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The frequent change of masters was of no importance to him; he did not even go to the barracks; and considered himself as the property of twelve soldiers, two corporals, a sergeant, and a drummer, whoever they might happen to be; but if the regiment changed garrison, he installed himself at the new guard-house.

Every army is composed of lower grades of the service-the rank and file-of whom there are always the greatest number; of the next higher military rank-corporals and noncommissioned officers of whom there are fewer, and of still-higher officers of whom there are still fewer, and so on to the highest military command which is concentrated in one person.


Your Alexanders and Hannibals were nothing, at all to him, sir--Corporals! drummers! dross! mere trash--Damned trash, heh?'--His grace being by this time out of breath, my uncle took the opportunity to tell him he had not been out of England, that his name was Bramble, and that he had the honour to sit in the last parliament but one of the late king, as representative for the borough of Dymkymraig. 'Odso! (cried the duke) I remember you perfectly well, my dear Mr Bramble--You was always a good and loyal subject--a stanch friend to administration--I made your brother an Irish bishop'--'Pardon me, my lord (said the squire) I once had a brother, but he was a captain in the army'--'Ha! (said his grace) he was so--He was, indeed! Enraged at this menace, I swore that nothing less than his life should expatiate the gross affront; whereupon he finding me so resolute, remanded me to my former captain, with whom (he having buried one of his hands) I returned to England, and in the Downs was pressed by his majesty's ship the Portland, from whence I went to Ilvercomb, Bristol, and Bath, and rambled up and down the country with my comrade, who was one of our corporals o [...] board, till having expended all our cash, we made the best of our way to London, taking the opportunity of passing for sea-faring men cast away in the Lamb, captain Morgan, bound for Ireland, with the transport soldiers; by which false pretence we obtained great relief on the road.

This collection is made by the Scholars, dressed in fancy dresses, all round the country. 'At eleven o'clock, the youths being assembled in their habiliments at the College, the Royal Family set off from the Castle to see them, and, after walking round the Courtyard, they proceeded to Salt Hill in the following order:-- 'His Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the Earl of Uxbridge. 'Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Cumberland, Earl Morton, and General Gwynne, all on horseback, dressed in the Windsor uniform, except the Prince of Wales, who wore a suit of dark blue, and a brown surtout over. 'Then followed the Scholars, preceded by the Marechal Serjeant, the Musicians of the Staffordshire Band, and Mr. Ford, Captain of the Seminary, the Serjeant-Major, Serjeants, Colonels, Corporals, Musicians, Ensign, Lieutenant, Steward, Salt-Bearers, Polemen, and Runners. 'The cavalcade was brought up by Her Majesty and her amiable daughters in two carriages, and a numerous company of equestrians and pedestrians, all eager to behold their Sovereign and his family.

Inspectors shall visit all armies; and, with certain elected corporals and 'soldiers able to write,' verify what arrears and peculations do lie due, and make them good.

On Tuesday the 24th of August, 1790, he opens session as Inspecting Commissioner; meets those 'elected corporals, and soldiers that can write.' He finds the accounts of Chateau-Vieux to be complex; to require delay and reference: he takes to haranguing, to reprimanding; ends amid audible grumbling.

We have cold Aristocratic impassivity, faithful to itself even in Tartarus; rabid stupidity, of Patriot Corporals, Patriot Washerwomen, who have much to say of Plots, Treasons, August Tenth, old Insurrection of Women.

An endless vortex of such questioning "corporals" rolled confusedly round him through his whole course; whom he did answer.

A man that loves his country is 'titled to a pension-that's my mind!-but the world don't smile upon corporals-augh!" Here Peter re-appeared with a fresh supply of the October, and an assurance that the cold meat would speedily follow. "I hope yourself and this gentleman will bear me company," said the Traveller, passing the jug to the Corporal; and in a few moments, so well pleased grew the trio with each other, that the sound of their laughter came loud and frequent to the ears of the good housewife within.

Begging your honour's pardon, I thinks gentlefolks what lives only with gentlefolks, and call themselves men of the world, be often no wiser nor Pagan creturs, and live in a gentile darkness." "The true knowledge of the world," said Walter, "is only then for the Corporals of the Forty-second,-eh, Bunting?" "As to that, Sir," quoth the Corporal, "'tis not being of this calling or of that calling that helps one on; 'tis an inborn sort of genus the talent of obsarving, and growing wise by obsarving.

The homeward march being somewhat tardy,-owing to the un-soldierlike behaviour of certain corporals, who, being gentlemen of sedentary pursuits in private life and excitable out of doors, broke several windows with their bayonets, and rendered it imperative on the commanding officer to deliver them over to a strong guard, with whom they fought at intervals as they came along,-it was nine o'clock when the locksmith reached home.

She saw how it was; hid her face in her hands; and sobbed more bitterly than ever. 'You meet in me, Miss V.,' said Simon, laying his hand upon his breast, 'not a 'prentice, not a workman, not a slave, not the wictim of your father's tyrannical behaviour, but the leader of a great people, the captain of a noble band, in which these gentlemen are, as I may say, corporals and serjeants.

"The regiment's losses in this fighting are: Dead, 1 corporal 1 undercorporal 7 privates; wounded, 2 corporals 3 undercorporals 18 privates; missing 11 privates."

Royal Artillery Corporals are called Bombardier (rank)s, although until 1920 the Royal Artillery had Corporals and Bombardier was a lower rank.

"An interesting detail is the proliferation of colonels; during 'The Broken Ear' story, the army of San Theodoros had 3487 colonels but only 49 corporals."

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