The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-31
MAY CLAIM ESTATES;
NO RIGHT TOEARLDOM

Baron Levingston. may 90 counted one
or the llegcs OF King George. although
ne mas no estates In Great Britain.
MS entire property being situated in
ltalF, where he makes his home In
addition TO his other titles he as Duke
OF Mondragone and Marquis Bandini.
ono 81 ms sisters. Lady Isabella How
ard. spent several yenrs at Washing
was Councillor OF the British Embassy,
ami Charge d'Afraires.
The Giustnianis are not well Off
ana nave been obliged to lease the fine
nam IN Rome to a tenant very unde-
sirablc IN Catholic and aristocratIc
eyes. namely. the Grand Orient OF Ital-
IAN trecmbasons who have made their
WWet- Obliged TO leave the Palazzo
Borghcse some years ago. The family
hpids high place among the great
ntstosic houses Of Italy. One of it's
or 'ne Latin auNilsarics at the defense
OF constantinople in 1853.
The Earldom OF Newburgh and the ao-
companyins honors were bestowed on
sir James Livingston, a Scotch baro-
net. 10y Charles IL. in 1860. with do
scent to his heirs whatsoever" That
j. why they have been hcritable in the
female as wcU as in the male line:
nnt as Herbert Colcloush, the present
iugant can snow no descent what
=
evident that he Will lose his case.
DR.. Wilmington Ingram. $50. 600 a
year Bishop of London, has just been
promoted from Fourth Class Chap
iaiucy OF the Territorial 6Militia)
Force of the Army. which carried with
II the rank Of Captain. to a First Class
Shaplancy, with the -lni OF Colonel.
ana as such IS atta,hcd to tho Lon
don IiAc Brigade Others newly en-
I titled TO draw pay and allowances as
hapla IN Col )ncls lre Bishop Edward
/ Kyle. Dean %. Wes minister. who looks
after the sp,citual needs III the Hemp
ssnlre Ca-Abin"ers, and the bisncr OF
d Gloucester. Or. Edward Gibson who Is
ono OF tho best cquestrians of The royal
/ Gloucestershre Hussars There is only
/ one Prelate OF tho English Church
/ VINO mas the rank and pay OF a gem
/ ersl. namely. Bishcp John TAYLOR
smith Chaplain General of the Army.
Not all the generals and coloncls Of
/ the French Army bearing German
! as SO many people suppose some are
wholly OF German parentage. have
completed their education in France.
obtained naturalization there and then
/ secured commissions In the French
army They are nearly all sons OF
/ farmers well-to-do artisans. small
/ trauesmen. etc. OF the Catholic GER
! man Rhine provinces. The people
]
J clever their sons may be, they can
never hope to rise in the German army.
] owing TO their own inferior social posi-
tl0n. and I'm great measure TO their
religion. for no matter what the rcl:i e
/ inent, the spirit Of caste is strong
among the officers
/ In the French army there is none
! or this spirit OF caste among the com
missioned men. The tendency under
! the republic is rather to discriminate
/ against men OF gentle birth. although
such officers. differing in this respect
from the officers OF the German army.
never dream of allowing the infcriorlty
OF a fellow officers oclgin to prevent
relations OF camanadcrie
This is not wholly due TO the spirit
Of the republic. 1t dates from the first
Napoleon. who used to boast that
| every common soldier carried in mis-
( knapsack the baton. of Fieid- Mar
shall. There are no longer any aFieId-
Marshals in France. but hers is tho
! one army where any man. no matter
J how humble his origin can hone ia
I rise to the highest command by sheer
1 merit. and some of the youngest gen
| erals and colon"ls who have won their
| promotion Ny the hardest lighting In
/ Morocco. are men OF quite obscure
. parentage
While the old French arlstocracy is
/ still fairly represented in France S
! army, and most OF the bearers of his
/ toric names and titles figure il. the
/ 1850 % t"c I'M 'C" Il" NotHh WIN
"a note to the effect that they ara
! lieutenants or captains on the reserve
/ list at least. the majority OF officers
are drawn from the lower classes OF
/ the population, and one OF the ranking
/ generals Of the army, General Doddc
/ who added The great African Empire
| of Dahomcy TO Frances possessions in
/ Africa is actually mulatto son OF an
English trader in Senegal. and a
native woman The French navy is
different. though, for there discrimn-
alton is far greater. and the officers
/ generally belong to old Breton or
! southern families
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