The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-01
NOTES OF THE HAR.

MARSHAL BAzA1NE on TIE FRENCH DEFENCEs.
A Paris Journal publishes the following
speech, addressed by Marshal Bazaine to
about one hundred troopers, when he went to
inspect the canfonments:
"Soldiers-I have but one fault to reproach
YOU wlth-you fire too fast. At Weissenburg.
where your ammunition failed, you had what
would have lasted the Prusslans three days.
Let us reason together little. Where are
we {? Full on our line Of defence. From Thion-
vile TO Metz, and from Metz to Nancy, we
hold the ground. Behind this line what have
we? Another line, that of the Meuse. Behind
the Meuse what have we !? The Champagne, q
battlefield that we know, do we not? After
the Champagne what have we still The Ar
ronne. Do you remember the Argonne Do
You remember yalmy The Prussians re-
member it, and that is all l need tell you.
And after the Argonne, what do we find The
net work of rivers rendered illustrious by the
campaign of 1914, all the country intersected
BY the Aisne, the Marne, the Aube, the Seine,
and even the Yonne and the Armencon. Well,
this is not all, for behind Metz, behind the
pagne, behind our valleys Of the Marne there
Is Paris, and behind Paris France. France,
that Ii to say, four million armed citizens, O
patriot heart in every breast, and thousand
millions In the treasury. Sambleu 1t seems
hardly necessary to put on so many thickness
es of stuff. Let us advance gaily, without
hurrying ourselves; we have plenty of tlme."
This harangue was received with enthu-
sasm. all tried to shake the Marshal's hand.
He took that of the colonel, shook 1t vigo-
rously, and continued the inspection.
THE pRUssIAN UNIFORM.
The uniform of the Prussian infantry, both
line and guards, Is helmet with q spike on top,
dark blue tunic, white belt. and black pants
with red stripe The knapsack Is brown I'M
dressed cowhide. The artillery differ from the
line only In having black belts Instead of white,
and In the color OF their blankets, which are
green and carried in o roll over tile shoulder.
The infantry arm is the long needle gun rife
with straight bayonet; the artillery small
chasseurs wear dark green, and are armed
with short rifle and short straight bayonet.
The Hessian uniform Is the same as the Prus-
sian line. with the exception OF light blue
facngs: the BaVarian, green with red fucings
The cavalry uniforms are very gay. The dra-
goon regiments are either dark or light blue.
The hussars are red, black. green. yellow and
light blue They wear shakees OF miniyer lnr
and braided jackets. The Uhlans are princi-
pally light or dark blue, with lancer caps, and
are the heaviest cavalry OF the Prussan army,
with the exception of the four cuirassier regi-
ments, who wear white uniforms. with steel
breast and back plates and helmets, with high
buff leather boots and Salntlets.
GERMAN ARMY BREAD.
From the experience gained in the war Of
1866, q thorough reform OF the commissariat
department has taken place in the German
armies. One of the principal causes OF t
complaint was that the loaves OF bread SUI
piled to the soldiers would not keep long, but
became not only stale, but mildewed in few
days. The usual commissariat bread is, there
fore, no longer served out to the troops, but
of two parts of wheat flour and one part OF
rye. and not much harder to bite than rushs.
while like them, it is easily soluble In wine,
coffee, beer, water, or any other liquid at
hand. 1t has also the advantage OF being
easily and quickly distributed to the men. and
is r1ore portable than commissariat bread.
rations of which would only become un-
pleasantly hard and dry in few hours, while
the soldiers can conveniently carry con-
siderable number OF the biscuits IN their linen