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| Accession number | 912L : 2124/1 |
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REGIMEN No. IV. MIDWAY between the Lancers , resembling , former . They have less indi observer certain marked char officer is generally very uprig made in his build , though as weakness in the knee - joints . I regards trousers , which he cal for riding rather than walking a man accustomed to spend m horsey . A peculiarity of Lai a certain self - restraint in th regiments of Lancers differ a status of their officers . In tl They and their comrades of exuberant not considerably , given to b young men . The than the other Lancer regime style than the 9th . As to peculiarities . The 9th are perhaps socially being wild , vivacious , great at p certain pretensions to fashion . of a pronounced description , regimental custom , and taken & 5th enjoy the singular distincti a Duke , who takes both to lar ! ness , and seems disposed to years to come . FUN OFFICE , Wednesday , Feb. 24 , 1872 . CASTE V. TRIBE . DESCEND , O Muse , and in fit terms describe , How the 9th Lancers served LIEUTENANT TRIBE , First of the tribe Non - Purchase , who obtain Commissions ; money , only , once could gain ! Petty annoyance ere his advent rose , With little sense - but with discernment less Which prejudice , not after - judgment , shows . They sent him off to Coventry to mess : Nor did their persecution then relent , They drove him further - from the Regiment . Not so ! the army will be scouted , when Enquiry follows - GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE , shrewd , It has no officers and gentlemen ! Detects the feeling which their minds imbued ; Defeats the plot so wicked and so bad , And , reinstating TRIBE , defeats the Cad . Then DAME BRITANNIA calls before the school And thus rebukes each epauletted fool " My sons are brave by nature , and will all Defend their country at their country's call ; Think not that money - whate'er else it buy Nor fancy well - filled purse or lofty strain Has the monopoly of courage high , Can claim advancement o'er the men of brain ! Nay more , remember , if again I hear Of such base conduct , I shall prove severe . I do not care a bit for swell'or nob' He'll feel the rod if he assumes the snob ! As in the Heavies toba form of gigantic cigars , so in smoking , the cigarette be Lancers are gentlemen by bir Their mess - tables are partic plate , and their hospitality i at the principal races , and whe dress . They are more devoted any other branch of the Cavalr when ordered abroad . Conse than either Heavies or Huss Infantry . Indeed , they are a popular wherever they go . T with reason , for with the ex regiment , they have greatly fields since the accession of scarcely be credited with mucl their profession , for the five re three graduates of the Staff Cc midnight oil , they indulge ver are lively if not learned . The g of affectation . They hang v unsociable when they meet wit one of them . They will eve manner with a strange Infantry however , be drawn.somewhere , the Lancer , like other officers ( foot - padding officer an honorar exception , he is ready to meet world's estimate of himself . He hunting - field , good at polo , goo and a being with whom both m being bored . Consequently , t Society , he is generally well re what extravagant , and given to ladies , who like him all the man , which he certainly is not up , he is a thorough gentlemar and should by chance a black - sheep get into a Lancer regiment the sternest of official orders will not procure toleration for the objectionable quadruped . VANITY FAIR June 175 1876 THE WEDDING TRIP . Angelina . " O ! -01 - EDWIN ! KISS ME , LOVE ! I'M GOING TO BE SICK ! " mouw PORTSMOUTH 9th Janzy 1875 punen 5 march . REGIMENTAL EXCHANGES . 1875 ( Not mentioned in the New Bill . ) H.C.R. 91.H. N M Juw . HAT SOME COLO NELS WOULD LIKE . To exchange the dominion of their wives for in dependent com mands . To exchange their paltry pay and comfortless country quarters for a Civil Ser - enough to get an invitation to Aldershot during that fortnight should have vice competency . a good time . ' The WORLD 12th April 1876 To exchange their honours , uniforms , me dals , and rank for means to lay by for age , and pro vide for their families . To exchange their brass scabbards and gilt spurs for the enthusiasm of a Sub altern . To exchange their dignified but vague superintendence of a half battalion for real hard work . No. 85-0 To exchange their showy rank for the responsible autocracy of the Colonel of a Regiment , or the pleasant independence of the CORSETS DICKINSON ... WHAT SOME MA C'est égal , dites ce qui vous plaira , mais je serais désolé d'épouser une jeune JORS WOULD fille si célèbre par sa vertu ! ' LIKE . I hear that the 5th Royal Irish Lancers , now quartered at Aldershot , emulating the example of their brothers - in - arms and good - fellowship , the 9th of blessed memory , ' are about to open a circus on Easter Monday . The performances will last for a fortnight , and will be conducted entirely by the officers and men of the regiment , and the proceeds will be devoted to a regi mental charity . The 5th , who are fortunate in the same riding - master as were the 9th , train their own horses , provide their own clowns , their own master of the ring , and in all respects their own staff , as did that regiment . The entertainment should be a very good and a very amusing one , and one well calculated to promote that spirit of bonne camaraderie which is so vital a principle in the well - being of a regiment . Those who may be fortunate manners or an opposite narvor the following extract from a speech reported to have been made by the UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR , in answer to the DUKE OF RICH MOND'S Motion for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain grievances complained of by Officers in the Army : what the senior captain saw after subalterns méss . a 25th September 1873 " If the position of the officers was so unbearable as had been represented , an exodus from the Army might have been expected ; but nothing of the kind had an ' Malle . Dickinson , l'héroïne du procès Baker , est en train de faire le plus grand tort à la chaste Diane . Voici une couturière de la rue de la Paix , qui fait afficher partout des corsets très solides et très résistants , sous ce nom : ZIRKIY Philif freem Jerry Westemme Be Reading 24.5 the day 1875 please Captain Cleland May you drink # Troop ?. RECOF THELLOHO WOULORK |
