...the loss of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the ... ...e, female infanticide and the practice of suttee, as one of the important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Historical Note to Reader T... ...ld’s population? Could they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest ... ...ears old. Gavin had completed his final year at Addiscombe College near Croydon, the prestigious military academy of the East India Company and had ... ...). ‘This platoon of the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders,’ said Uncle Terence, ‘is part of the British military contingent serving Company interests on th... ... line, of Bahadur Shah The Second, the Moghul Emperor in Delhi. The Brigadier General is the new military commander of the fort near Mirapore and h... ...il administration to don formal attire on these occasions so as not to be eclipsed by the elegant uniforms of the Army, or the ostentatious dress of...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven into the rich backcloth of ?T...

...ast, skeletal hands shuttle with frenzy, folding the decomposing covers at precise, military angles. Failure to do so means flogging, or worse. F... ...by Ben-Gurion airport, the first thing that grabs you is the inordinate ubiquity of uniforms. They are everywhere: police, army, and a half dozen se... ...-supporting Jews.” He paused, as if for emphasis: “No one wanted the Jews. The British sealed off Palestine. The Americans imposed immigration ... ... Business Week predicted ‘a steady decline of jingoistic action against the Jews’. British political commentators concurred: ‘Herr Hitler has not in... ...de enough to accommodate a parade. It is all incongruously sumptuous. People in SS uniforms are hurrying to and fro, their civilian secretaries and ... ... “What operation?” “It doesn’t say but the word they use indicates something of a military nature.” “You asked about ODESSA.” – said Libby, tur... ...chellenberg. I am the head of the secret intelligence services, both Amt VI and the Military Office. I was ordered to bring you safely to our headqu... ... tried everything. We sent couriers with peace offers to both the Americans and the British. We released prisoners from concentration camps. We prom...

...g firemen on the old English trains. And how many years was it before the British government was able to get rid of those firemen who were being pai... ...ffective leader. After Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, the British educated leader led a population of Chinese, Malays and Indians to... ...urope, even though they may save the company money. On the other hand, at British Telecom home working and flexible time have saved the company abou... ...hts. But the writers of the document put some boundaries on these rights. Military service and normal civic obligations were excluded from the areas ... ...have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now restrains i... ...uniformed flight attendants and opt for no meals, fewer attendants and no uniforms—but you save 50% or more. “In a recent strike of Norwegia...

...al ideas in the last 100 years. As you know he said that we all have inferiority complexes. Not long ago Prince Charles, then the heir to the Britis... ...rms. Physical impediments just test our mettle and increase the height of the hurdles we must clear. ―And on the mental side, wartime Britis... ...yourself by doing better every week. This would be a ‗power to‘ motivation. ―With game attendance, television, marketing of sport team unifor... ...r on terrorism. Young Muslims were twice as likely to hold this view than older Muslims. Eighty percent saw themselves as Muslims first and Britis... ...qba ibn Nafi crossed the deserts of Egypt and began the first Muslim conquest of the Maghreb region of North Africa, establishing a number of milita... ...efenses. We hate to see death, but sometimes for the good of the world those trying to improve it must defend themselves. We would never use a milita... ...ced, uncreative, and conforming. These people function reasonably well in a highly structured authoritarian social system such as is found in milita...

...d for Alcaeus’ house, and threw open his door. Men in gold, red and blue uniforms stormed our dock and invaded the town. I hung on, behind shutters... ...e raid, our floundering ashore, our dash to Alcaeus’ house, the brilliant uniforms, wild faces, wild cries, Phaon at the door, Thasos wanting me to ... ...e duped. The central group in my Anghiari mural is the struggle for a military flag: I painted life-size horses, life-size men, life-size hatred... ...ndred or more guests: Cardinal Mercier, De Brosse, Ambassador to Holland, military, priests, courtiers, beautiful women. I sat opposite Francis and ... ...e heard men describe roads frozen with sleet and dead, bloody ambuscades, military gear trapped in mud, mules and horses floundering, deso- lated vil... ...ree hundred guests, I hear: Germans, Dutch, Austrian, Swiss, two or three British, a Greek potentate; the majority will be Parisians and the château ... ...ldiers were fortunate to have field tents. They bivouacked in mule yards. Uniforms were issued willy-nilly. Hats had to be stuffed with newspapers. ... ...om Italy, I be- lieve; also a red handkerchief and books. Mary gave him a British belt buckle with lion and unicorn, a set of brushes and tubes of p... ...ok of poetry. On my last visit I bought Pope’s Essay on Man. I noticed a British copy bound in morocco. At the Potomac I have acquired some Emerson...

