New-York tribune., 1870-10-06
WAR LETTERS.
rHE fRENCn rRIs0NERs IN RrLGIuM.

T.
shRIAT AND MEDICAL ARRANGrlrNTs
ICorr ssonlercs Of The Lon on La 2, yev,l
CAMP OF BrVrRIOO Sent 20 o,,a On Wish
ing to see how the French piisoper r on AZ tlc
camp OF Bevcroo crossed tlc --o,t rlaip which ox
tends from Brussels fo tho coron Two bo,rs, s,onnorc
nj Uasset toucht us only flo GOO, ,,o, g., lit, 90 ,ror
tbe Uasselt " K,r,uis &. IN ,o q. o.! 90 o+oler
aud IN bo foro,,,' h, l;t So. ,r'- ,so,o al.
vauces fro,o Rr,ssel. i,+ EN-. nm ii r,,ib ,,rovrces
,ho change ~ ,,,,,,,,., ,, -. ,os VOW, stril,-
inc Tho boli ,n,..I,., - ,,o ,,,,,crnd checks
which Pnbcns G.Iit.o ., nina t,,e tsc place of the
mora la b., l 80 "a, WaIoous and the
sbarn sound. ~ 40 r. ,,,,s "a va ,yav TO the broad
.,ooch 90 Tho II r,,,. o,.,r the greatest proofs Of
,bo o,oo1,o,, =. ~ nv institutions is prob
ot,, 90 ~ s u ,i f,., that tyy, races so utterly df
80. 80, ''., - , t live uui,ed under the
60 C,,.,..4 AM t., obey tho sama laws. The
,,,.,o .t .1,, p. .-,rcscnte among the railway
passenrer, ,c as is r,utly the case now in Belgium
priests and offcsrs The priests Belgium seem to be
forever travelling WAltvcrrlway carriage one enters,
% inset some three or four OF them, reading
their brcviares. TIE o. arc Of course, going about
military business Fr''n inc station OF Wyehmael,
where one aliglt. drive Of some leagues takes one
through portion Of ie great Field o. Maneuvers to
the BourgLcOpold lie central place Of the camp, and
quite borouglliSe looking place, with handsome
church square hotels cafes taveTns shops, &C. 1t was
alreaa! "'rH "Ion arrived "no' having descended az
tHo n''o Uu imp l 'C'''"7"o iNSo" % supP,I'
. 49, ,,i - 80. & y" as , go, 81 80 - nv -
Iaant-1 % -, 49, " 80 e,,,- oS 40
I'm ~ 60 - a.. r. ~. No. ,,1lo l,l,,os t paris
I1 ,o,I no o ,. . 80, ,t. .,, 10 Too ho1
or,sso9 ,,.r -, =, I., 80 L. ~, ST., o,d
- - -. =, -. r1o ,,, - ,o 80 90 hts
,,r,.. IL, ,,. o., .,,,,.,,,t ,-i., ,,oo,,la 90
tbo 1oco,i., no, ,i,cl .r,rjssioD q, acce,t IL ~
coprso vr,out is maxim. apv CHANGE I'm their positiop
as ursopcr. of var r, ro.s M ,,bt we're crowded
With roro,u ol.ors Will, "a .ol snrirlliny of French
sor,eqnts mon, tno ,,,b tbe ,,risoners ought 70
bo 4, t,r.,cy f. IN, Il f r,bt FIN ., o,cl,cl In the
,,rri,- ~ N, r,,o ,, ,.r st-,,,tl,, of,rcod IN
,,,o,s,,f rlT T., So, - IT,. 90 ~, o1lo,,od 90
oIr,1ato To,,,. q, t,, ~. to.I1 o1 ~, aho,4 con
tIV"a'e iIciiS III 'lc h'''slopoiu' anu on "oout ooO
hectares which form tho m ,late neighborhOod of the
barracks where they are lodged
1t takes about Il no lrs' matching to the round
,oac, t ,,ooos,r, ,ss,,s ~, ,,o or+ .; ,rar 90 tho
ground is diversified with woods undulatons downs,
and some mlrshes Tle permanent constructions can
eaSl9 uOi IOO'J men a' zOJ' HoISeS' AAs year IooOO
had been going through the usual course of
maneuvers under the commllI Of the Comte de Flan-
= ~, ,t, ,,,,- n, ~ ,,, i,sol n . s+or,or 5,,+,,
upon the army proof Of tlo excellent sanitary con-
dtion Of the army, may nton that during the period
U teSe 'u'1Ve's iioh tue 7tn oi june I Tue loh OF
July, only two deaths occurred, of which a sui
.,i,o ~ nei,bhorbool M the very nrsttv R,val na
-, ~ - h,,,, -, =. rnyar a.
