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CONTRADICTIONS OF RANK. How many men, who served in the Great War, must have wondered at the many strange discrepancies and strange customs met with in their Military, life These, though now possibly out of date all have a history, and when anderstood are romantically interesting,
Take the ranks of Officers.
A Lieuten ant is junior to a Major. Why then in a Major-General junior to a Lieutenant- General?
OUTLAWING WAR."
VIEWS OF A WOMAN JUDGE.
IN COURSE OF COMPILATIONS
GUARDS AND SENTRIES.... It may be recollected that guards tura out to all armed parties, at
Is is not generally knows even in THE DIRECTORY seveille, as retreat, at tattoo, and for visiting rounds. There are some others, America that a woman sits on the bench but the above might appear to the of the Supreme Court of the State of upitiated to have been designed more Ohio.mother of Presidents." This for the purpose of inconveniencing the woman is Florence E-Allen, writes soldiers on guard than for any other
a Seattle correspondent to the Japan Chronicle. So far as I can learn,
an309.
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ing war as a crime. The argument tant) she makes is a legal one. I may say
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In olden times guards were mounted chiefly on the gates of the town in she is regarded possessing all which the troops were quartered.. the qualities necessary for making a those days, it sue guard and not stani. "just judge "--intelligence, poise, lavel-ĺ to arms, it is conceivable that & sina. beadedness and ability to express her hostile party might deceive the sentry This dates from Oliver Cromwell's by mesas of some forged permit, seize opinion so as carry weight and convic- "New Model Army." In this the Com- the gate, and let in their own main | tion. She is the first woman to be elect- mander-in-Chief was called the Captain body, hidden close at hand, before helped to the bench of a State Court. A could reach the sentry, Again, it has General He had a Lieutenant-General always been the practice for armies to notable thing to which I wish to call for an assistant and a Sergeant-Major stand to arms at dawn and at dusk, attention is that she has recently come General for Chief Staff Officer. (True since these are often propitious times out quite publicly and squarely for treat- for launching . surprise attack,-beuse these two wore also commanding t
the retention of the custom in times of Cavalry, and the Infantry respectively.) pruce (at reveille, and at retreat) so as The other ranks then äsed were the to accustom the soldier to the practice.
"Tattoo" is more interesting. It is here that a strong sentiment is growing same na exist at present, except that derived from the old. Dutch meaning up in America for classing war among the present-day Major was then called "tine to close the taverns."
La former
THE DIRECTORY covers the notable Sergeant-Major, (and was the Beri. times. there were no canteers, and hence the crimes. Judge Allen says that į ovsutą, ports and cities of the Far East, from the troops had to resort to the local Outlawry of war is not only the ideal Netherlands India to Siberia, in which mental Staff Office), and the Ensign taverns Those Were the days of but it is the practical and indispensable
Europeane reside. (who carried the colours). These ranks, | drunkenness, so at dusk it was neces-
Not only is the Directory as full and complate apparently, existed up to Wellington's mary to send a party to collect the men part of the machinery necessary to estab-in each case as it can be made, but each Calony, Port or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP- This party we accompanied by the
"First Post" war so long as we sanction its use. La majority of which will serve as no accurate. prospects of promotion for the R and Regimental drummers.
GUIDES FOR THE places, their History ounter, giving every detail F by instituting the new N.C.. ranks would be sounded when the party was for example the State of New York or
in coun ready to watch off, and Last Post" Consequently the word "Sergeant had guard would stand to arms to preserve to be removed from the Officer rauks of the prace since the camp or bivouac Sergeant Major-General, and Sergeant would very possibly be filled with Major, thus lanving these Officers called dranken men. (In those days the quar Major-General, and Major. Thus itter-guard. Faced inwards to guard the
day, for we had him improving the enjoying themselves in, the various inna.lish a warless world. We cannot stop TION, carefully revised esan, year, the
of Sergeant-Major, and Colour-Sergeant, when it had returned, whereupon the the State of Ohio had perfect courts and To81mation in these Descriptions, consist-
had developed an admirably functioning of a hundred interesting artioles, packed government, they could not repress the with facta concisely sat out, and, containing. statistics of the Thaos of each Country and crime of murder, aison or burglary un-port, would alone sufice to ill a large volume. less those crimes had been put under the
The Book is printed from New Type specially
every arrangemant greatly facilitates reference.
happened that a Major-General became camp or quarters, and not outwards as an by being declared illegal. We could reserved for the purpose, and uniformity in
junior to a Lieutenant-General,
nt_present.)
