Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-10

the beach and disinteffed The body. I'll
child appeared to be moi more than niu
months old. The f%efnnins OF The tnre
were brought to town and deposited |
Recorder Genois Office for ileutifiealio
by their friends.
The California continued about tire
hours In tile neighbofliood, all OH boar
making the most ditigent Reconnaissance
aud though the gun was constantly fire,
10 other bodies could lie discovered. TIL
friends Of Judge Preston were also dill
gently examining for his remains, bu
without success, when tile California lei
the place.
THE PRusstAN MlLiTAnY SYSTEM
South Caroliniai,, ira veling IN Prussia
writes from Berlin TO The Charleston 4 te,,
rag Netes, as follows.
lie Pftlssians ore most essentially &
military people; the system organized
by Gen. Sliarnflorst having been III opera
ton now more than forty years, has Civ.
EN- the military element a far greater i'm.
roftaiice than 1t possesses in any other
State OF Europe. So great, Indeed that II
infringes very considerably Upon tie liber-
ty Of the citizen. AT twenty years, oil
age every Prussiali, whatever be his con.
dition, must join the army and serve for
three yeara. The usual exceptions IRE
physical inability, and being the only son
OF widow, Of course prevail, and there
urn roftniit ni1kr,rn ! JY1t .,w .i,ts.s. - tt....
1t is by no means always convenient for n
young NAH to leave his home to serve The
Hing especially also when his country il
enjoying fill peace and prosperity. Mel.
Tier u there any temptation a. to pay,
which for a private soldier. besides his
uniform, amounts to ole and a half pounds
bread per day, adinter costing three cents,
and three cents in money. not quite equal
to the liberal ratioiis aud pay Of our own
army. Even when n inat has served his
three years, he does not quit all contiec-
ton with the army, for he Is for two years
longer one OF The reserve and, should
war break out, must Immediately Join his
regiment and take the field. The Land
weir Is composed of those who have
passed through both the regular service
and the reserve that Ia, those between
twenty-five and forty years, at which lat
ter age they are no longer called upon.
This body is regularly organized into regi.
ments. etc, but has no dill or pafades
except two terms Of n month each for Ell.
campmel,t aud exercise, by way of review.
It differs then greatly from the American
militia, in Icing composed of well-disci.
plined aud thoroughly instructed men.
This ia a slight view of the prussian sys-
TEN, which when thoroughly understood
exciies our admiration. on account oil lis
completeness, and a little Of our astonisll-
mefit that an intelligent uation should sub.
NIT 10 its esactions. II II young liail al
twenty desires for any reason to be raspi.
ted, he may be for four years, but at the
end OF that time he must join The army rs
a volunteer : that il. lie must uniform
and maintain himself for Il year, receiving
from the State. In time of pence the
army, consisting Of more li,an one
hundred t|lottsand men, garrison the towns
and foftresses, but i'll the oecurtance OF war
it immediately takes the field reinforced lpy
Ito reserved men. making each Infantry
regiment three thousand strong. Tile first
division of Lawdwehrs (tnen hetween
twenty-five aud lhirty.two) are then mus.
erred iato service, uniformed from the
and garrison tho towns, recruit.
.ng the army, aud being itaeif recruited
fotn the second division OF Land wehr as
aud the exigencies of the war re.
lnife it. With such a system a nation is
next to r%nconqerable, aud had it existed
u full operation during the earlier part of
his century, n single important defeat
ike that of Jena would not have brought
he kingdom under the feet of Napoleou.
Perhaps. therefore, it is better TO s~acrifce
little liberty, and, surrounded AZ they are
~ aggressive powers, put themselves al
most beyond The reach Of even temporary
The officers are regularly ed.
,cated at the military academies, of which
here are three provincial aud one central
Institution at Berlin, numbering Ia all nine
undred cadets"