yihoH cOnstituts GAiI handsome park IN which the
nuar,er, % tho s, . N g- AVA ,oreni,,o,,s es so
many detached villas one of which nearest the
Is now occupied by Lieut. Col Monvle commandant OF
The fpfro
.Ho camp having provided myseH WITH an intIouuc-
'on from nom inc belgian war once, was rcee'eu WIN
- - -, - ~ l ~ ~ "u'i' VIZ" -
80 , '.' p-.'suio VI "V0Oup"u94De HiNH '-i
Tho Art ,,ris,,,r, -, 49,, - A., a., - co,,o,,,er |
prisoners arrived here On tho 81 OF september
eOout thousand in humber. They'WeTe IN pllim
state and much worn ovf tv fatiCe that many acti-
hlly fen tn the ,ror,,5 1,,o.it, -, ro.dv for tber
-. - 5'''' Nv , 'i1"S Vac :. - - '
reception and from then till to-day everything concern
Ing the service has marched with the greatest eg1larty
tbouy, t,o ,.,,.I. . = -. .. , ooo -,
.nd ~ D'o VI prisoners "inVi'1 " i'Oo non'
anu Ae number Of horses to 155O roong which 100 are
officers horses, Of them very fine an1es indeed.
Twice a DAY the uustar-rol IL ealledt moon and at
ocock arrived lust an thc tisc Of the ffrst call In
fantryucn OF AIN Kinds er. ni,ed mn to.,e aer Zouayes
and traers-Inost OF them in neatc an consider
allie number n bouses THESE Vtere mea VII had effect /
ed their escape by the aid Of the French country people
alter having thrown on Their unuo1us one 81 the prs
OF loo .raucs his blouse 1le men "a general look
vel a.G sufficiently tidy, onslctrng tte seusl snees
IN "Lrl again though they feagnlly detected at
al Te barracks are wcllvc 1lated lid each nan mas
SL receive exactly the same fltons a5 tie EsiSah sol
dierL250 gramues ol meat ami kies. OF bread m1y'
ssS % %ytsSJes ana Whatever eIse thy consider nsses, esSc
cary lOr thcr dlet iA'4 "' ~ , coor-J i,l their
o,y cooks and as pryvison3 are very che nelg 1870 DoGs
~ ceufim,s day 20, hcLoe! ls Ie; 70 & ,', ~ aciye
,,t M rcpttges dly more than tey u'ed 70 IectlNo
io ordinary garrison towns IN France ll, TO Is no
zee made between screcanJs and prlvates as 10
nav aud rations. licess sets To %eiSt d 10
tbS ui,y toltcrs, as they nave ansoiSeH N isf ~
@ an rhar9cfcr,tic inyontiveness they are ueylslhg
of .-,,es while away the tmo Among OTHERS
hu ,-'-l sllrr,lud ga very -eUtousy contrYed
H"u.4 I oia.t 20 din rcnty numbered round holes
lhINlSA Ttii va fastened rather ingenious carica
Niuuos ma Majesty Invasion H." a nickname now
fe To- ih. emperor representing MN as siLE si " % no
Esr s.,icd ON am oX-a very transparent aduslon 10
kisrbsj ehuIt-lnd with numbers OF nags heu VIII VIII
money attached his saddle Inc soldiers, Gspet3 t a
te idr ones and the scTgeduts bear Tor te Ho3t par
serI- look, wen bhttug the stu9tlons lh "nh men 'S ny
ind ucmse'es anu contf'sslng % n1nolT'3 I'm % Ts now
leyity exhibited by many 1 'nt SOUnsSo is trns Tbev
r,.fd uc Brussels ana the otheI idI i Io,or ~