Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23
How the Worlds First Armies
Compares With Those Now Fighting

Ptah and Sutkh the king himself taking command OF tho
sauadrons under captains rank and
several regme we're formed OF allied troops
cenaries who regularly trained with the
Egyptian soldiers Among these mercenaries we're
the Sherden who have been the sea-
rowing Sardn,ans they are unmstakable in the
sensations with their spiked reminding US
OF the German headgear OF to-day Strategy and
have their place in the training of the though
at most the forces in the field have numbered
than twenty to thirty thousand men, yet the
attacks.
In time OF king appointed one commander,p.
chief who had the right appoint
commands. The omnnanderin.chief was often priylce
OF the royal house princes often competed for
the higher appoint ments though whether any
competitive examination was held for appointments
know
with the eolors OF troops
hsyptan regiment probably had standard pole with
the figure OF animal, feather. or some
Their reverenced as religious symbols and
may have been the snrvyas of the tribal ctishes which
IN hr sana w,v ne VS. ,v "eaa o. ' ps nome.
Egyptians classified regiments according to tho
they carried had their Archers Lencers
spcarmen some OF the Lancers had a dagger
stuck il re belt and carried. addition to their long
lance short curved sword Large shields probably
supplied 10 the Whole body of Infantry. A light wand
similar TO the carried by officers in one
representation II The hand OF each fifth and may
serve to indicate subordinate officer In
The Guards to whom ii" safety the kings person was
committed were digidef bodies men, equip.
ped with lances to which hatiieaxes added the
case o. one corps and shields in the other while the OFF,
GERS carried either clubs wands.
The he. soldiers probably sang route. in the
as our men nowadays Maay cvo songs and songs
have come down to can tell which they sang
on the march" Two thousand years may indeed
wonder why the English soldiers sang "Tipperery" the
Great European War of the twentieth
when the music we'll the extant that we
can realize why soldiers adopt more than an
other; in all they Inc good marching
quality of the music than for the world.
II viii have been seen from what has been that
the army OF ancient Egypt composed most
heterogeneous clements Such could only kept
together ~ the firm hand strong ruler who could
weld together this motley mercenaries and native
lcyes Unfortunately Ramses H. succeeded by weak
kings and gradually not Only the Egyptian Empire but
also the Egyptian army, fell to pieces The garrisors
that we're placed i'll the conquered became
source OF Weakness Tor these troops consisted
rs Fn'c moi Of native Egyptians but Nuban Asiatic
ahN!'arcs, many whom the old OF
IN INC later days OF the Ramesside kings
OF amen ct rhehes To great power, decorations
*nch as formerly bestowed for valor
now showtred on the members Of the priesthood who ut
last succeeded in making themselves corn,r,
ihuS throus!nu; their history it is clearly tpat the
soih'ers OF Egypt whether ancient modern culy fght
well under lea dcra whom they trust They learned
TO" 10 trust their British rulers and they
cess IN this Gr"at the continued good govern
ment OF the British Procctorac OF Esypt