Voltaire’s reproach against the Church 210 Canon Mozley’s sermon on war 212 The answer to his apology 214 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 CHAPTER IX. THE LIMITS OF MILITARY DUTIES. The old feeling of the moral stain of bloodshed 250 Military purificatory customs 250 Modern change of feeling about warfare 252 Descartes on the profession of arms 254 The old-world sentiment in favour of piracy 255 The central question of military ethics 257 May a soldier be indifferent to the cause of war? 257 The right to serve made conditional on a good cause 258 By St. Augustine, Bullinger, Grotius, and Sir James Turner 258 Old Greek feeling about mercenary service 260 Origin of our mercenary as opposed to gratuitous service 260