New-York tribune., 1870-10-01
WAR NOTES,

Berln has % theaters; but at present only
Of them are open.
AT the palace, in Potsdam, there il am IN
gonted appearance OF activity; All the princesses and
their ladies are Duay engaged Ia picking lint
The Turcos give as a reason for throwing
their coffee into the faces OF the hghborn young lde.
who nurse them IN the hospitals that lt isnt strong
enough. o
NJ de Twardowsky, who had been Secretary
to the Prussian Embassy in London foF the last two
years. received rifle shot at Sedan ON the Lat of Chi.
month, rom which he died u hours later.
King William expressed a wish TO have a re-
porter for the Berlin Press at headqusrter ana the Min
lister OF Police, Won Wnrmb invited the editors 10 hold
meens Tor tbc purpose of selecting proper person for
the mission Dr kaysler was chosen.
A great many boys between the ages of IL
and l6 missing in the different cities Of Germany In
Berlin alone 40 have thus mysteriously dsappeared
They have run away TO oln the army, AMI probably
most 0f them are now at the front.
There are not many Germans in Franco
as people have generally supposed According TO tho
Sdtisqe de Ia Frahee Of 1856 there were lnclusiyo
Of AusTas l606 Germans In all France, ana Of thase.
3O.556 lived In Paris
Two brothers, Reinhald and Ludwig Braun,
both painters Of genre pieces aud battle,oenes have
received the royal permission travel with the Prs
san army and one Of them accompanied the troops 10
studies Of the battlefield Of worth
Even the children in the schools of Germany
are doing something TO aid the wounded. They are
into the woods 10 pick berries which, certain days are
delivered at the depots Of the Sanitary Commission.
where portions are preserved In sugar and the cmander
sent fresh to the hospitals.
The Prssian Minister Of the Interior has
arranged 10 have the lists Of losses in the army dspa
publicly all the cities OF Germany In smaller towns,
the public officials VIII be- well provided with copies, AMI
the pOsf-Oioes ordered 10 keep them on hand and
supply copies 10 all applicants.
The people of Switzerland are all in SYM
pathy with the expelled Germans who fleeing from
France The Federal Council has directed the officers Of
the yarous railways TO transport the exies free Of COST
and 10 furnish them with necessares at the expense OF
the Government +
The English Government is making 10000
ammunition boxes for India. These boxes are lined
with tin, an Improvement on those formerly used they
have rope handles and sliding lids They are a1e Oi
mahogany and teak; their size Is 20 inches by Eher
and they constructed TO hold 1000 rounds Of hah
cartridge each for the Enfeldsnider breechl0adlng ne
The house Of the Geiseler Brothers, of Mels-
SEN have presented to each Of the officers OF the corps o
Jagers" recently in garrison at that place, an order ON
Eugene Clquot Of Rheims for six bottles OF champagne
and an additional order cning each OF the men To
bottle. The orders are to he presented on entering
Rheims.
The Turc0s in the hospital of St. Hedwig, at
Berlin, said 10 be the worst behaved Of the whole
crew. and Is they who have given bad name to all tho
rest and who insult the Sisters of Mercy who are minis
terng to them. Sometimes IL is necessary to have NE
of soldiers when the Tdeos get on the rampage Ds ts
sight of the dreaded needegns quickly restores oruer
among them.
Recently. at Giessen, a French captain OF
Zouaves died of his wounds, and was buried with mill
tary honors. company OF the 20 Prlssian Infantry
Regiment fired salute his grave, and the Whole
corps of officers together with many citizens, followed
the coffin, and Immediately behind it, between the cap
tain of the company and the commander OF the iorceo
walked wounded officer OF Iouaves.
At Munich the first captive who died was a
Turco. Ben Coneder Mahomed. Bayarian company Of
infantry with drums, aud number Of citizens headed
by a Catholic priest followed the coffin, on which
soldiers fired their pieces the grave, and the officer
and the priest each threw sh0Fehm OF EARN into II.
and tie first Turco rested in German SOIL
Nearly 80 years ago Napoleon III. published
a comparison in which he said "France with all her
military expenditure would not be able to bring 2ooOoO
men into line upon the frontiers while upon the line OF
the Rhine alone 100000 men could be collected against
her in less than fortnight" This proved TO be very
nearly the case in the present war. In t9rmghr'
and To these France opposed abont 10000
King Williams Regiment of Grenadiers No
= which lonoraby distinguished itself recently a!
wc~seuburg and GesBerg, is the body of tina!
gaantly stormed the railroad embankment at scaltz
on the 2sth Of July, 1896 In acknowledgment OF this
Th & te i h me 9 y us xine L min salute vou soii r.
Of the 7th Grenades because you have done honor to
yourselves and to your klDgl'
The German peasants have the greatest con-
fdeuce in the ultimate OF the German army. Al
Allstadt peasant found who was going uncon'
cernedly his usual outofoor labors although the
bullets flying around him in lively fashion When
asked il he afraid Of the French he replied with
chiidke eOntdencs and simplicity, "Why, don't you
know that the Tasssans will soon come up. There is
danger of the French doing any harm before NE Oes
get here and went oh calmly with his powing
The staff guard of the Crown Prince of Prus
up of special body Of picked and very hand
some young men in the Eager" uniform, and mounted
on feet horses The Crown Prince evinces desire
for display in the appointments OF his stan The state
carriages the long train of kitchen wagons and gold
laced acqueys with which German Princes have hereto
The Crown Prince has but two horses 70 his own
raee but Ia each OF the Electric Field Telegraph Bate
res there are six The stan Oeers, among whom there
five six Princes, ride In advance. Their uniforms
are elegant but simple the most gorgeous one among
them being that OF an English Colonel
Papa Wrangel" as the Berlin people call
the venerable Field Marshal Of that name. old to
fight but takes the greatest interest In the war, and
when the regiment OF curassers formerly commanded
by him arrived in Berlin, he at the station to wei
come them Though man Of deeds, rather than words
he managed tO make u speech which he concluded IN
characteristic and practical way by taking out hls
pocket-book and say ing LooS here my ads! Heres
bWndredthaler note, and that's for the first one among
YOU who takes French gle; and here's fftythaler
note which is for you my son turning TO the standard
bearer II you bring back your coors safely ana honor
ably"
A German paper says "We read with aston
ishment reports in the French papers that the French
residents OF Germany matreated robbed, tied up.
and obliged to pay even for the protection afforded by
inhospitabe prison walls against the assaults of an IN
furated popuace We should not notice these reports
b as il l. said that the Germans I'm France already
made suffer all the rgOrs usually wreaked upon prison
ey. of war and as the world large might suppose
are using our privilege Of rctaating are authorized
state that these stories OF German cruelty printed 10
the French Governmental journals, without the
slightest foundation; aud they OF the com
pleNon as the report that soldiers supplied with
explosive bullets" Ac.
Wurtemberg troopers are as good at whQp-
per- A. any other One of them who quartered
in afe wei uf wounds,
recently IN his quaint dialect: OH going into battle
aud fghting-that's nothing! But the pursuit over