New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-28

stubbc field had been chosen the ground for operations
but OF moving horse flesh ansioTmcd in.o
fallow ground by single march II past TIC hlns
lnd squaring back again to their former position ina,
The anCes and Uhlans advanced in SOLID tuCccs W.
masses of 30 abreast with spears erect, and Ihc
black and white colors utteng at every stn ~ al Vu
standing army inherting ycor Of military discipline Ike
tho Prussan, symmetry and precision arc al o ,, 60
everything under that head perfect rs matt. VI
omost mathematical cnmnre sion Of the horses TWAS
interesting 10 notice acrwa.l what goou .nuo
there existed between man an1 hGlse Sose Cots into
of such business as crossing ditch ho,sc eo,s nv
tho habit of considering his burden part vi nc anu
the movements of horse end rider theh Z,
y natural and easy Concerning o ,hn onnars "
cavalry there is little to be described beyond Tue spears or
toadstckcrs of the Uhans otherwise tassels and the IKE
make about the only distinction except In name. great
deal Of comfort is sacrificed 10 s1oW eno nil,
wrnkled and contorted brow whose picture graces anti
Guated walls occasionally Moreover can testify TO it's
truth 10 naure-provided the tall shacko like castron
sove-ppe be not omitted As these poor fellows trot
along under their hats you can SEQ that the st0veppe or
pot as may be- which is intended to inspire ave.
does not sit firmly the head but being clampcd
fast the skin obeys the less the laws OF momentum
and inertia and seeks swaying to andfro with
the entire scalp In wheeling so abreast Ground q
noticeable that although individuals might
appear little hggledypiggledy the mass came always 70
the spot in the most precise manner The artillery nihC
cd six pieces abreast and the gUnners walked or ram o
hind wheels of each separate carriage moving 80 exaety
that 10 the conclusion that either horses or
carriages must have been Joined in some way.
Having disposed thus OF tho first $1,000 forming the
IsNinth Division the King and suite rode mile or
more TO review tho Tenth which consisted of $4,000
more, altogether infantry under wizleben. On more
level fd the troops ened 2oo re sS,e ON 81,
the ground which is called by thcm the Kings
Parade Inside stood fine band to furnish
marching time opposite TO tho hing Nm sna e,oo
ents horseback. Right left toward the rear hung
little squadrons of metapotted knights rather distany
but picturcsquey stationed beside three four royal
in n
in all the sBperbness of Spanish general The uniformity
of movement thorough and the solid mass OF
glittcrng the sunshine sight worth seeing FINALLY
so deserving heroes called out in line before tho h6
to be rewarded with copper Or silver crosses OF nel
Three captured Austrian standards were displayed b
them The King rode up 10 them and along their hont
addressed few commonplace words OF praise, examhea
one of the standards and thcn rode of the ed followed
by the generals staff officers correspondents metsPo
ted knights and ackeys Half dozen carriages without
conveyed the King and great people back to Brunn
As for the soldiers they filed down into the valleys ana
meadows round about, ard disappeared unaccountaby;
there were no signs of an eDeampmeht except TOW vi
wagons here and there The mass OF them dseTgea IN
Declines for surrounding villages where reqhrtt uihhes
under civilized roofs, awaited them. ,
Stenmctz the Commander Of his corps. has now tho
reputation of fighting general" He is short plump
roundheaded clean. looking old gentleman with perma-
nenty face and white musiache; wears
his cap as lift had boon pressed down over his eyes
The Prusgn army possesses peculiar rsit OF So
hailing from the sand plains Of North Germany, middle
sized or tall and compact; every one OF them is o
"knOt" Mentally there is no lack OF what the Germans
call sring-of strong healthy elasticity which We call
"snap"
met at the review, Lammels Of The London IHns-
trated kers and Diccy of The london Telegraph beside
another civilian whom they cnIl Professor lively
old gentleman with very / Med slouched hat who
said 10 be portrait painter 20 tho Royal family
On tho way back dined at roadside tavern, in COM
pany with a woinformcd Silesan medical officer who
understood Polish and Bohemian and who wss somewhat
acquainted with the habits Of the bohemian gypses He
dissented strongly from the position Of the writer in The
Atlantic Monthly Of last Fall, tumc time maintaining
the identity Of tho Gypsics with the Bohcmsns and nc
counting for them scattered and for several centuries
unwsshed Hussites The Polish and Bohemian languages
are so much alike that the Polish Prussans find no diff
Guilty in talking with tho Czeks they are both languages
related TO the German But the Hungarian quite differ
ent and belongs the semitic languages ihc.corc is
nearer related to the jewish gypses resemble none OF
these In Bohemia elsewhere the gyPsies nomads
and sleep in tho dirt from choice backer than the DO
hemans, and go nearly naked