Show where soldiers are stripped and spanked for too hard london march 10 what would be said in the united states it there were oni brigade in the army to which no one was admitted as an officer unless he coald afford fo spend ten times hia pay unless ho came from one of the first families unless ha abjured all silly notions about efficiency and dional rot like that unless he would put up with the indignity of being stripped and flogged by his fellow officers for violation of a code of artificial etiquette this is the sort of thing that has been tolerated in england ii the household brigade supposed to bo alie kings personal bodyguard and known therefore as the guards the recent revelations of gallant old admiral cochrane Coch ranc whose was hogged for a petty violation ot guards etiquette which biad nothing todo to do with good manners or good caused a storm in england and the further revelations that have been leaking out in parliament and elsewhere since then have made a startling total ot evidence against these ornate young men in a theater a beauteous voute persisted in standing in the between the stalls and the pit he cut off the view of the pit and the pit like it and feair so in a va c pointed remarks that were without cit hout avail until some one shouted oh lie amt be gnp of the guards the awn dropped as if he had phot amid n roar of laughter that little an idea of the popular view of the gnadl a loav so tant until mr gladstone abolished the system men som tid tr their sons a portion ITie rein except in case of dire thc jhc mot autv the guards are balled unon to do for country i 0 o escort the kince from palace to parliament or on some other dually perilous bournet they have a luxurious club of their own to which only guards arc admitted and for winch the initiation fee is liiro an that of the marlborough or chev rather look down on A line regiment and one of their wax heard to speak recently ofa of a general more famous for his than for big social erace as a damned professional soldier eiichi subaltern keeps one or two iran servants GILDED YOUTHS here is a partial list of the subalterns subal terns of the first grenadiers Grena diers 1 he regi mentin which the ragging took place which led to all the present discussion is young montague eldest son of sir hugh clr robert filmor baronet the youthful marquis of daoro eon of the present duke of wellington and his brother lord richard then wo have the viscount mahon eldest son of the earl of stanhope the viscount lascelles eldest son of the earl of harewood the hon ralph hamilton and lord dalmeny lord Ros berys heir while a lieutenants salary in one of these crack regiments amounts to about COO a year ho is required to spend anything between and an indication of the exclusive of the grenadier guards particularly may bo gathered from the fact that who arc intended for them are nominated for them while ihly arc boys at school of course the examination which a candidate for an in the guards lia lias s fo pass is necessarily n delightfully easy one or not many of the young heirs for whom occupation has to be found would bo able to get through it but even as it is it frequently happens that places have to go begging simply because none of the noble applicants eliose names may have been on the waiting list ever since they were in their young school cannot pass tho examination at a recent cacam at the royal military college of sandhurst though ten cadet ships were offered only six could b filled for this reason and a year ago the record was still worse for whereas ten positions were offered only two candidates were able to qualify easy as the examination was STUDIOUS perhaps these two successful candidates acro men alio were entering the army because they hail a real bent for soldiering if so hard times were awaiting them if they got into one of fashionable regiments for that is the sort of subaltern whom liis con freres fc et down as an undesirable and who if he mend his ways gets ragged until he resigns in disgust it is admitted that the only offense offence committed by alie young officer whose quarters at windsor were recently turned upside down and choso whoso furniture was fb to flinders was that of being studio usi lieutenant laveson gower i whose ragging by the grenadier sub alverns has kicked up such a fuss got anto disfavor with his comrade not so much because he had been absent with QU leave from the proper officer aa A OURT YOU AR accuse of balnis AN IDIOT HOW SAY youad YOO oli ant because ho preferred to study bis profession as instructor of signaling to riding in the fashionable windsor drag anyway that is what his undo says cheso young men go on the theory that as promotion comes through sen bority and not through merit why tho good of bothering with tactics and rot like that there are cases of men being ragged because their means did not permit them to drink as much champagne at is cauca tor by the regimental ethics there are cases where men havo been bullied into leaving the service because their social status was not considered all that could be desired by such exclusive companions the description ot a man as a very keen soldier often has been enough to elicit the response ve dont want a man like that in our battalion and there was a case not so long ago in which a young was ragged because he had determined to marry a girl of humble station whom he had betrayed As the result of this salutary discipline the young man consented to give up his intention even royal personages who choose a military career are not exempt from this class of punishment it began with george TV when he was prince of wales and traveled down through succeeding generations to prince arancis trancis of teck the brother in law of the present prince of wales who was unmercifully ragged a while ago although ragging for reasons other than lapses of conduct worthy of a gentleman and a soldier seems to be confined mostly to the guards yet aho knost surprising Bur case of all occurred in the first engineers from which so I 1 am told on good authority no less a personage than lord kitchener was driven out even in m subaltern daya kitchener was a hard student and tins did not suit brother in other regiments who saw ahat kitchener meant to go to the top by merit alone matters were made so for him that he resigned and joined the egyptian army THE COURT most young officers who have gotten into their companions bad in this way arc tried preparatory to being and tah bv the court of which little had been heard outside brigade circles until the part