The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-22

fHihSs own. the Duke of York's and
the Duke OF Albemarle's. At that
tune 1t was always fernando that
one troop should be raised in Scot
land in honor Of tn house Of Stuart. |
winch came from that country. Sir
Walter Scott, in his old Mortality"
makes reference TO this troop.
Guarding the Sovereign.
IL was the duty Of the Life Guards /
to protect the Sovereign and the ROYAL
Family. The greatest care was taken
IN the selection of the members of
the troops, and even the privates were
known as Gentlemen of the Guard,
and indeed, many of the cuardsmen
We're Of good family and had held
commissions during the civil war.
They received better pay than the
privates in other regiments. and coun-
try sQuireS often seemed 10 look upon
the Guards as a respectable provision
for a OUNCE son.
1t is said the first active duty OF
the Life Guards soon after they were
formed was separating hostile factions
OF France and Spain in a quarrel for
precedence between their respective
! ambassadors. OF course. there We're
no casualties" for the gallant life
/ guardsmen had only to show them
selves to have their advice taken.
During the SO-called Gordon riots Of
1880 the Life Guards were employed
to put down the rioters and found it
no idle duty either.
In 1888 the regiment was remodeled
and under more democratic rules.
PriVateS no longer were required to
purchase their way. but calls were
made for men to serve the Guards. 1t
is told that some of the old troopers.
who had been in the Guards when il
was a regiment Of gentlemen, refused
to serve, saying that they We're no
lNa l,t ~.
There was a Guards Brigarde al
Waterloo and they served in the
Crimea, but, generally speaking, they
are a home guard.
| Wales in Grcnadiers.
7 The Prince of Wales at the opening
of the present war was COMMISSIONS
a lieutenant in the G~renadier Guards
and if it is sent abroad no oub will
go with it. Battalions Of the Grena-
der Guards have a long and notable
history for foreign service. The thir(
battalion of the G~renadier Guard:
t was almost annihilated at Waterloo
t but they stood their ground heroi
! cally. A. Inkerman in h Crimeal
t campaign, they again, along with tn
4 Coldstream and Scots Guards. wer,
the target, and although they suffer
I ed fearful loss they drove the Rus
l slams from their position.
. What is now the German Imperia
Guard is the descendant of a guar
S that vas the original or pattern TO
e Napoleon's historic Imperial Guard.
S is true that the German Imperia
: Guard is not so large a force as Ma
poleOn's finally became, but it is
large body, and is not solely for or
e namental purposes, but both in tn
FrancO-PruSSian war and the preSen
d European war has seen service Of
very character in the field
- -. IL. 49,
Prussian. having. in fact. been orig
naTy raised by the King of Prussi;
IS and today, as it has for more than
century, represents the elite Of tn
y German army.
) That was the idea OF Frederick tn
n Great. His father delighted in h
1t gigantic Trabant Guards, but Whe
e Frederick II came to the throne {
ID Prussia he demanded a body Of trair
il ed soldiery, and did not demand tia
Of every one should be more than 81
TT feet in height.
Re The King Of Prussia's bodyguard
distant times like all other bod
~ guards OF sOvereigns. composed
e archers. By degrees it was divide
n into foot soldiers and cavalry, and III
ally expanded into a full army corp
that he reformed the guard on q,
sc count Of it's experience quite as niue
to as in the interest OF efficiency. Unit
ut the days of the NapOleOnlc wars tt
in guards Of the King Of Prussia consis
ne ed of two cavalry regiments and TO,
regiments Of foot. During the yea
ed that elapsed from the suppression
m Napoleon until the F'ranco-Prussis
Of war the guard was frequently au'
x mented. Finally it became the ST
Of a full army corps and now is I
Nv longer the guard of the King Of Pru
OF STA merely, but h Imperial Guar
the change having taken place at IL
70 formation of the German Empire
lis 1871.
n NapOleOn's Imperial Guards.
m Probably no household troops
body guards in the world ever ACHE
on ed the reputation Of Napoleon's Imp
Is. rial Guard, and they had their orig
to in a manner that shows that imperl
guards, like Inventions. generally a
a. often by necessity.
n 1t was during his Milan campalg
or in the Jays OF the Republic. VIII
NaDoleon was still General Bon