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or tactical dispositions, brought about Its
disastrous results. One good quality the
Field Marshal had he showed a good deal Of
personal fcarlessuess on several occasions.

er 1nQn& Altn0uEn A1S past experience IN |
aign In schleswi Ing -Holstein, in ths war Of
SiS, where he achieved some gallant exploits
s commander Of body Of volunteers. He
Tas considered the most promising General
n the Dayarian service. Bnt he also did not
one " TO popular expectation: nis friends
10 lis position, but to the self
Efficiency and obstinacy Of tie Field Mar
hal, who would not accept his advice But /
ompctcnt Judges declare, on the Other hand, |
Int in the direction Of the remnants Of the
lie most grevious blunders. lie Is known to
,ayc entertained strong Prussian sympathfcs
,efore the war, and 1t Is charged that his !
lcart was not With the cause he served. But |
am Inclined to think this charge without
oundatiou.
1ncomretency, however, Was not confined
o the headquarters Of the Seventh and
Eighth Corps. In the Bayarian army espc-
.lally, the progress Of the war developed the
most dolefu1 incapacity on the part Of some
of the division and brigade commanders.
Geld life, and without any experience In war.
Four Of them were cent to the rear in dis
grace Among them was the Prince Of Thurn
mud Taxi, the Chief Of Cavalry whom many of
yourGcrman readers will doubtless remember
as the royal exccutioner in Rhenish Bavaria
All 1C92> AS - Ela4A ~ HAVE elAVh %AE HttE
feather, besides rtter fncompctency, in the
nffh1r at 1lanQeld before alluded to. Another
was Lieutenant General Stcimlt, who, am
told, tell asleep, on one occasion. from the
effect Of oycr-iudulSencc In vino In q certain
nnmcntionablc place, 50 that his division Ind
to march oil without him.
DISSATISFACTION WITH OFFICERS,
: Fault-tinding with superfors Is q vice In
hcrent to MI armies, It nonrished luxuri-
antly in our army during the rebellion. But
Its growth there was nothing conl-
pared With tie universal dc denuncta- sa
GERS and men Of the Federal army, and
particularly Of the Bavarians. That they
have good ground for dissatisfaction, admits,
however, Of no doubt. The General Head
quarters hear continually spoken Of in the
most unsparing, .eontempluous terms. The
feeling towards 1t among the rank and flle
may be inferred from IN ipcilent Which
observed on yesterday. I was riding along
the road from Witztngen to Wurzf,urE, when
I came up with lot Of Bavarian infantry
soldiers who were resting on the roadside
\ lot Of cattle were coming along from the
opposite direction as drew up to talk to the
biuc-coats. AS the foremost Of tho b. horned
procession reached them, one Of their num-
M beadanaf,e5s @ ssi Is CONT comins" &hercapen tIey
all jumped to their feet and presenting front,
@ave the usual military talatation with
luuaCEous ScIluusntss, aAu sLoou - atAcns1ou
until the last Of the stately quadrupeds bad
passed, when they burst ont, into peal Of
selfeutistird laughter.
BAIARIAS FOLLY.
During n1y last visit to Germany, Ind
frequent opportunity to listen tn the super
Austrian armies by Bavarian eiliccrs. They
were very fond Of snccsip= at the poor gen
er.ls1.ip Of their leaders. Their first lessons
In tiie practice Of the art OF war, after fifty
years Of peace and sheer ttleorizin., during
The last few weeks, will probably have taught
successful warfare as did the Americans in
the summer Of 1861. They thought their
army as well differed aud appointed in every
respect us auy other in tile world, but the
delilsion has probably vanished by this TING.
As was to be expected, the greutcst defects
were at once discovered in the management
Of the Qaarterr1astcr'slnd Colnmissary De-
partlncnts. | have not met un officer OF
soldier yet, tllat was not orerhowing with
violent indignation against those branches
Of the service: Many Of their complaints. in
all likelihood, are unjust, and arise more
long years Of easy garrison life than from the
actual neglect Of these departments. But
from all learn, 1t Is obvious that tie Bayar-
ian Quartcrmasters and Co1nmissaries know
no more Of tile Actunl wants Of an army In
the field and the best means o.
supplying them than ours did IN tte
! first campaigns Of the civil war. Had tlis
was lasted year, The troops would have
! probably been better supplied Mt the end D
| il than at the beginning. as it was, tht
| constant changes Of position m the part o
| the Fcaera!s would hare rendered it difficult
Tor the most expert Of surnlv- officers to feet
! man aud bc.st regularly. 1t was a natura
! consequence Of tllcsc continuous movement!
that more than once mcn and animals had t.