it played in the case of lieutenant lave son gower recently brought this impressive tribunal into sudden prominence it is a mock court martial all the subalterns subal terns in a aro ordered to attend the senior subaltern acts as president and goes through supposedly humorous formulae with abo utmost solemnity every ono uses high flown expressions and behaves with grotesque dignity and it is all supposed to be very funny so it was with something of a shock that alie british public learned that young officers who had offended and were handed over to the tender mercies of this court by commanding officers treated in a fashion that could not be considered as any part of a joke even a bad one says a former guardsman 1 I have known men turned out of barracks stark naked in tha early morning and filing out of mcgroom room window in tho same condition a mark for i of every description I 1 have seen mens hair cut off their beadi ringed with blazing newspapers aal shampooed oed with whiskies and sodas or champagney champagnes champ agnes for which the victim had to pay others were touched up with the points of red hot jokers pokers or compelled to swallow drinks of the most nauseous and description FLOGGING flogging however is the favorite pun ashment for serious crimes it ii dont with a cane generally a knotted one it no more disagreeable weapon il handy and not a detail ia omiller which is calculated to add either to alie physical pain or tho moral indignity of tho beating here are the exact terms in which admiral ranc alio called public attention to iiii nephews case in tho columns of tha times described such a flagellation this flogging was administered on the lower part of tho back which wa bared for punishment by the removal 0 the nether garments and blows of great severity applied with a cane or fetick in numbers varying from aix to fortye A young officer last year who cd the latter number fainted under tin cruel severity of tho punishment but even six blows with the instrument cm aloyed acro sufficient to make blood flow as was constantly the case what greatly added to the inhuman ity of proceedings was that all the officers present were compelled to administer their share of the strokes if the numbers permitted and comrades were obliged to apply blows to their own personal friends under threats 0 receiving similar punishment themselves if a young officer in commiseration of his friend applied a stroke considered too light by the president lie was called oa to repeat alie blow the severest form of punishment is that where tho culprit M turned out naked in the barrack barr square at midnight continued on ten WHERE ARE STRIPPED AND SPANKED FOR STUDYING TOO HARD continued from page 9 and made to race up and down between two TOWS of subalterns subal terns who dal out allows with a dog whip and sometimes nil birch rod BY THEIR alta subject of ragging began 0 o occupy public attention no cabo has been which sheds a better light on alie spirit in which such attacks on in the army are made or alic of the men who make them than hat which lias just come to light in which the ichim was 1 pawnbroker a son there was never any question about this young mans attention to his or fitness lo 10 be an officer but from alic moment he appointed to a crack cavalry systematic persecution of him began by alic young bloods who were liis companions his arconi was ret in disorder nearly every any oilier annoyances were upon him nud the climax came when after a regimental orgy in which champagne riichi rii cri the victim was tried by a hastily summoned mock court martial on the charge that he not being able to speak her english properly had en to join the cavalry the verdict wai that the man should have hi moustache and whiskers taken off ki i big pair of scissors aa comman and the a progeny n he was called was held loiva by two cognets cornets cor nets liala of his facial adornments were sheared off without regard to the mans kicks and struggles next morning when they acro ailed for the young mans condition lie had not reported the gilded who had assaulted ahe a son actually went to him and begged him to ereen them the man did so held his tongue and taft sprig s of nobility who had him got off with nominal imprisonment years an effort has been made tf stamp out ragging and the late queen victoria prescribed stringent measures should bo cuip loyed against it at bercut the late prince cited the various mess rooms and asked the to stop iho business but the prince only unpopularity in high social circles and he was actually told eliat english officers and gentlemen did not take their manners from germany the present kin especially ally after the ranging of prince francis of jcck was asked to try to stop this form of punishment but remembering mem bering the experiences of hia father he refused to interfere it is believed that while ilia majesty regrets the to which punishments usually extend he is not averse to ragging in a somewhat milder form BROWN bishop tugwell of western equatorial achica is often asked when in england what ii the size of your 1 I generally answer he says by saying you could put england and wales ireland and scotland and belgium france and germany into mv diocese and still have room to spare th nica is estimated at square dilce and it the gold conic colony Arfi anti lagos southern the city of benin northern nigeria and and bernit state since the recent agitation of the temperance question in the united states senate 71 r dark of montana has come to bo called the walking I 1 isy I 1 he rule against selling liquor in ahn senate cafe is being rigidly enforced but the montana man carries in his pocket a small looking but capacious of old scotch whiter lie never takes luncheon alone but always invites a colleague with whom he share the contents of his they begin their midday mid day meal senator aiger tells this story t W II 11 vanderbilt who owned ho biad purchased a horse from ir bilt about the time the latter had sold the famous mare and asked the millionaire why did you part wilh such a noble anini alt mr vanderbilt replied when I 1 brov her along the street the people used to say there goes maud S they never thought of saying there goes vanderbilt I 1 play second fiddle to tho marc even such a mare alexander wilkie of upper craigie Crai gic perth N B is believed to possess the longest beard in the world his exceptional growth of hair bryin when lie was about 2 years of age from that time it grew rapidly and it is now seven fret two and one half inches long and still growing |