The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-26 00:00:00

THE GERMAN LEGIalt

ices
KIEL, July 22.- The public prints have Web' kith
some details as to the frequency of the arrests to "I_o4
ect7
the English recruiting agents have been subj
different countries of Europe, and it would appear the
t_.,ber
most casual observer that some blame must attach !inf.
to the agents in question, or to the Gevernment.!isb'ut
Every one seems aware of the existence of the faulL
_.,d
yet no one appears to be able to say where shelie,r
of
consequently little progress can be made in paw
reform. isduring
I have happened to meet many of these agents
bare
a rather lengthened journey on the continent, eld
been ing
enabled to judge ou the spot of the actuate
ral,
of the system at present in force both in eln,raie
p rusia, and Switzerland. The history of ene
ing agent is pretty accurately the history of all. e the
therefore, trace the course of one of them, and feel° al,
reader the task of drawing his own inferences therefreo
About three weeks since an officer of the Gerridlou
Legion then stationed at Hull received hie recall, °no
arrival at head-quarters was directed to proceed
re 4 ;lite
to the frontiers of Germany, there to establish a jet
ing district, within given limits He wan furnished wall
the necessary funds for the jou. rney, and told tot to
further arrangements would be made for him, i;
leave him perfectly at liberty to organise his u'liceirs
The
name of an agent was given him who would rea." is
and forward his recruits from Paris. fie podan 'else
obedience to his orders, proceeded, hoping to fi„-", st
necessary letter,, &c., which bad been promised hire,
Paris. He arrived, but found himself forgotten ; cesoe
to lose time, he at once went on to his destitution, 4 hie
burg, where he immediately set to work. Ne 1111110
object known, fixed the amount of premium to be god
per man, empowered his agents to receive anid dee
in recruits, and then reported what he he% red
through the Paris agent. Germany at once ece,teiee
the call, and a few days saw him with fifty-fire re;,:bee
and every prospect of rapidly aiding to the
or►ties
But he was without friends or the required
aut
-in fact, he was proceeding at his own risk end PIP
in every way, as were his subordinates under hire' that
WN3 not accredited to the French Government, seb air
they of necessity ignored his presence ; nor could - °eels
thecae).
ply for barrack room for his men, though
plenty at his service in the town. For the same re,7 the
the railway officials could not carry his recruits 't Ass
usualh price, namely, half third-class fare; and wiiend for
helto do! fie wrote again and again for funds '-odr.
ing house,
awaiting the reply, placed his men in °ed.
boarding them at the rate of about le., 00
day-es sum moderate enough in itself, but ishic'ber'
eel
mounted up to a goodly total. The men-'o
idle, and discontented-entreated to be sent en gor
land, claiming it, indeed, as a right, they bt/7„;ent,
ceived the promise to that effect on their &Tie"; elf
The neighbourhood they occupied was neeesser'lln-a the,
one ; continual disputes arose between them ; tante°
lodging-house keeper, and they in their turn, for droops
the recruiting officer, who represented his
tcji:grie-o.etimpfl:
writing letter after letter. The far-off agents as oeer
their authorisations to enlist, and the recrui
was as yet without one himself, so that the risk of
sonment to them at least was imminent. Maul efba
he igbout
naturally deserted; and at last, driven to desPe-„n
managed to procure the necessary fund -04
own personal security, sent off his incli.t' rr
Ithus relieved himself for the moment. Ile 13;001
presented his situation by means of a third Pe', tel
for he could not leave his post, and letters ePLAese
useless-to the agent to whom he had been ecluj-refr
at Paris. This gentleman's answer was sin:10)10ff
react to a third, and more influential party. Ev.ell-,tbs,
the right man was found-the case laid before 10.00
tremendous and perfectly unnecessary expense ,Pate lu'
out-and the reply received was this : that Pr"-fee:
quiry had been made respecting the recruiting • a poi
po,ition at Strasbourg-that it was found he W-001)
well-known there-and that, therefore, he 0111.700,11'
had not thought it advisable to place funds at his v-ecfel
It must be borne in mind that this man had been o,ll' lied
for this duty without any seeking for it on his Pe";treir
been sent to a town in which he was a complele,;oo,
ger, and where consequently he could not be ee" tie
and where, as a recruiting agent unaccredited !f:P p 0
French Government, it was his duty to-remain
Bible unknown gave to his subordinates ; and 31P 'for,
Phis disadvantage, and crippled as to means, ee;er
helped, unaided, he had actually forwarded to i)e;fforl4
recruitsw in a very short space of time • and his
std 14A
realisethus rewarded and ackaowled etc It ie
literally
the truth of this picture, but i; is
strictly fact.
Any reasonable number of recruits could be Prtireti esh
on the German frontier, and that, too, at a very b 1
lower cost than is imagined, or than is' now incta fd
Llefr
such pettifogging proceedings. As a proof of tu7s#ol
to the admirable working of the Swiss cerel32;o- 601►
which acts directly under the orders of Go.— ee,
regularly enrolling and transmitting its Inert 1110
by week, properly fed, drilled, and clothe,' rilifle*
on their way to England. Compare this 118,1400,
which works with mechanical regularity and Pre, -
with the picture I have drawn-or as I should :PA
more propriety far uuderdrawn-of the mode liner oh'
}he German Legion, and can the public then wceivd 001
the mistakes and faults committed Why shoes, fa°
the Government manage its own recruiting serf',abiet
its own commissiose! It would be far more resPekc 000
and far more saving to the public purse than We 14
tract entered into with Baron Von Statferheire' fet
which he simply engages to find ten thousand 03Allipif
theorGermananaenahsetaod
cmo Legion,voenreayfl
atnh
and
receivingiwnshaicnhe
esuxtriestsuurenbdateiLleainre7v:st-ept)froAPS
pointed out above. The total expensePense6 and
trail/P:6),
each recruit from the German frontier-say sa -;
Pings
Strasburg-to Dover, will average twenty-ii
a man, and in this sum is included fifteen ebia
the price of the railway journey to Paris. Shoule
be doubted, I will give each separate item in Pre°f.ol4
this sum must be added five francs head money g',, ere
the subordinate who brings in the ramie, and 1Z :01r
a total expense under thirty shillings. Were the ni
ment to organise a German commission on Preelhetinjoiti
same system as the Swiss, offering 61. per man
and adding to that offer a promise of land in the v";°,,or
re b
at the expiration of a certain term-say five yep bete
and faithful service-recruits would flock in mere es
such depots, and not only would plenty of nie",.ee'S.';
cured, but they might be picked men,and eaen,:i
would cost the public purse 7/. 10s. in lieu of
difference of which sum now finds its way il3;derri
pockets of mercenary German agents, or is seil%t es"
away in consequence of a total want of arrange°
, concerted plan.