selves!
ach Baron had his own standard s0
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From those old-time ranks it will
The inception of "Visiting Rounds" not stop murder if we sanctioned it by seen that the word "byutenant" origin is both sad and comic! About the year not, declaring it a crime. The first step ally signified "assistant,”—viz., 191730 there was a burglary at Kensington in the enforcement of law against crime Lieutenant-General was the "assistunt"
Unfortunate to Palace.
relate, the is to declare the law. This is true of of the C-in-C, the Lieutenant-Colonel whole guard turned out to help the the abolition of war. Even if the world was the assistant of the Colonel and the burglars, hence an officer with an arm-had courts endowed with the attributes Lieutenant was assistant of the Captained party was made to visit all guards of perfectly functioning courts and had (who commanded the company)
to see that, they were behaving them developed an admirably working govern Another curiosity of rank is the word
ment, it could not repress war unless the lance" as applied to the N.C.O. ranks
THE BAND AND COLOURS, © of Lance-Corporal, and Lance-Sergeant.
use of war in settling international con- This is a direct relic of the middle ages. Some mention should be made of the troversy had been declared illegal." She when the Barons had part of their fol Regimental Band, and the Regimental says that the advocates of the outlawry lowing mounted and part on foot. Colours, both hoary relics Flags were of war believe in the substitution of A arranged, with the Initials as well as the Sar- When the mounted man had his horse used in battle from as far back as the court of adjudication for the arbitrament names, in strictly. Aphabetical Order, so that killed under him, he had of neesity day of Babylon. In the Middle Ages of arms, and adds, "Passing a low any name can be found instantly. to fight on foot, but, though he thus became for the time being a foot soldift, that his followers could distinguish him against murder will not automatically do his lance proclaimed his former superThe number of flags continually in-away with burder, but we cannot represe iority," and entitled him to enjoy still creased, till in the time of the Civil murder without such a law; no court can
kind of local precedence over the
war every Officer had his own Bag, and punish murder without a law against common foot soldier-which has carried raised the Regiment--which latter often murder to administer.
Passing law on to this day.
had no meaning. This obviously led to against war will not automatically abolish confusion, so, in the reign of Charles II, war, but until we déclare in law Thow colours of more or less fixed types were shalt not war, we shall not be able to introduced for the Colonel, the Lieuten abolish the use of armed force between ant-Colonel, the Major and the seven the nations." Captains. Later, in the reign of Queen
"War," says Judge Allen, "involves Anne, the Colours of a Regiment were reduced to two, except for the Guards, acts universally recognised as the subject each of the Battalions of which
of sound legislation, acts against which when done by individuals, an over- allowed to carry one extra colour,—— signifying either the Colonel's, thewhelming degree of public sentiment Lieutenant-Colonel's, or the Major's already exist. It is not necessary to colour, which custom has continued to build up public opinion against murder; the present day. Right up to the time that opinion already exists. It is only of the battle of Waterloo, Colours,necessary to apply to law against murder roughly six feet square, were still to nations, as well as individuals, and carried on half pikes, hence the staff
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Were
Saluting, toc, is a relie of the very elden times; it might even be said to date from the days of knight errantry, In those days two knights meeting as friends would raise the visors of their helmets or, on special occasions would take of their helmets altogether, with the underlying iden that by ren dering themselves at a disadvantage, (or defenceless) to, the other, the knight acting thus was rendering a courtesy,
This act of removing the cap by way of courtesy still holds good in civilian circles, but for a soldier,, the frequent removal of his head dress, was laborious accomplishment, (in the days of bearskins for instance) and so the Military salute was curtailed to first movement of carrying the hand, to the head. The palm of the hand turned to the front is a modern innovation. though based on antiquity, since the idea of showing the palm of the band is obviously to show that it contains nothing. The soldier also turns his head towards the person saluted. This is already learnt the value of the presence at war, moreover, because such mens relic of the Saxen times, when it was of a band to assist the progress of thesures must be enforced mažuly by public only the soldier, (or man-at-arms), who fight by grouping the minstrels round opinion. All laws are enforced mainly by was allowed to look his master full in the flag,the final rallying point, public opinion. In the buikiing of public the face, since he was "free born" that the combatants would know where opinion the declaration of the law is of utmost importance. The public to collect, should the flag be hidden by the
the
a contradistinction to the "sert." who had to avert his head and even had to conceal himself when his "lord" "passed by.
