CHAPTER VIII.

CURIOSITIES OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE.

Increased severity of discipline 218

Limitation of the right of matrimony 219

Compulsory Church parade and its origin 219

Atrocious military punishments 221

Reasons for the military love of red 223

The origin of bear-skin hats 223

Different qualities of bravery 225

Historical fears for the extinction of courage 225

The conquests of the cause of Peace 227

Causes of the unpopularity of military service 228

The dulness of life in the ranks 228

The prevalence of desertion 230

Articles of war against Malingering 231

Military artificial ophthalmia 233

The debasing influence of discipline 234

Illustrated from the old flogging system 235

The discipline of the Peninsular army 236

Attempts to make the service more popular 239

By raising the private’s wages 239

By shortening his term of service 240

The old recruiting system of France and Germany 241

The conscription imminent in England 242

The question of military service for women 242

The probable results of the conscription 243

Militarism answerable for Socialism 246