The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-05

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guished himself in the old war of 1913.
His corps darmee is stationed in Prus-
sian Poland, and his headquarters are
in Posen. No. g. is commanded by
General Won Tempting, whose head
| quarters are at Bresiau In Silesia. No.
Z is under the command of General
Won Zastrow, whose headquarters are
| in Munster. No. is stationed in and
around Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein
and the country bordering on the Rhine
and the Neckar. 1t is commanded by
General Herwarth Won Bitteufeld, who
distinguished himself in the Danish
war of 1868, and commanded at Aslen
and doppel. No. 8 is commanded by
General Won Manstein, and the head
quarters are at Schleswig. The gener-
al defenses, however, of Schleswig and
the island of Aslen will be entrusted
to naval officers, as the key of the po-
sition is Herup Haaf, which COM
mands the little Belt and is impregila-
bic. No. 10 is commanded by General
Won VOglas Rhetz, whose headquar-
tiers are at Hanover, which is now an
integral part of Prussia No. II is
commanded by General Won Plowski,
whose headquarters are, at Cassel. I
The whole force is under the COM
mand of the King, who has summoned
Won Molke to take the Immediate
command. 'A.fj . ii't'tt -.
The Prussian Navy. Fl.
Prussia has of late made strenuous
efforts to place the North German Con-
federation in the front rank Ofmaritime
nations, Her steam fleet has been in
creased as rapidly as human effort will
admit of. The latest additions to the
inrOnclads are the King William, of
593S tons, and the Renewn, of 1900
tons. The former, which is considered
the most formidable vessel af1oat, was
butt in England for the Sultan of Tur-
key, but as he could not pay it was
snapped up by the Prussians. The ar
mament consists of twenty-three guns
of the heaviest calibre known, manu-
factured of the famous Krupp steel, at
the works in Westphalia. The steam
power is 1150 horse, the crew six hum
dred men. The Renown is less heavi-
ly armored, and has only 1900 horse
power, with armament of four l1-inch
guns, six 96-pounders, twelve 72-pOun-
ders, and twelve A-pOunders, ON the
upper deck. The crew amounts to
1000 men, exclusive of officers. This
vessel was built in Kiel. On the stocks
at the navy yard in Wilhelmshafen is
the heavy iron.clad frigate the Grosser
Kurfurst, and the Frederick the Great,
of the same class, is building at Kiel.
The Hansa, another iron-clad, is near
ly completed at Dantzic, where the
steam frigate Ariadne has been COM
v,,nnnod 0nA hn cfa c1n0nc A lhotroe
and Nautilus. Completed and in COM
mission are four more heavy iron-clads
the Friedrich Carl, now in London,
of 16 guns and 1000 tons; the Crown
Prince, of same force; the Arminus,
of four heavy guns and 200 tons; and
the Prince Alderbert, of three, with a
tonnage of 700. Of frigates there are
the Elizabeth, % guns and 1000 tons |;
the Hertha, same force, now in China;
the Nineta, same force; the Arizona,
now in New York harbor, % guns and
Ills tons the Kealmne, same force as
the Arizona. OF corvettes there are
the Augusta, IA guns and 1900 tons |;
the Victorio,, same force the Medusa,
at the island of Balanine, Prussia's
new possession, II guns and 1000 tons !;
and the Nymphe, of same force. All
these are powerful steam vessels. There
are two steam slOops, the Prussian Ea-
gle and the GraSshopper, and p steam
gunboats, averaging all together 58
guns of the heaviest calibre. i3di Co.
To be built by 1877 are: II iron-clads
of the largest size, IL double-banked
frigates, heavy sloops, and trans
ports. OF sailing vessels there are 8
frigates and brigs, amounting to 1852
guns and 5, ,763 tons: ,a:5 -.
The vessels in commission are named
by 5,012 sailors, 737 engineers, $40 car
penters and mechanics, 1872 warrant of
ficers, and 255 officers. Besides this
there is a reserve of 4, 156 men, which
can be called upon at any time, and q
second reserve called seeUehr, which
acts only in the time of war, and may
be translated sea militia.
The naval school is at Kiel, I'm SclllPs-
wig, and SO popular has the service be-
come that there are now 400 marine
cadets at this establishment, whereas
two years ago there were but y, Of
the second grade. ...,. nj
The mercantile marine numbers
from Prussia, 3,611 vessels and 651 900
tons from Hamburg, 467-tOns, 245,-
800; from Bremen, 307-tons, 2A, 100;
from Mecklenburg- -Schwerin, 449-tens
IL, 800; from Oldenburg and Lubbock,
3S4-tons, $1,000. ..59gg g..
FOrtrcsses ON the Rhine.
Prussia, conscious of the jealousy
with which France viewed her pro-
gress, and anticipating q war, has for
some time paid the greatest attention
to the Notifications of the cities on the
Rhine, and on the Baltic Sea. She has
on the latter the fortified ports of Will
helmshafen, Kiel, Dantzic, Sundevitt,
and Aslen. The last named is perhaps
next to Ehrenbriestein, the strongest
position which Prussia has. The forts
and batteries of H9rup Haaf, at AL
sen, are prodigious. These works COM
prise three star-shaped forts, with dOu-
bic tiers of guns, and fine coast batter
les commanding the passage of the
Little Belt All these are faced with
chilled iron, from the Krupp Iron
Works of Essen, and armed with the
heaviest ordnance. They command
the Straits, and protect the canal of
Aslenund and its Communication with
the port, and with the fortified camp of
SOdenberg on the same Island. DOp-
pei, the scene of the conflict with the
Danes in 1868, is close on Sonderberg,
and both are garrisoned by the Ninth
Corps d'Armee. if rW laH.81 .y'.
Settin is garrisoned by troops from
the Second Corps, and IS governed by
Li.ut-Gen. Freyhold. "'ltfii'1 -.-..
Dantzic is garrisoned from the First
Corps, and is commanded, by. Gen.
Won Brocker.
Stralsund and Swinemunde are both
small cities, of more historical than
real Importance. IL. ..u .f
Kiel, which is on the main Ian of
the province of Schleswig, is most
strongly fortified, is heavily garrisOned
with troops from the Ninth Corps, and
is commanded by Gen. Won Platz, an
artillery officer of great skill and ex-
perience. '5'i'''
Memel has only a small garrison.
Konigsberg is very important city,
and has large garrison. 1t is under
the command of Gen. Won Herwarth
of the First Corps. -. .....
Of the fortresses on the Rhine and
its vicinity, the most important are
Mayence, Rastadt, Ehrenbreitstein,
and Cologne. ....-., ...r. r. p
was formerly q city of the German
Confederation, the old Zollverein, and
was garrisoned by Austrian and Prus-
sian troops. Its peculiarly dangerous
position, being on the left bank of the
Rhine and greatly coverted by the
French, led to its Notifications being of