New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-16

.o,n, ,Oo man ~ originally 1000. led back by
ensign Among the killed 81 the Fourth Grenadier
Prince Fet s ,sa Gsards NE same officer who served
during the last in the United @ rd that his
aeII a prince would not prevent Lis pro TMGsr
Il behaved we'll ME a1.cr Az st. Prrat he fought
snd fei like hero. sam's Wife well known 70
an ,,rmer Army OF the Potomac, ia one OF the most
icicni nurses In the field and noby works In the nos
pels OF Berlin boys the son of secretary count ltze
pmta was killed while Bismarck's son was severely
Wounded near Metz, both serving as prvates In cav
airy regiment. Sons OF men OF science IKE Young
en6eck and young Grimm were also killed In that Date
The officers of the oath Infantry announce the DEAN Oh
IA OF their comrades killed in the battle OF the l6ln'
where the 72d likewise lost 10 OF their oncers In snort
every day. every newspaper brDgsus the sad news OF
fearful havoc among our troops The loss OF RANK ana
s worse we lose Ia onr privates the flower OF the
ton while on the French side the educated classes DO
proper opponents TO Zouaves and Turcos.
It's blessing for humanity that seyenelghs OF these
Africans have been exrpated The favor which other
French prisoners regularly ask from our Keepers IA 10 DE
kept separate from the Zouaves and Turcos In the De
1tas Int they have committed such ourages that they
now are to the royal hospitals They attacked the
suited the nurses who tended them Here in Berlin and
in neghboTHg town. two SICK I1rs0s se ev TO us yT uo
be watched like wild beasts by armed sentres;
The French officers taken prisoners generally behave
well. During daylight they are allowed to go free
when they first arrived they put on airs but since they
have been threatened that they would be Gonned 70
their rooms they strictly obey every order Our soldiers
have to salute them first when they meet them IN
these French prisoners little for their subord
mates that they rarely ask for the condition OF the
wounded do not assist advise their men, or show them
any sympathy As significant illustration record the
fact that out of 1870 French ofhcers-I say officers
who are confined at kOnigsbcrg, II cannot write
their names Their special business Of marching at
the head of civilization mas evidently prevented these
fact from an official statement. As another Illustration
OF the standard of the school education OF the TWO armies
of our troops in the Id. According TO publication
made by the General PosOice Department, there are
fed service They receive from and send to the army
100000 per day and daily forward besides 10000
or two t6Sers each The mail matter for our soldiers
daily sent from Berlin in two lots, containing 23S mail
bags altogether Since the mobilization Of the army,
100000 corresponding cards have been distributed
These about six inches by four OF sum- good
paper have the blank Of the address printed frOn
while the back there is room for short letter which
may be written in pencil ink They do not require an
envelope and especially adapted for short commune
cations on the whole the field post service IL admlra-
bly, organized and conducted IL is performed by the
active field post offices. Every of the thirteen corps
has general field pOstotce and four heldpost e1pedl-
ons, viz for the general and staff command OF the
corps for the infantry divisions and one for the re-
Besides. there special Offices Tor the mead
quarters Of the King and for the chief commands Of the
three great armies cavalry divisions ana for
the landwehr divisions All the field postofhces,
men beside many hundred wagons and horses, march
along with their respective divisions conducting their
post department They receive the letters from home
for the soldiers assert and prepare the hedpos CORE
spondence for distribution, which must take place in
SO on downward Tfey likewise receive and
regularly collect the letters which the soldiers write
home them for the different routes they have
to take. To keep up the communication between the
troops in the enemys land and home there field post
offices along the military roads. Each Of the three armies
has field postmaster for the military roads, and
two inspectors; tthey under the chief command
OF the military roads, which has to secure the
connection of an operating army with its base
OF operations and with the territory to which the
latter belongs The chief command Of the military roads
is charged with providing the means and expenses OF the
transport of the mails. While letter has been lost
which was written home by the soldiers in the field, II
has happened here and there that on account OF the IN
der has been lost mscarried As rule, it can he said
that every letter which, besides the OF the soldier
had the number Of his regiment, has been delivered