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[[File:Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No1.jpg|thumb|The Kapper Department Store, a brick building built by Royal Northian Marines in 1796]] | [[File:Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No1.jpg|thumb|The Kapper Department Store, a brick building built by Royal Northian Marines in 1796]] | ||
Because the RNM were originally raised under the King's personal authority and expense, they were used in the 1600s through the 1800s for a wide range of functions that have now been superseded by the Federal Army and a number of administrative authorities. One was to act as a police force in the Verge of the Palace, a six-mile circle around the royal residence over which the King had personal authority | Because the RNM were originally raised under the King's personal authority and expense, they were used in the 1600s through the 1800s for a wide range of functions that have now been superseded by the Federal Army and a number of administrative authorities. One was to act as a police force in the Verge of the Palace, a six-mile circle around the royal residence over which the King had personal authority. Another common (and much-derided) use was to erect buildings, on the pretext they were useful for the Navy, for which the Congress of the States refused to pay. This function led to the monicker '''His Northian Majesty's Bricklayers''', referenced in the 1856 novel ''Birds of Song'', where a Royal Northian Marine was told off by a Federal Army officer, "Get thee hence, for thy Bricks wait for thee." | ||
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Revision as of 05:33, 11 April 2022
Her Northian Majesty's Marines or Royal Northian Marines are the naval infantry arm of the Royal Northian Navy.
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Because the RNM were originally raised under the King's personal authority and expense, they were used in the 1600s through the 1800s for a wide range of functions that have now been superseded by the Federal Army and a number of administrative authorities. One was to act as a police force in the Verge of the Palace, a six-mile circle around the royal residence over which the King had personal authority. Another common (and much-derided) use was to erect buildings, on the pretext they were useful for the Navy, for which the Congress of the States refused to pay. This function led to the monicker His Northian Majesty's Bricklayers, referenced in the 1856 novel Birds of Song, where a Royal Northian Marine was told off by a Federal Army officer, "Get thee hence, for thy Bricks wait for thee."