New-York tribune., 1870-08-22

cars pase and repass each other, and every car 10
filed with soldiers As the train passes through 'ho
| busy streets, groups of men stand up auu oo"
waving their hats and crying. God DO WIN you'
10 the soldiers. There Is swagserng nor chsn's'
no boastfu shouts of :" On to Paris" Inc so'ooiS
respond with loud hurrahs they sing patriotic songs
and every face is cheerful They are made much Oh
at all the stations, treated with bread ana Deer
durin9 the day. and at night with cohee Ihls Is
| under the charge of Women's Unions, several OIL
which have been formed for the purpose When
large bodies of troops to CO. the King is usually
at the station The acclamations with which he Is
received are beyond description. The King labors
with the zeal of a young man. He takes but few
hours sleep and works till late at night with the
Generals and Ministers.
STUTTGART, July Sour accounts from the from
tier become more important, as the terrible day
draws nigh. There are frequent collisions between
the troops-they can scarcely be called skirmishes.
German workman, who has just come from Metz,
where he was employed in factory, says that the
inhabitants to o man are in favor of the war
"Down with Bismarck" is the universal cry. All
classes of the population are armed The better IN
formed people, however look forward to the result
with great anxiety. Many of them regard the war
as necessary in order to prevent revolution at
home. II France is beaten, they hope to see the
house of Orleans restored to the throne The soldiers
are almost insane in their enthusiasm for the war
They dream of soon entering the beautiful country
| of the Rhine, and overrunnng Germany, where
after the bloody fight, they enjoy themselves in
peace Their faith in the chassep6ts and mitrail-
| leuses is unbounded, and with these weapons in
their hands, they have no doubt of victory.
The whole people. in fact, is under
complete illusion. They have Germany on the
I'M. Al. A.
great battle, the Baden men, and the Wiirtemberg
men, like all the forces which fought against Prussia
in '66, will go over to the French army. Austria
will then take advantage of the occasion to claim
her old supremacy over Germany, and Prussia will
be driven back to her ancient boundary of 1906
There will be fearful awakening from this dream
The troops are in miserable condition, especially
| the strangers. As the German workman passed
through Nancy, the African chasseurs had just ar
| rived. They looked beat out and wretched Their
shoes were torn to pieces that the men, nearly all
| of them, got sore feet in the tremendous heat.
These hordes lay along the streets their feet bound
up with poultices, and almost every dead drunk
Their coats and trowsers were also badly torn They
were the very picture of misery and had no comfort
but in wine. The regular infantry were better on
The musicians permitted to play the Marseillase
and the troops will march to battle to this tune The
soldiers are to fight in blouses, with loose shirt col
lars. Every man has 80 cartridges.
find that the Germans have faith in the supe-
riOrity of the French weapons. In the rencOntres
near Saarbruck it was noticed that after almost
every shot, the soldiers took out the chambers from
their chassep6ts and spit into them. This speaks
badly for the arm and it is generally believed that
it has not yet been sufficiently tested, although it is
said to have "done wonders" at the battle of
Magenta The trailleuse is also severely criticised
by Prussian officers. 1t is believed that the manage
ment of this gun in the field will prove TO be very
difficult. In weight and size it is about the same as
the smaller class of cannon, and requires twenty
or more men to drag it, unless it is drawn
by horses. The mechanism is very COM |
plicated, it easily gets out Of order, and can |
not be taken to pieces without a good deal OF |
trouble. 1t cannot follow the columns of infantry,
against which it is intended to play, upon difficult
ground. In hundred cases. where infantry can fire
to advantage il cannot be used 1t must be manned
by special service and if it is to discharge hall
storm of bullets rapidly great store of cartridges
is necessary, which cannot be sasily moved from |
place to place. While in motionit cannot fire. 1t
hnders the free movements of columns OF infantry
and in great pressure may be dangerous to its own
troops The infantfy-msn can change the direction
of his fire with every shot. The Iuitrlileuse must
first be pointed A single well-aiIned, shot from
ield-piece may do more damage than thousand
mitraIeuses On account of its necessa ry ightness
its construction is weak and every cam on-bal that
hits il stops its muxzle forever. Hence it has no
special terror for the Prusans who believe shat its
bark is worse bhan its bite.