Show THEY FIGHT EIGHT IT OUT HOW ENGLISH ARMY OFFICERS SETTLE THEIR differences the plebeian and the reer peer ilow how one negi regiment ment ws opened to others other th than offshoots Off shoots of the peerage now how molly the cheeky youngster of the disgraceful duel between in view vie w the duke of orleans and the count of turin we publish public the follow ing article which shows the manner in which british officers settle disputes officers have their disagreements ot of course like other men and they have to be settled dueling is forbidden by law as well vell as by modern modem ideas and common sense complaints respecting infractions oi of mm mess etiquette or of un gentlemanly or conduct may bo be submitted to the mess committee the punitive powers of which are extremely fan caching the life of an officer sent to covent coventry ry by his fellows is unendurable and his only chance is to exchange but all this is moral suasion only and in the end disputes are frequently settled by a resort to first principles the rule of fist while redress is sometimes obtained in ways as drastic ai a they are novel A gentleman joined a crack cavalry regiment ho he had no pedigree or family to recommend him in fact his father was a retired brewer and by the scions of nobility among his comrades he was rather coldly received I 1 are you yon the son of dash the brewer inquired one of these them ai lam am then why your father bring you up to his trade oh well youre the son of lord blank arent you yes 91 I 1 then why didat he bring you up a gentleman the upshot of this was a rough and tumble wherein was demonstrated that in the army a plebeian is the equal of a peer if he be can box bos as well another gentleman from the ranks of trade came home one day to find all the crockery and brea breakable lable articles in his rooms smashed the same being intended bythe by the wreckers as a delicate hint that his presence among them was objectionable he was late for dinner that evening and apologized to the president of the mess for it explaining what had happened that ho he had been to the rooms of the three he suspected and returned the compliment if he had wronged any he would apologize and restore the articles if he had hit on the right ones they could have satisfaction in the riding school after dinner accordingly after dinner two of them received satisfaction in full a la corbett in drill time but the third proved a tougher nut to crack and the big hearted plebeian who by the bye is nowa now a general weakened by his exertions exert ert ions was getting worsted so another of the same social status who was an ali expert boxer took up the running ile he soon eoon finished off the third man and obligingly offered to take on any one who sympathized with the trio by this means mean appropriate to their profession these two officers opened the door in that regiment to others than offshoots off shoots of the peerage by whom it had previously lieen been regarded as a preserve among officers exchanging from one regiment to another is common one little man a lieutenant incurred the enmity of the men of his troop by continually finding fault and rubbing robbing it in by contrasting them unfavorably with his late corps till they hated the very name of the pinks as well call them not only the rank and file but the noncommissioned officers came in for his animadversion till it got unbearable and at last the troop sergeant major told the captain quietly that there would be a mutiny in the troop before long if it continued it so happened that he had also carried his insulting comparisons into the mess and as he take advice and drop it his brother officers took the matter into their own hands with the result that one cold night in february there was a hubbub within the cers quarters a window was presently opened and little joey clad only in his nightshirt was handed out seized placed and held down in a I 1 wheeled off to the manure heap and there shot outi out tomake his way back to bed as be best beet st he could he soon after left the regiment the antipodes of this gentleman was an officer in the same regiment an irishman erishman 6 feet 2 and big in proportion but his go was rot not proportion ate to to his size ho he was too big and a apathetic aa for a cavalry captain in fact his nickname molly well describes him ono one cheeky youngster appeared to think ho he could take any liberties with such an easy going mountain of flesh and in the billiard room one night ho he carried his impudence beyond all reason molly said nothing he simply dropped his cue picked the offender up and sat him violently down on aside a side table ignorant or heedless of t the he fact that upon were standing glasses and decanters it was some time before the surgeons picked the last piece of glass out of the impertinent one and weeks before he could appear in the saddle agam again it is is scarcely necessary to eay that he gave molly maguir 0 a wide berth 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