Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from Military Manners and Customs, by James Anson Farrer (published 1885).  It is offered here not for its semi-pacifist perspective, but as a useful corrective to

Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from Military Manners and Customs, by James Anson Farrer (published 1885).  It is offered here not for its semi-pacifist perspective, but as a useful corrective to