being much affected by Lord
Rosebery. the Duke OF Buccleuch nnd
nose other peers who hold commits
sions III the bodyguard. whereas In,
tunic and the bow and arrows 81 tba
Tweed. -,
Whenever the sovereign visits ,ha
capital OF the northern Kingdom t u
commanding officer presents a redden
40, consisting OF three arrows, made Of
hnakewood, barbed with oliver. and
ieathercd with plumcs Of the Argus
pheasant. in token of the fcalty OF tho
regiment Moreover, the pukeSof r,,,c-
eleuch is. by virtue OF his Office o. can
tam. general of the corps. Gold SticIs
70 The monarch when in Scotland. ~.
wv, wv, oiicers next In rank. namely, Lord
s.,tSs and Lord Roscbery. being tho
.
The headquarters or the rcriment
are at the Archers' Hall, In Edinburgh.
puilt $50 years ago. and adorned with
q number OF fine paintings, including
some splendid Racburns, and with
superb silver trophies and plate. In
MS ms nan inc regimental dinners take
pace several times n year, the first
tonst belnG, not. MS elsewhere, "The
sing" but THE Mark which ~
drunk. not standing. but sitting down.
!. The hraharajah OF cooch Behar. who
George and Queen Mary I'm London.
where he has arrived In order 70 a /,
b Sena me coronation with his oonsort.
n sa ms eldest son at Oxford. while his
inte queen Victoria. Is now at Cornell
Receiving an American education
Ihe Mahnrajeh. alone among the
great vassal rulers OF Indin. occupies
u nigh rank I'm Masonry and has filled
me highest Offices OF the craft, having
Deen Grand Master OF the order in
Lp.engai, and Senior Grand Warden of
ENGLAND Moreover, he has done moro
thhh anyone else to spread the influence
ana practice of Freemasonry In India
lie IS devoted 10 every form OF Western
Iuets. and In the spring OF each year
holds big game hunts In his dominions,
where he has treated ali sorts OF royal
visitors. Including King Edward and
present Car. the Austrian heir prs-
sumptive. the Count OF Turin. the Duke
OF Orleans, and many others, to tiger,
elephant and bear shooting. The
Maharatah like his son. ia member
OF the Bramo somaz rite, which is
untrammeled by caste restricts ns, and
which. based upon the uncorrupted
teachings OF the Vcda. was founded
by Keshub Chundcr Sen, whose eldest
daughter he married In 1875 In nc.
cordance with the pra ctice OF this
creed, the Aiaharajah is monogam-
list; and the Maharanee is well known
and popular figure In London So
ciety and at the court of ST. James
Cooch Behar has for long tins
been one of the most prosperous por-
tons of Bengal. The terrible famines
that have partially !depopulated other
parts of india have never affected
Cooch Behar, The only occasions on
which 1t has felt any scarcity have
been when It has generously dispa tched
too large quantity of Its own rice In
order to relieve other districts that
were famine stricken. Besides grain
and rice. OF which It grows more than
1t needs for the requirements OF It's
own people. cooch Behar has under
profitable cultivation largo area de-
voted to tobacco and jute.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company ta. tE3sf4.