Show MILITARY PUNISHMENTS I they ttere Ilbl Tolu Ia 1IIon Tlmea I Tho military punlihment ot that day were terrible says Chamber Journal The duke of Cumberland general order contain on three con tetutlve day sentences of 800 COO and 800 lathe for thieving mutlnou u preMlon and insolent behavior Three day afterward a rentcnca ot 1000 lathe li I recorded It II I fair to My tho man detcrved to die but death would havo been a merciful ptinlth ment A martinet ot that day might be and wa a terrlMn tyrant to ills men Rlrng o tofthc > way punlihmenti I were Indicted for trifling offente without with-out adding one Iota to the efficiency of the army Tho soldier might either be picketed or mall to ride tho wooden horse In picketing the culprit naked heel retted on n iharponed ilnka driven Into the ground his right wrist and right leg being drawn up an high lIS they could bo to n book fixed In nn adjoining poet Tho whole weight of tho body rested on the sharpened take which though It did not break the ikln Inflicted 6x11111110 torture the only alleviation al-leviation was lo rest the weight on the wrlt Ilin pain of which noon become unendurable Soldier were frequently wnlericed tn itand on thn picket for a quarter of nn hour noel In the sentry It woe often Inlllcted by order of the colonel without authority of courtmnr tlnl Tho hack of the puree was funned of plank to nrranged DI lo form n harp ridge eight or aloe feet long The leg nix < or seven feel in length l rented nn n itnml moving upon wheel lo complete tho remmblanco u I rough wooden heed and tall were added Tho offender was placed on the hack with hll hand tied behind him I I and to Increase the punlihment n heavy musket woo not Infrequently tied to his I legs This punishment which might hu Inlllcted by iicntenco of courtmartial I or by order ot the colonel of n regiment J wrought to much Injury to those subjected I sub-jected lo III dltclpllnr that II had to 1 he discontinued rrnncli OroM tells us that to late nc 17CO lha remains of n I I wooden bores were ttaudlng on tuv I parade ut Iorlimouth I I |