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Neither was Peregrine less inquisitive about the situation and pedigree of his new mistress, who, he learned, was the only daughter of a field-officer, who died before he had it in his power to make suitable provision for his children; that the widow lived in a frugal though decent manner on her pension, assisted by the bounty of her relations; that the son carried arms as a volunteer in the company which his father had commanded; and that Emilia had been educated in London, at the expense of a rich uncle, who was seized with the whim of marrying at the age of fifty-five; in consequence of which his niece had returned to her mother, without any visible dependence, except on her own conduct and qualifications.
Once crossed, however, his malignity would be manifested by the most intolerable and petty persecution. "He has no judgment," said a Field-Officer of a Regiment of his command; a remark which, by the way, was a good summary of his character. "Why?" replied the officer to whom he was speaking. "I was out on picket duty," rejoined the other, "yesterday.
The handsome Comte de Vermandois, barely seventeen years old, had won the heart of a fair lady, of about his own age, who expressed her passion for him with an energy, a delicacy, and a talent far beyond all that we admire in books. I knew her; the King loved her. Her husband, a most distinguished field-officer, cherished her and believed her to be faithful.
In the final adjustment of claims under Governor Dinwiddie's proclamation, Washington, acting on behalf of the officers and soldiers, obtained grants for the lands he had marked out in the course of his visit to the Ohio. Fifteen thousand acres were awarded to a field-officer, nine thousand to a captain, six thousand to a subaltern, and so on.
Poor boy, who would have thought the impression would have been so lasting? 'Well, by the time he is a field-officer, even William will let him please himself, said Albinia, lightly, because her heart was too full for her to speak seriously. She tried, by a kind letter, to atone for the omitted farewell, and it seemed to cheer and delight Gilbert.
I hope he will receive the promotion to which his merits entitle him, that of a field-officer in a colored regiment. "GEORGE STONEMAN, Major-Gen., Com'g. Corps. "That from General Judah is equally as commendatory. If the one refers to his bravery on the Peninsula, the other testifies equally to his daring during the war:
In the regular army, ceremonial is rather better observed; but, even here, you will observe the barriers of grade frequently transgressed, both in manner and tone: the volunteers will rarely salute even a field-officer, unless on parade, or by special orders. This spirit of independent judgment is by no means confined to the rank and file.
He was mounted on a horse which had belonged to a field-officer; and, though aged, still possessed much spirit. It happened that a troop of yeomanry were out exercising on a neighbouring common.
Now, as always, he was the beau ideal of the industrial field-officer; handsome in a clean-cut masculine way, a type of vigor but also, if the signs of the full face and the eager eyes were to be regarded, of the elemental passions. Angelic rumor hinted that he was a periodic drunkard: he was both more and less than that.
He feared, also, the responsibility of letting loose the English soldiery to wreak their vengeance on the mutineers, knowing too well that, with passions roused and hearts steeled to pity by the murders and outrages committed at Meerut, and the late wounding of their field-officer, our men would have given no quarter.
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