I, 70 without food for twenty-four and NOR
| hours. And il Was not to bc wondered tla
the frequent forced marches aud biyouacks
in the open air had used mp their foot-wea
and reduced the neat uniforms with whic!
colored rags. That officers aud men lookus
| alike rather the worse for wear, was to b
I expected. They would have probably sui
fercd good deal less from this campaign
they had understood the scientific f0raG I'M
and those other ways old soldiers have o
| the field uulcr the most adverse c1reuln
stances.
HARD FARE OF THE rRCss1ANs.
According to nil accounts, the Pr,ssians ar
faring even worsc tl.an the Fcdcrnls. Thel
rarid ndyance matae it difficult for them I
Frankfort and asc1la1cnbu-g, and their ent
mics had stripped the country oil everything
Captured officers nnd men, with whom I wa
permitted to converse, told me that they Ia
been obliged to slaughter horses and CT
their meat TO escape starvation, Boiled pat
confirmation Of this story ! got the otilt
evening on the extreme Federal right ,whc,
the Bavarinns on the right bank had estal
lislcd the most friendly relations with til
Prussians on the eft-justa as our soldiers ar
the rebels used to do OH the Rapidau. The
feeling SO far as to bring bands Of music to II
river banks and sercnadc each other. II
Prussans related their sorry cxrctien'
on the shortest commons very freely, aud .
pressed the fcryiL hope Of being admitted
tl,c ilcsh-rots Of Wurzbnrg. The shortness
main motive for the persistence with Wink
T Gcterul Won MantcutFtl demanded posse
sion Of the city. The aEmisticc, conclud:
Mt Tisolshurg, having commenced this MOI
Ing, the anxious longings Of his troops wei
grntiflea In The course of this forenoon. II
night aud before noon to-day q large body
Trussians took possession of It.
EQUIPMENT.
Upon the whole tho Federal soldiers We
efficiently al'd scnsibly equipped for u
| field. The ktapsacks Of several of the co
llcavy. and the loose fitting sacks Of t
: Anstrians seemed FIR preferable to the tig
: | conts Of their allies. The pcdantry Of III
; man army discipline was Illustrated BY I
, stocks aud ai.ht-buttoned coats Of the Z
: yarians and others. Most Of the infantry
: troops wore their full dress heavy llclme
: weighing from two and u half to four poun.
. !-1hat must have been Il source Of perfect II
: turc in lot weather. AL the troops vi
The exception Of some Of the cavalry, Il
: Ind carbincs and pistols OF rather aucie
= provided with very scrylccAble flrc.artl
Q though their pieces were less effective IN
c tho rruesi,n needle guns. Some Of the
I funtTy still had al riscless side arm. The f
: crnls seem to have feared the needle =,
i much less thnn the Austrians in Bole1l
c Of some thousands Of excellent marksm
c recruited among the mountniuccrs Of Da
Is rinn Tyrol, were armed with brcccl.-l01d
n which they consfded quitcas destructive.
; wURznvN0.
!. Before the occupation of WurzburE hy
c rrnssians, / spent most Of my time sincc
+. Arrival, in that city. It Is very plc:sss
4 place, cllasmingly situated amidst bcauti
j. surroundings, Of which tho ,.c-claa Ii
/, along the Main formed the principal attr
b lion. 1t 1,ns soinc thirty Thousand lnlin
c. tants, who seam 70 be jovIal, kindly, l.
10 thc irregular. crowded hshion ofa1l old
q man towns, and most Of the buildings +
scnt q very unsiEhtly appearance. It c
tuins, however, d number of very fine hu
N inCs, among which the royal palace Is
uf .mVsi prominent. In It's cellars imn,c
Of quantities Of tl,o finest wines aro said to
~ stored, which will no doubt bc tasted by
n, rr1lsslans. or the comforts of life, the c
s, had nothing 10 offer at the time ofmy vi
n. The market. people being kept away By
Is presence OF hostile armies, must ordinary
c. ecssIilcs could not DO had for my rrl
o. The city llasl received but insignificant d.
d. agc from thu Prussian proIecttlcs, but It !
H. bored In It's walls the most pllful crfdenc
H. the dcstrnct1ycness Of war. Thousand.
= wounded Fedcrals and I'russlaus had b
3 brought hcFe, and all ths nue,l'c !nna, .t,a, nn
i; sEill nni charity could do wus doue
'ls them. Turzhurg hclnE the seat OF g
tn versity, and, next to Vieuna, tho best M
hc cal faculty In Germany, the professional
cr tendance upon the woupded was excel!
r. | Tint. Hllfc uriyAta citizens opened U