The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-11

Lord Grey, Governor General Of Can,
ada, twhose name is an English corrup-
Ro orsis Of ' lis T house TO Roa H.
King of Hungary. Tho arms OF Lord
Grey, and OF tho Croys. arc III theii
scions of tho house of Croy draw only
a relatively small sum per annum from
the family estates, the amount depend
lationship to the chief of tho house.
! some OF them have acquired wealth
/ through marriage. or through rich
mothers. But others arc IN relatively
| straitcned circumstances that Is to
say for men of their rank
nile france Inns de facto Sener.
a shc Wt,o Of the army IN the person OF
Council of War In Paris. which office
carries with It that of supreme com
mand Of tho troops in the field, in the
Seneraltssmo is Victor Michel-there
y nothing of the kind In the navy, and
there too. seniority goes for nothing.
me laws bearing ON tho subject OF the
chief command OF the navy. declare
hat Il rlce-admiral shall he appointed
- that Office whenever necessity arises,
mere naval Manoeuvres on large
scale, In that event the vice admiral
selected Tor the purpose by the Presi-
dent OF the republic. In conjunction
with tho minister of the navy, receives
Va temporary commission as admiral
ln-chief, and in that case all vice ad-
They may DO superior In seniority SE t. ut 1"
the commsndcr-ln-c chief. arc subject
70 MS orders. In fact. onco an officer
of of T. the French navy has sttained the
highest grade at present In the French
navy, seniority no longer counts for
anything.
The Prince of Wales is ABOUT to be-
come fun member of the famous
Marylebone Cricket Club. being the
first scion OF the relgning house 10
thus become entitled to wear the we'll
known crimson and gold blazer and
ribbon. All the other members of tho
royai family until now, have con
memberships of the club. The prince
is an enthusiastic cricketcr, and plays
an an exceedingly good game. though he
mas not achieved the. skill or his young
One of Prince Alberts proudest pos
sessions is the cricket hall. now mount
cd in silver, with which on a menor-
able occasion he bowlell out, with sue
ceessivc deliveries. his father, Kint.
George his brother. the Prince OF
Wales. and his cousin, Prince Arthur
of connausht. In game al Windsor.
Those French reviews and news
papers which are devoting SO much at
tention to the story of the prince or
many. who enlisted under the name OF
albert Nordcmnnn." iii the Foreign
Legion. and succumbed TO tuberculosis
while serving under the French flag
at Geryville, in Algeria. arc ultoEeth-
or mistaken In declaring him TO have
been Prince Frederick Albert OF
Baden. For there Is no scion OF the
house OF Baden. living or dead. who has
ever borne those names. aud who Is
not otherwise accounted for The
prince. who did enlist In the Foreign
Legion. was one of the members OF
the house of W,nldeck who had be-
come involved in SO much financial
trouble at homo, as TO be deprived of
any further control OF the remnants Of
his fortune. and to be placed under
curatcl 7s,-H
Finding existence under these cir
cumstances into!erable in Germany, he
went TO France, and although he had
been commissioned officer with thc
rank of captain In the German army.
he enlisted as a private soldier in the
Foreign Legion. Some time after Ills
aeath German man of-war was sent
70 StaN, on the Tunisinn coast, 10 fetch
ms ms remains, and to bring them back
TO Germany. They were received on
beard with all the honors due to roy
atty; while the French military an-
thorltles who had treated the prince
most kindly, especially during hts last
Illness, likewise accorded to his BODY
on It's examination. and on It's trip 10
the coast. all the military; courtcsies
mat are prescribed for dead princes az
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