OCR Text |
Show Needed Regulation. Gen. Andro, tho French minister of war, has Issued a regulation forbidding forbid-ding all corporal punishment In tho French nrmy. Tho now regulations aro aimed particularly at tho companies compan-ies that gnrrlson African posts. Thcso aro composed chiefly of soldiers who havo been sentenced In ordinary criminal courts beforo their enlistment. enlist-ment. Tho cruelties practiced by subofflcers In theso regiments is all but beyond comprehcnp'"u, and it is no uncommon case to navo death ro-Bult ro-Bult from them. Ono of tho favoilto modes of punishment Is to omcar tho offender with fat and then oxposo him to tho mosquitoes. |