ARMED SALUTES.
of the Colours is still called the public sentiment against the deliberate Colour Pike," though the spear head murder, involved in aggressive war will has now been changed to the modern be readily created. If it is n fallacy, in lion and crown."
brief, to try to abolish war by making
Regimental Bands date from a very a law against it, then it is a failney to early time, in fact from feudal days, try to abolish killing by making a law when the barons used to take the field against it. Outlawry of war is practicn/ in some comfort with full complement and indispensable in enforcing measures of retainers and musicians. They had
the clouds of dust thrown up by the opinion of the nations cannot be arouk. fray. Now-a-days the first duty of aed to enforce a law against war while band is to assist the troops when on is still a sanctioned institution, for when the march, thanks to the celebrated war is declared, no matter how indefen- Salutes with the rifle. carry on the Marshal Saxe, early in the eighteenth sible, aggressive and deliberate, the mem- same idea of paying respect by reader-century, who recognised that by keeping burs of the nation which makes war be- ing oneself, defenceless, since the rifle is the men in step. much fatigue was saved held up muzzle uppermost, (and there them, their page could be regulated at com criminals if they oppose it. But will, and precision of movement, (on if the United States had declared it to be fore harmless), and is een pushed out which so much depended in those days), its solemn policy never to enter upon towards the person saluted.-almost s if it were being offered to the person from the wars of the Crusades, but the war, instead of being criquisuis, would was assured. Drums were brought back aggressive war, those who opposed such thus honoured.
drum beats now in yogur are exactly to maintaining the salemu declaration Naturally, sentries do not safute thus during the hours of darkness the per the same as were coniel from the (er of faith made by the nation. In other Ron saluted might be a ton, in which wa Landsknechts of the sixteenth cen words, if the ban were placed upon the case the sentry would lose his rife and
Bugles were originally German hunt, use of war in mettling international con tilitarists" who might his life for his foolishness, and the camping horns. and were carried by the traveras th also might be surprised.
German Tagers in battle, whence the endeavour to force a nation into war Salutes to Royalty or high personagesien of Military bugies was takes, and would be the criminals instead of those by firing salutes with cannons are also the badge of the bugle named by Light who oppose the use of aggressive violence a relic of the same underlying-iden.
Until governments. since, in the old days when, a battery Infantry. In those days of course bugle among the nations.
tury.
had fired a salvo, it took some consider were very pressary to intimate to the are put on record as having solemnly able time to reload, and therefore for soldier the time for the performance of abjured the use of war, it will be imposs that period the battery was technically his various duties, since watches were ible to build up to its highest poten-
After the Penin- tiality public opinien against war.” poweriese, and hence in the power of great rarities till well the personage thus honoured..
sula War.
Of the many enstoras and observances found in military life, there is hardly one which has not been inherited or adapted from elden times-Daily Ban
A Paris second-hand dealer who was
En pissant, it might be noted the lowering of a flag by a ship at sen to
LIEUT. O'LEARY, TV:0, another passing ship, (though this of course hardly concerns the Army), bints at the same iden, for this is a relic of **
Lieutenant Michael O'Leary, V.C. the days of sailing ships when u ship
has been appointed chief of police at furled a sail to reduce speed when sur
Crystal Beach, & Lake Erie xummer re- rendering.
The salute with the sword is full of testing an old pair of field-glasses wit- sort. symbolism, and old associations, since cssed the first act of a double love Lieutenant O'Leary was detained in the first and third motions are reminders tragedy at the suburb of Romainville Buffalo, U.S.A., in Jasuary, charged of the Crusaders kissing the Cross, (viz, recently. Having, cleaned the glasses, be with smuggling aliens from Canada the hills of their swords), hefore en-focussed them on the slopes of the dis across the border, but was acquitted. He gaging in combat. while the second mantled Romainville fort about 300 was then railway employee at Fort motion of lowering the point is the act yards away when to his horror he saw Erie.
of submission by lowering the guard, a young man bending over the prostrate Lieutenant O'Leary won his V.C. and thereby rendering the swordbearer form of a woman hacking viciously at Cuiach in the early days of the war, defenceless. The saluting movements her throat. Investigation by the police when, single-handed; he rushed two of the with the sword on the march, foo, a led to the discovery of a pretty fair enemy's barricades, "shot five Germans, relics of the olden time when officers carried short pikes, which used to be haired young woman aged 20. with her took two prisoners, bombed "a machine twirled in the salute with many ahead almost severed. On the ground day gun, and saved a storming party from graceful Bourish.
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