...He compels Narvaez to acknowledge submission -- Capture of several vessels and military supplies -- Reorganizes, recruits his army and returns to Mexi... ...co -- Capturing vessels and enlisting their crews -- A vast army and supply of military stores secured - - A plague of smallpox -- Death of the empero... ...of impending danger. Such a spectre appeared in 1664, to Captain Rogers of the British Navy. He was heading for the Hatteras Capes, but still deemed h... ...the South Africa coast, and there he and all with him beheld in the offing the British man-of-war Barracouta. So plainly visible was the vessel that s... ...riahs. By the employment of these outcasts the Moors had acquired considerable military, as well as commercial, power on the coast of India, and so gr... ... occasion; all the flags were displayed; all the crews paraded in their finest uniforms. The sermon of the officiating priest compared the day to that... ...the West Indies, Penn formed the bold design of conquering and annexing to the British dominions the large and valuable island of Hayti and operations... ... neighboring towns. They were veterans, too; the robber chief knew it by their uniforms, by their discipline and their marching. The situation was des... ... sent able-bodied slaves as soldiers, capitalists who supplied money for arms, uniforms, ammunition and provision, merchants who had extended credit t...

...died a horrible, humiliating death. That was the level to which the mightiest military culture was brought to: because of their insane, inhuman prac... ...led cultures the nomads conquered. For thousands of years: the most powerful military weapon had been the horse-archer. Up until the 14 th Centur... ...ern Empire to ever exist… and then… out last, take over that Empire. Not as a military power, but as a spiritual power. And spread its religious do... ...kate. They decided to play hockey their way. Without a hockey puck, without uniforms, without hockey sticks, without skates, without having to spe... ... points for the out. It should be called rainbow ball: because the balls and uniforms and bases are the 12 colors of the rainbow. Is that complex... ...color? Seeing twelve different colored balled hurtling toward twelve colored uniforms, with twelve different colored uniforms running the bases? An... ...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi... ...ey get used to the European presence on their land, and then the might of the British navy and army can roll in after the vermin have established th...

...r all, a pictorial scene is painted. Perhaps the greatest of these is the "Military Guard," which is not only re- markable for clearness of expres- si... ...1134 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. Papers Read Before Classical Socie- tyon Military andMedical Topics Two papers were presented at tlie ClaBsical soci... ...osh- ua Reynolds, Rosseau and others. One of Messonier'o excellent Frenoh^ military scenes is repre- sented in the collection. WILLIAMS REOORD, MONDA... ...of those two great Germans, Mr. Sohuize gave an interesting account of the uniforms, insienia ongs, cheers and banquets of the organization atOolumbia... ...of North Amerion opennd on November 22 with addresses by Hon, James Bryoe, British ambassador to the United States, Governor Glenn of North Carolina a... ...n Tennis, Baketball, HoQkey Official Implements for Track and Field Sports—Uniforms for All Sports Illustrated Catalogne on Beqneat A. G. SPALDING & B... ...n Tennis, Baketball, Hockey Official Implements for Track and Field Sports—Uniforms for All Sports Illnstrated Catalogue on Request A. G. SPALDING & B...

....................................................................... 113 A MILITARY TALE ................................................................ ... for some time, between the years 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His book published in ... ...ery dignified; but I should have done better if I had kept my eyes open. A military man in war time should never consider himself off duty; and especi... ...eceived, and spent three days as guests of the parti- san chief. A sort of military barbaric state was kept up at the residence. It was furnished with... ...and neatly ordered that only from internal evidence in the shape of boots, uniforms, and military accoutre- ments did he acquire the conviction that i... ...east-pockets, and buttoned with the forbid- den eagle buttons their shabby uniforms, declaring themselves too poor to afford the expense of the pre- s...

..............................................90 A DESPERATE TALE..................................................................................113 A MILITARY TALE.....................................................................................136 A PATHETIC TALE .....................................................................................223...

...r a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flash- ing swords at us for some critical observations of... ... of the Algerian wars proposed to make a clean march to the capital of the British Empire at the head of ten thou- sand men; which seems a small quant... ...d not hear my knock at your door.’ Now, could he trust her? The widow of a British officer killed nobly fighting for his country in India, was a perso... ... and tenacious Romfrey blood, he hated the title of Norman. We are English—British, he said. A family resting its pride on mere ancestry provoked his ... ...ry, drawing their strategy from maga- 23 George Meredith zine articles by military pens, reverberations of the extinct voices of the daily and weekly... ...rly poised again; the Muscovite was battered; fresh guilt was added to the military glory of the Gaul. English grum- blers might well be asked what th... ...aid, to shift the burden of it: ‘The French are not so jealous of military uniforms as we are. M. de Croisnel lost his portmanteau.’ ‘Ah! lost it! The...