REPRESENTATION OF MA.RYLI-10--07 °
f for
Last evening a public meeting of electors 0,-. erllfjl
bone was held at the Coliseum Hotel, Portlanal Pr
the purpose of supporting the re-election Of
as member for the borough. eia9o(
Mr. W. Field, churchwarden of Marylebonefeor
eight o'clock called to the chair, and a large °II- „0/
ibiliential electors were present. t .1"or
The CHAIRMAN said they had assembled to „,bo ,f
for the securing the re-election of a gentlemall
well known to them as member for their borong eon.
ea
alluded to their late well-known and long-tried r void,
tative, Sir B. Hall. (Hear, hear.) The intreclutcheiti
Sir B. Hall into the Government showed that j rti,
tors of Marylebone had exercised a sound sena° D'h-gt Ut
intelligence in having elected him, and he had ;if
doubt they would do so again most triuroPban'i,erf
Dr. JOSEPH, in moving the first resolution' °,„ti00,41
that as long ago as 1836, he was one of a deellfrilog P',4l
the then Mr. Hall, to present a requisition,,a,l.3”heli6:o
to stand as a candidate for that borough, and for "Ail
that no one of his constituents who had Y°.ate. 01011°Ill
had ever any reason to regret that vote. a'wh,cledl
they might say with regard to Sir B. Hall, hei
been found to he the right man in the right 11.1'
his votes had always been on the right sit' i6rjaie
the New Public Health Act was brought i0"-10 friol
ment, it had the interest of the poorer °last
and the Government male a wise choicetotltit
Sir Benjamin Hall at the head of that coP 0 Ivo.
—(bear, hear)—and he would ask any
elector' , hlo
local interests had bees at all impaired b.'
o )
ceptance of office under the Crown (No, ° hie', a
he (Dr. Joseph) would say that, having shoifiltetirrlif
while holding office, as efficient a represelled
that great borough as he was before he 9,0°°,11.,1ef v
could see no reason why, by accepting the 00'vcr
missionership of Public Works, he would be ;°: err, tt
that particular juncture he (Dr. Joseph) floe' 'Or,
larly satisfied that this election was to take P fee,
had afforded Sir B. Hall a public opportunity °,00°0,1
ing his opinion upon the method in which the a, is be
to be carried on. (Hear.) From the few scr, ~°„1.00
address of the right hon. baronet there coula."„-roo°,,
that he was in favour of a determined and lig-3,00,
secution of the war, so as to insure a perirli
honourable peace. (Cheers. After, the va°,,-;epna,io:
duct of Lord J. Russell in conducting 2 the " ,coPoo'
ferences, these elections now taking place werecloototP
portant and significant. (Hear.) He had 0° efforetr
Sir B. Hall would remain as good and al heoPoof
member of the House of Commons as he had vitit°,A/
tinning to defend the local interests of j°ooo-tioo
second to none in the empire. (Cheers.) •L'emstisfile,
" That this meeting has learnt with grelt„,7o 9:ll3iri
the appointment of the Right Hon. Sir Bee e—,100°000;
Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works. 9..,%00 41);
in it a practical testimony on the part of the i;" Wel/ tit
to the untiring ability and industry with 0'131°00.66
hon. baronet has discharged tho duties of I"3"eeeer, 04
Board of Health. Thi, acceptance of this erarnreegt'n'elP)
involving the resignation of his seat for the R-eleetl"
meeting cordially pledges itself to secure his re' hOO
ea
every means in its power." (Cheers.)
testimonylll r.S.Jt.O StThEePligEreNaSt szeceaoln,daebdiltihtye,f eaSnOdltistti°r:,:ttilieoreoo:loo?
which Sir B. Hall had attended to the 100' vire ro'
the borough. It bad been stated that 0° man,
ottr.
cepted patronage could be so free an age° v 8.
'pained free from patronage from the Crefeciog Stloolf
Stephens) felt that the Government, in ael h 0° tb4
alt 011
Hall to preside over the Board of ri e .of eleee
made a wise choice, but conferred an. crwriae- finer
borough, an honour which he conceive crr
by the second appointment. a 06'
A vote of thanks to the chairman terraly
r
ceedings. fo
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