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Show MAnniAOE IN ARMY. (IrltUb SolilUre Slut Clt l'.rmlnlnn from Their (inlreri, Tbo question of permission to marry s a burning ono In the barrack room. Only a limited number of men aro allowed al-lowed to marry, tho strength of the roll varying with tho establishment ot tho corps; sergeants aro given permission permis-sion to marry as a matter ot course, It there Is a vacancy In the establishment, establish-ment, but no soldier Is allowed to enter en-ter tho bleesed state unless ho has bov-en bov-en years' sorvlco, $25 In tho savings lank, and two good-conduct badges. I havo heard It said that there Is such a thing as borrowing tho $25 till the necessary permission has been obtained, ob-tained, but there Is no getting over tho other two conditions. Tho married quarters seem comtortablo enough; what strikes us most Is tho enormous number of babies and quite young children chil-dren who swarm round the door ot every quarter; occasional yells leading to the hasty arrival ot a flushed and heated-looking matron to restore order In n summary fashion, Tho allowance of spneo does not atrlko ono as particularly partic-ularly liberal, soldiers with small families fam-ilies being given only ono room with tho minutest possible scullory, the fathers ot larger families rejoicing In an extra room. Sergeants, as a rule, have two rooms, hut oth rvl" .ve no pull over their comrades ot lo-r rank, Tho wives of tho private soldnt i largely to tho scanty pay of their husbands hus-bands by doing wnshlng for tho men of their husbands' company, and twice blessed Is the woman whoso good man belongs to a company having few married mar-ried soldiers. In this case she will bo nblo to get moro to do than her less fortunate sisters. Some of tho women who have a roputatlon as washerwomen washerwom-en earn plenty of money by washing for the officers of the regiment. The soldier's wlfo seems to drift naturally Into bolng a washerwoman. A little conversation with tho ladles is a ilboral education In esprit de corps; each woman thoroughly Identifies hcrselt with the regiment to which her hits-, band belongs; and even In tlisse dnys of short service It Is not difficult to find women whoso fathers and grandfathers grand-fathers have soldiered In bygone days under the tattered colors now hanging In tho sacred precincts of tho officers' mess. Tho ladles of the regiment, n , a rule, take great Interest In ttu welfare wel-fare of their humbler sisters, frequently frequent-ly visiting them In their quarters, and giving moro than their sympathy at one of those crises which occur so frequently fre-quently In tho married blerlc, and generally gen-erally lend ultimately to tho object ot their solicitude applying for oxtra nc commodattlon, owing to nn unauthorized unauthor-ized addition to tho strength ot tbe battalion. From "Soclnl Llfo In lha DrltlBh Army," by n Drltish Officer. 1 Harper's Magazlno for November. |