...try. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

...ist- ence for making things clear, counteracting hostile sugges- tion, the British official organisations are comparatively in- effective; but what is... ...btle critic, calling in upon me after brav- ing the wintry seas to see the British fleet; M. Joseph Reinach follows them presently upon the same erran... ...nyone who from the perspective of Italy may seem to be a representative of British opinion. If Herbert Spencer had been alive General Radcliffe would ... ...insistent upon the way in which all Venetia was being opened up by the new military roads; there has been scarcely a new road made in Venetia since Na... ...Wells war zone, and it is doubtful how far the sanitary precautions of the military authorities avails against a considerable propa- ganda of disease.... ...aps some local exceptions behind the Gold Coast—is, with its collection of uniforms and its pomps and splendours, the purest survival of the old tradi... ...General Bompiani, whose writings are well known to all English students of military matters, showed me the Gibraltar he is making of a great mountain ... ... to powerful with her. All the state and glories of soldiering, the bright uniforms, the feathers and spurs, the flags, the march-past, the discipline...

...ve will be best for the country; and it is that he will come here, put his military commission in my hands, take his seat, go into caucus with our fri... ...ugh to occupy all his time without devoting any to temper. He is rising in military skill and usefulness. His recent ap- pointment to the command of ... ...eneral Order No. 53; not that it is wrong in prin- ciple, but because the military, being of necessity exclusive judges as to who shall be arrested, ... ...d their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from British ports. The Emperor of France has, by a like proceeding, promptly v... ... car- tridge-bag material, percussion and other caps, clothing adapted for uniforms; sail-cloth of all kinds, hemp and cord- age, intoxicating drinks ... ...o merchandise warehoused under bond the privilege of being exported to the British North American prov- inces adjoining the United States, in the mann... ... other ports, situated on the frontiers of the United States adjoining the British North American provinces, as may hereafter be found expedient, may ...

...n the quiet enjoy ment of his good fortune. In the year 1690 he went on a military expedition against the French colonies in America, conquered the w... ...n a successful candidate,” an swered Grandfather; “for his adventures and military enter prises had gained him a sort of renown, which always goes a... ...ss caused the gover nor and Sir Francis Wheeler, who was commander of the British forces, to give up all thoughts of attacking Canada. “Soon after th... ...t under the English government. They frequently, in time of war, undertook military expeditions against Acadia and Canada, and sometimes besieged the ... ... a mob of the Boston people. They were so in censed at the conduct of the British Commodore Knowles, who had impressed some of their fellow citizens,... ...s of Acadia ever reached the ears of Louis XV . The exiles grew old in the British prov inces, and never saw Acadia again. Their descendants remain a... ... as Gen eral Lincoln and General Knox, with their powdered hair and their uniforms of blue and buff, were seen moving about the streets.” “ And littl...

...and people to be stripped of their royal robes, beg- gars’ rags, generals’ uniforms, seedy out-at-elbowed coats, and the like—or the contrary say, whe... ...is Government, and in its name, to accept the coffin from the hands of the British authori- ties, and that he and the other persons composing the Fren... ... Guizot was the worthy representative of the French good- will towards the British people; and the remark frequently made by our orators at public din... ...sus at the gate of the Horse Guards can be considered a fair sample of the British soldier of the line. The sword and pistol, however, had no doubt th... ...uen salutes were fired, the National Guard on both sides of the river paid military honors to the body; and over the middle of the suspension-bridge a... ...A steam- boat, carrying two hundred musicians playing funereal marches and military symphonies, preceded this mag- nificent vessel to Courbevoie, wher... ...his Staff; all officers of all arms employed at Paris, and unattached; the Military School of Saint Cyr, the Polytechnic School, the School of the Eta...

...m mounted or nine afoot in a box for a small price. We three like those of British manufac- ture best; other makes are of incompatible sizes, and we h... ...rors, kings, and very silly small boys who can take an undying interest in uniforms and reviews. And lastly, of our railways, let me merely remark her... ... escaped from the zoo into the Blue Ward, and was being marched along by a military patrol. The originally scattered boy scouts were being paraded. G....

