[Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?

[Alex Bell]

Michael,

I missed part of a radio broadcast today that spoke of military
tradition. I just got in the car as they were discussing the British
military and their use of "Red coats". It seems that the reason the
British officers wore red coats was to keep the troops from panic if an
officer was wounded. Apparently, the red coat would disguise blood from
a wound, thus preventing the men under his command from knowing he was
wounded.

In a related story, it appears that French officers wore BROWN pants for
the same reason!

Alex 

Michael Meltzer wrote:
> 
> what happened to the French?, nothing in the press, nothing on TV, no politicians(either side) making stupid statements, it like they crawled under a rock, very low profile.
> 
> MJM
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