Beaver Press | 1915-05-21 | Page 3 | Are There Private Armies?

are arc there private armies it Is illegal to have an army of your own but bui the law winks at private armies in one or two cases the duke of atholl had bad for they have now gone to the great war a vate army of m men n and has often provided guards ot of honor better tor for kin king 9 george from their ranks in fact queen victoria once reviewed this private army the duko duke of At holls private army la Is tor for its atm aam the tha finest body of soldiers in the world all over six feet in height sturdy scotsmen picked d from the fittest of the fit the duke of fife also kept ft a private army which numbered a hundred hun dredd men meff who were armed with huge pikes exactly as the soldiers were armed centuries ago aga tho the stuart archers and the arau arow Ar qu tir ireon clansmen clansman Clans men are two otter private armies of which scotland can boast the marquises of donegal too have for hundreds of years kept a private army Ilear pearsons sons