The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-24
DAILY ARDMoREITE
MILITARY MECHANICS
BORN, NOT MADE
Incidents That Created Some Of the
Most Famous of Them.

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Incidents That Created Some of the
Most Famous of Them.
/ New York sun: Military nlcknames
are born and not made. They are sired
by wiz and damned by NJ occasions.
Hence the futiiiy OF any class Of human
beings trying 20 invent sobriquets either
for themselves or for others that VIII
stick through a single campaign. To
I 90 cropping for nOmme de guerre 20 nj
the fighting men Of the United States in
! France and calling them "Sammies"
without waiting for the oegetting fash
o. inspiration is as feckless as expecting
the manufacture Of poets
Il happens now that there is no nick.
name for soldiers Of the United States
1 that seems 10 have the true vital quail.
ity. Just to show. however. OF how lit.
tie use it is to seek 10 anticipate nature
by inyenting catchy handles for fighting
persons. one may point out the inspired
abruptness with which all agnomens
have happened.
A slight. sallow officer grabs the fallen
colors and leads his troops across the
/ bridge. On the instant Little Corporal
springs from the lips OF the soldiers Of
France and forever rests upon Napoleon
Bonaparte
Look" cries a general. there is
jackson standing like a stone wallr' and
the name Of Stonewall jackson goes
down 70 history
II is with military organizations and
with soldiers and sailors as a class as it
is with men Our Rainbow Division" ."
/ which is going 10 France. brings sign
Of promise. Here is nickname which
has ieaped from a situation. The sixty.
ninth regiment distinguished itself for
action in the Civil war and the appella.
tion The Fighting Sixty-ninth" belongs
70 it. We have the Gallant Seventh" Of
New York ana the Dandy Fifth" OF
| Baltimore whose designations came 10
them from their qualities and appear.
ance. The Rough Riders were self.
styled.
Famous Black Watch.
Most OF the regimental nickuames Of
the British army originated in some pc.
( culiarity Of dress OF acc1utrements.
The famous Black Watch regiment
was formed Of separate companies Of
watchmen recruited for duty 10 EJin.
burgh and other Scottish cities. They
wore dark tartans OF black. green and
blue. and ON account Of their s5mber
/ garb citizens dubbed them THE Black
| Watch When these police companies
were gathered into the rortv.s-c0nd
! iHighianders Of the British army their
sobr.luet remained. and 20 this day. AZ.
ter d. century and @ half che regiment
is n known throughout tle world d..
it- unofficial title
The faciugs worn Ur many of the
! British uniforms ln the old days before
low visibility became military asset
r- u.tei 600 scores Of rllk1amc. The
! "Br.ckiust.' are the rir.tli.I FOOT
I SD called from tie 6uU JED facns- which
cEc- adorned taei- uniforms The Tweu-
/ --ioIr'h Foot was known as "doe alI'.
. Greens" because of the hue of the fac.
/ .ngs and tle name of tl- colonel
The F.f,h Dragons are THE Green
/ Horse because ot tra color of tae.r
/ clothing. bu, The Black Horse. the sew.
enth Dragons. known also as the pru-
. cess .oyal Dragon Guards. were 81
. Designated from -he color of taer
imourt- a- were tne Scots Gree.
/ one of tine Oldest af .le British res.
/ meuts. the EAST Yorkshire which odd
effective service against tac American
forces .r the Besa.rroa vls f4uUlf.y
1 hailed ls -The Snarrers.' because when
/ |tGey ram out of amuIntlun tIa- sr...
! ped their Sgsr- 4s ID hint far more.
/ THE Duke of cY-rNaIie EugI DO ll-
1ntry hsi the nickname of .he ReI
/ Feathers because orders bad been
given lo SHOW them 200 quarter during
the American Revolution.
The QIeens Royal Wes, Surrey was
known ss "Khke'- Lambs" because ta.s
famous c1umlrI. organized br k.r.e.
was f1r from aun..sc Tie screrf.
! Foot which SAW fierce service in India.
came sloutaneoHs., bs lts e1or.nue.
| The Bengal Tigers" The Seventy. s....-
.uth Foot which r,- Jlst s. .1u.le.
ou. got uo NOR. martial nissusma uan
Tine IotE1as.' ..l someone .l# rl.
t.r-i the resemblance BETS .u tHe ..u.
cr.I and sue. hook
The Lady Killers"
The battle cry af tto Royal IRIS. Fu.
Ii-rs was .r booming r-uDou. Gaelic.
wa.c. susV.'ef a siren .u th.as aeltl.
er hence Che .oorIus. "pH F.e." Tile
First Dragon Guards auI a colonel
who thought OH. continual a.Usaia.
I Iaui furnishing nr Hraslrs and Oh. .....
c.arinE o. belt. Ua- 100 fooIl.tae-- ar.
that even thc constant cleaning uu .f
uniforms Wa. no Har, OF The work n. a
/ fighting man. Heao. his command uls
known to tre service through am. e..
wticism. as -lll DI Rags"
The First ROYAL Scots once elt into
an unsoemly wurlIa with another r.e..
meut as 90 the question of seniority.
and in deris.oH Ras hailed 1s .TuHlu
Pilates Bldrruad- title which stuck
[ Another British resm mant could not e..
cape from tte title The Lady Killer. "
not because ~ lt fatal fascination for.
the fair but becius. ceutrrr before.
one of the seHtr.es had accidentally
shot an old woman. The Life Guards
fought hard for years 90 get rd 20 anil
offensive nickname bestowed upon them
one uisht when iH making on arrest u.
"a political prisoner Boo piudUIg Circus
tines bad repealed mob and h.I killed