Show REASON FOR THE MUSTACHE in evidence as having been worn by british soldiers as measure of military necessity the correspondent who writes to a Bug suggesting gesting that tile the british war office authorities should insist on oil soldiers being clean shaven instead of ordering them to we wear ar mus tactics might liao have alleged teutonic influence lit in the adoption of tho the mus inus t tulle t che of the british army arm the idea w was a firt first borrowed from a batch or austrian officers quartered with some of cl our ciui troops on oil tile tho south coast coast dur ins ing file waterloo campaign it was then taken up by b the guards who very ver much resented relented reben ted any attempt on tho the part of mere line regiments to follow the new fashion tho the winter cam laign in the crimea led our men to grow full beards for warmth find and these modi modified fled into flowing whiskers weepers as they came to be called on oil their return to lon don were long regarded as the mark of the nun mail of fash fashion lon london chronicle |