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Show OLD MILITARY LOHE. HefWUIIetsa Toal dulilert aolilleri Ira the "The IVI.walo of Mullnll Dlsrl. pllno" fU.ll. hjrThonina ftyward. Is full of pliitew mill alitui'ls In ,'inalnt ra-mnrks. ra-mnrks. (Iivlnir flits ilntlii r,f a provnat niorshnl, wn Und: "H shall aeonrilltig lo the lawe. piuiish nil off.. tillers with ont regard ot n s. t of .t.uih, ami in the tnurket pltf-o shall set tip a )siir of g.illowa, both for the terror of Die w icked ick-ed and for exncutinti up.111 thetn Hint offend of-fend Ilia lawn. That h shrill set tjH n all vlctnalls brnnght tn the nmiket a rensniinble prleo, Unit Iho seller mill Did buyer may reiisoiinhly live liv-lr.M Jn tlio ofhVouf coronel (orei.l,,n,. tliotwo leruis wtirn to here Wen intpaluewl tit tlio stlliio time, bnl tint hilti his-aiiin the favurilo), a'ler lueiittniiiiig Ida npiliit-ing npiliit-ing of as ninny captains as Is u'sdftil, gtvinii alio men to a company, "which I. a eotiveiiiwtit nnmber, " fur if Hit. men arn divided Into sitmller eoiiipanies too nitieh innnrr wonld Im sja-nr on the oncers. on-cers. With regard to tlio lieut, nnut. lie la to he "of great oxixTteiio s. qualities and bel.aviur. " "The coronel shall also riiitiiino tho stdis-llohs Hint the enptains linve mnde of ell tlio oflleers Ihruughrait their companies, anil If Ihey Im sue h its ought lo bu, ur nut uiueh worse he may allow them, and not ttthervt'iae." llnfore tlrearmi drove fait all oilier Wensiti It was an object tot.nallni thn ilrenglhtrf Iheeomptiiy, "tli, sli.'t' ',n the innskotepns came to Iki called) tiilemeutln4 the pikes. All the com-biiititlun. com-biiititlun. of meu fur drilling which are given by rnrioua autliors lllustrnte this; thn. for the defense fruui horseiueii: "t'laee the rank, of ptkea every war, yonr .hot next nnto them, yonr hill, liir Imlherils) and etialgu in the midst, the pikea ends couched down the bettor to rutlat thn eunuiy. " All kinds of dodgivs are taught thu.: "If In altfllt of tho ehemr, which Is ail- rlor In numbers, tho front rank of pikes flinll sprend out 10 us to admit tlio men uf the second rank In the open IHintst. lint If the enemy maiitfoot a real Intention of attacking, and there bn no plane of refnge near, the second rank .hull return to their places, and all hall some oluse together. The shot ehall be placed In tbo Toward aud rearward rear-ward so that they mar ikirmi.h aud retire re-tire as oocaat.JU aenotll. " Ueutleuian's Magaxiue. |