...d to keep his secret safe from any further risk of leak- age. He faced the British public now with the question whether they wanted his secret or not;... ...sual dimensions and irregular circumstances and the still largely decorous British public learnt with reluctance and alarm that a sympathetic treatmen... ...exclusive acquisition of the priceless secret of aerial sta- bility by the British Empire. The exact particulars of the simi- larity never came to lig... ...ur young people attach any great importance to the flitting suggestions of military activity they glimpsed ever and again. Near Maidstone they came on... ...r, was over and for- gotten, and the public had lost the fashion of expert military criticism. Our four young people picnicked cheerfully, and were ha... ...e. Once or twice he saw guns and soldiers, and was reminded of the stir of military preparations he had wit- nessed on the Bank Holiday in England; bu... ...an. Vast multitudes of men went to and fro, many in white and drab fatigue uniforms busy about the balloons, others drilling in sensible drab. Here an... ...em. There was a crowd of excited people about him, big men mostly in tight uniforms. Everybody was talking, and several were shouting, in German; he k... ...p arms bent up by his side and his head thrown back. The pursuers ran with uniforms and dark thin metal and leather head-dresses. The little man stumb...

... about through the Patent-office I also found a hospital for sol- diers. A British officer was with me who pronounced it to be, in its kind, very good... ...ia, they could not go at all. Up to Washington they could not go without a military pass, not to be obtained without some cause given. All trade was a... ... impede the celerity of the work to be done, and that a closer copy of the British model might not on the whole increase the efficiency of the America... ... Committee on Foreign Affairs, which position is as near akin to that of a British minister in Parliament as can be attained under the existing Consti... ...e question originally under debate was the relative power of the civil and military authority. Congress had desired to declare its ascendency over mil... ...id one gentleman after another, rising indignantly on the floor, “that the military authority of our generals is above that of this House.” And then o... ...unt allowed to a private of infantry or artillery. The cost of the cavalry uniforms and of the dress of the non-commissioned offic- ers is something h...

...,” said the clerk. “He’s only married a week, and I saw him and some other military chaps handing Mrs. Highflyer to her carriage after the play.” And ... ... with shells on his frockcoat, and a crimson sash and sa- bre, presented a military appearance, which made Jos quite proud to be able to claim such an... ...e “Howling Wil- derness,” the “Washerwoman of Wandsworth Common,” and the “British Soldier’s best Bayonet,” which, bent upon awak- ening her before sh... ... the midst of cheering from all the East India ships in the river, and the military on shore, the band playing “God Save the King,” the officers wavin... ...woke them in the morning; at nightfall they went to bed to the note of the British fife and drum: all the country and Europe was in arms, and the grea... ...ronged the town, and appeared in every public place, filled George’s truly British soul with in- tense delight. They flung off that happy frigidity an... ...nce at Gaunt House, the porter who unbarred the gates, the servants of all uniforms in the hall, the functionaries in white waistcoats, who bawled out...

...ossibility mend: is not Polity a science he has exhausted? Cool, slow, two military Lameths are visible, with their quality sneer, or demi-sneer; they... ...e done! But his hair has a shade of gray: his way of thought is all fixed, military. He can grow no further, and the new world is in such growth. We w... ...spitting streaks of fire? A sea cockfight it is, and of the hottest; where British Serapis and French-American Bon Homme Richard do lash and throttle ... ... were National Guards by the thousand seen filing, from far and near, with military music, with Munici- pal officers in tricolor sashes, towards and a... ... is facetiously made to signify a certain weight of purse, cannot buy blue uniforms, and be Guardsmen; but man is greater than blue cloth; man can fig... ... of Genius had better purchase blunderbusses; Grenadier bonnets, red Swiss uniforms may be useful. Insurrection will come; but like- wise will it not ...

... indeed, I had forgotten to say, that that majestic square was filled with military, with exceedingly small firelocks, the men ludicrously young and d... ...we found ourselves again in the great stalwart roast-beef world; the stout British steamer bearing out of the bay, whose purple waters had grown more ... ...d whose clothes, though of a common cotton stuff, were cut and worn with a military neatness and precision. All the children whom we remarked were dre... ...Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and set there to guard the passage for its British mistress. The next British lion is Malta, four days further on in t... ...- ging up the hideous perpendicular place, you were to find regi- ments of British grenadiers ready to plunge bayonets into your poor panting stomach,... ...ink, to blow 29 Thackeray away the whole peninsula. The horticultural and military mix- ture is indeed very queer:here and there temples, rustic sum-... ...n:a column of red-capped troops passed to drill, with slouched gait, white uniforms, and glittering bayonets. Then we had the pictures at the quay:the...