The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-26
sreEserH oFrHE eERMlN ARMIEs
How they arc Recruited.
rRrom LIE Nord. Of Brussels.l


Some nersons, seeing in France nume-
rons iandwehr Imagine that Germany mas eX.
hausted her troops OF the line anu lna1 tne e. G
corps drmee now en- route are s aT the o state
~ at,airs can only gain ground through me igno-
sance in which the people abroad are concerning
the strength and ore anization OF the GERMAN
armies. .s.~., .,o ,ondvehr ever,
oerps. on going into campaign, leares troop 41
rsplacement In the garis:c which II occupitu.
This troop called the Ersaiz trGspe, does not eS,
e in Of peace nr w 1a 1ae Of eses regiment
onIy being modified. In the infantry eacn req,
ment is composed Of three bsttaVons, lncreaSeu
In timaof war TO 1000 men, and OF louttn oatIa-
lion Efsat1 battalIon) destined TO MI up snccss'
stye,y the yarlousIy sapsin regiment after bat.
tie or caused By disease Thus Iegitnen., ,, ooe
loses the tenth part OF its e1ecuVe, ges Svo
men sent to it by the battalion OF replace,
ment. In the same manner each oattalon ol
cnasseurs' or pioneers possesses O company
OF replacement, and eaea aivisioa f ron,o ol o. s
lleEy or four batteries has It's battery OF
meIt. This, then, explains the continued dspatcn
OF small detachments, which has not ceased srnce
the commencement OF hostilities. These troops
Of replacement are at least as effective as those
which are in the field. being formed OF the Oldest
man OF the reserve, as well as OF the young 81 OF
3ed to this iiis engaged volunteers are ineorpo.
rated In it. and TINS have seen tne oattailon oi
replacement OF the Thirty fourth regiment OF Tue
line crossing the, zeil at least ECO men strong;
This mechanism confirms the fact that the troops
Of replacement have an effective OF more tnan
one.third OF the army IN the field, Wnlch IN this
way can always sept complete.
The 8! reng.h- Of this army OF replacement IS
l48 and half battalons, 28 companies OF chas:
ssurs, e2 sqnadrons, IS batteries l6 companies Ui
vioneers, and l6 divisions OF ambulance-in oil,
73S,o00 men. and, admitting that the GerMan
armies have lost 10000 men IN Killed, woundea
and sick there s''" remains $4,000 mea or the
con,tnnont almns. On 'rely compOSed of soldiers
who have made the campaigns OF Schleswig-Hol.
psrture OF large number OF the troops OF re-
placement, those have been recalled who, by
drawing high number, were exempted from ser
vice, those out on furlongh, &C., and nnaiiy the
recruits Of the year. Thus, on the one slde tne
100000 men originally sent to France, and which
are now actually there, have always had their It'll
complement and, on the other side, the troops OF
feplacement are still intact. 1ne German armies
have acqnfred BY this organization, clready long
matured, a cohesion, o numerical strength, which
has certainly contributed not little to their VIC
tories. ~
Frenoh soil has been reinforced By 10000 men OF
the latdwehr. before Metz 10 the divers garrisons
Of Aisace and Lorraine, and that even before Paris
there is landwehr OF the guard; nnaNy, tnere Is
being formed at Glogau fifth army; say re.
serye OF 5000 men. II is impossible mat these
facts can have escaped the Observation o. D. ,ae
haC been surrounded. They ought to have oo-
served that the German army has been unceaslng-
" increasing, and thGt IT Will he easy enough ior
them to extend 10 the south and west OF PaIs. os
strange Illusions are they still tndulgtng IN at
Tours, where they ought TO know that the tradt.
tions Of 1892 are out OF date. it Is evident ihat
the debris OF the army--the mobiles, natlonal
onsrIs and francstireurs-will little By little be
cut to bits, without any advantage 70 france.