, 1866-07-16
The Federal Army.
Frankfort Quite s6) corrcs pondenee Of the LondoI

frankfort Quite s6) corfes pondenee of tue London
Times
p1lnc: Alexander Of He.se /. m olnces whose
milaty reputation has already atsFacte1 attention.
lie 1E.t 1ook strice IN Ruktta. following the 1ate
Of hss t'sset VIM u married. TO the present Csaf.
and eoou won ius spu.s In 1he CtucAFut. a NOR
Ean8.ic marriage tnhItt biz Retirement from tue
Kusriau armv: and be then 'enae1ed his sword to
Fr>Dcis Joseph. The Austrian Emperor has hnd
lo canse TO regrrt the day when be accepted hts
tet.,ne. and co,nmanoed his friendship. At Aoute-
lei1p he the lheresle0 krentz, the highest
and most sa1usb}e military decoration IN Europe,
aua o1itlro be covered the retreat Of the Aus
tran celtic when ew but hfmEelfhsd retained their
Eclf-poseestlon. ...-.
r1e.ey, Ii /. stalled. in order 10 take command OF
the left tne Ct The Federal armies. II 1nu.t b.
nckto Il dyed thxt no filter man could have been
found. Isela ed o. connected With the leading
zLa,ire or ,hese p4ft, will anple military expe-
BE- uhf,es IN himseif 1lmost All the qualities re.
qulted tot the peculiar command TO which h- Is
now MS TROOPS Arx rrns,sukp-Ax ODD CO.'S
SEcIlnE.
II The opportunity IL Que which seldom fayore
the tnoistansI more Than once in hfelime It must
he csnceded ttaf no >msll difficulties aftent 1t.
AustIiaAa, ua.u87 ans, WuitemntFgerE, Badeners+
Eastnner+. neese .nomburses:, tho soldiers Of
arc cops1ec1leo IN the Eighth Feuesa1 corps d'dr-
st which he has the honor to Lead It i. ne=dless
IL say that cath Of the SOVEREIGN states to which
| nl,d1ary s,sseu, IL own weapons, ranging from
Kto*n Beru to the ne. dlo rifle; lis eepsrale stat
/ ma tmf<Gnnsnia, 70 many OF which me INST ot
| 1aents are comnoeed Of splendid aerial.
ENIFoE1a AND ARAs.
Nothing strikes the tooser-on 70 much a. ehe
vpI,eEy 6t uniforms. Ho~ are these corps 10 dtF.
| tincush each other amid The ON md smoke ol
! t1sale aid the 1Hfr1cac3es 0t csttIe neld! The
troops OF hadcn and HesseCasfel so clnsely rese1,
BILE ihe ra.staDa IN cress thai lit h dsstin:non ou!
The cockade e11tts. The latter, indeed, nre armed
with the needle ade. sna port .ayP, peIhap. With
B-IIiu for ammunition. The noEecs ntc Of mixed
quality, eone Ill nat conld be desired o:,css eEi
f.t sed bs N denssa sas,s GR II fs Eden doVS aa
70 urgent thai even foreigners reEinins
In the queen Of Watering places haye been com
PEELED to respond 10 The Z,eangs- Re'noatir7tag
cisnr up snt,r roFtes 10 The s,a.s tor t.ir zena
nerniior. payable in stz weekt. a fne field wou1d
appear 70 rc open berc for ~ entcr1rstDS contfac
tor IN This article af1er the frst engagements.
The officers 10 command Of regiments mud dele
officers generally arc Intef auc-ent in appearance
though ccr1atn1y not more 20 than IN Ptussts
here until recently 1t not unusual TO find sub
a!seIIs Of twenty and more years. etanulnr. Or
the whole, the apne1E1nce Of 1hese Federal copttn
cepte. emerging from per od Of peace which ha
lasted nfty yearF, farorably snrEFlted me.
CAVALRY AND ARI1LLEHI-
II the appointments Of The cavalry and train Al,
ro1 exactly what We nre accuetomeo to sec In Eng
I'd. It u'ust be Remembered that the notiee Nhlcf
has sumnoned them toshe field hns been ehost, an
,ta' The money expended rpgn them is scau'y
tutcerrtfe ihe ARTILLERY can otter 40 remark. Q
wire; i!,c only batteries have teen were r1nes
nno very fairy borsed. Uniformity Of lauguae
in o'hcr 1espec,s, and The material Of which II
1clahtfy Is coupos.u 1B decidedly superior 10 tn
greater p1r1on q! inst which iorms the Prussia
| army.
II muet sleo be bo1ne in mind that the countrie
AcA hay. furnished III &c troops are stltl abpRuC
| ing IN Iusther supply, should It be required.