Show disgruntled grenadiers GRENA DIERS if thic dispatches from london are correct the of the british army to is sadly from its condition in other days there was a time when the british soldier at the command of his superior officer would walk and as an tennyson says did walk into the jaws of death the latest army accounts from the tight little isle are that the grenadier guards disobeyed a command to appear on military parade in full marching order this was mutiny ti ny of a serious ki kind nd I 1 it t was elou enough gh to make the body of the old iron duke of wellington turn in its ita tomb the grenadier guards are composed of the picked men of the british try physically and intellectually they are the flower bower of En glands foot sol dier diem the queens guards composed of two regiments are sua cavalry valry troops they of course stand first most of their duty consists of burnishing their steel cuir cuirassed cuirass asses ea and their brazen helmets they act as royal escorts and attend on occasions of state ceremonial where her majesty to is ent the duties of the grenadier gaarde are much more onerous they are kept continually in london and dublin in both places they are almost con scantly on duty in london the bank of england the tower buckingham palace and several other important places are under the custodianship of these troops about one year ago the second battalion of ef the guards broke out into open mutiny and were sent to bermuda where they still remain the third battalion of this regiment is now stationed at chelmo Chel aea in london A few days ago the order to parade in full marching order was absolutely sol rejected by many of the men of this battalion while others slowly and sullenly took their places on the parade ground the mutineers muti were placed under arrest A report of the affair was submitted to the duke of cambridge commander in chief of the forces only a few days before the mutiny of the guards the men attached to a battery of artillery at portsmouth also disobeyed orders excessive drilling and onerous duties were the grievances complained of by both branches of the service it is said that thac discontent of this kind prevails to an alarming extent in the whole army the regiment of grenadier guards is in composed of three battalions battali om the first is now stationed in dublin the second in bermuda and the third the mutinous one in london the duke of cambridge is colonel of the regiment as well as commander in chief of the forces the regiment is ie part of what are known as the household troops the coldstream Cold stream guards and the scotts guards form the remainder of the infantry of the household troops I 1 their duty is ie principally around the palaces banks and public buildings this in addition to excessive drilling makes a sold soldiers Jers duty much more irksome then than active campaigning in the field the wages of the british soldier are very small the officers are not of the same type as those of the old style who ruled before the purchase system was abolished the investigation ordered will no doubt disclose many interesting particulars |