The New York herald., 1870-08-09
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THE CHTEF OF HIS STAFF
IA Colonel Cos0n man OF about forty years OF age,
aud an officer OF great merit
THE CORPS D'ARMEE
consist or four divisions or infantry, commanded
respectively by the following generals or dlvel0n:-
First Ducr0t; second D0uay; third, Rasalt; 10urth
Lartlque Each division Will consist OF two 9rlgades
each brigade OF two regiments, zach regiment OF
The cavalry OF the corps ddrnlee consists OF ono
DIVISION subdyided into four brleades, each brigade
OF two regiments, each regiment OF nve squadrons
each squadron OF two hundred horses.
The artillery OF the division consists OF eight bat.
teries Of field guns aud four batteries OF the terrible
new weapon or which we have all heard so much
the mitrailleuse 1hc fact OF har OF all the latter
weapons IN he French aray being Win MaeMan0n,
from Algeria and the Turcos or native light IN
iantry from that country. being also with him,
test part OF the ghting both at first and afterwards
This army corps, too has been given by the Emperor
uiI Of Which HI it is not 4 little proud.
THE COMMANDER OF ARTILLERY
under MacMahon Is General ForgeoI. the same VINO
Magenta with breech-Oaders. .n.
THE NAVY
Besides the above list Of troops, OF which more de-
tails presently there have arrived from Brest three
hundred sailors OF the eet and the materials, ready
TO put together. 0fa
eacn OF which Is to carry one heavy gun and to help
on the Rhine the troops that are on land
.g THE WHOLE FORCE
The whole Of the first army corps or army OF the
Rhine consists OF about zoo 900 men, nearly all OF
whom nave % e. either arrived s or WI be mere IN sne
has worked during the last ten days ten trains per
day. aud In each train there were about 1900 men,
Not single accident OF any kind has happened since
the movement commenced.
FIRST POSITIONS.
The whole army Is massed IN Strasbourg COlmas
and Suverne, and is IN excellent fighting ORDER but
some OF the regiments require 10 have rest before
tney move
This place In itself IS one or those many fine OLD
towns OF Europe which thousands of travellers have
passed through but which very few indeed have seen
and yet an one with an eye for the beauties OF the
Gothic churches who likes to have at the present
glimpse OF what the middle ages must have been
would flnd ample work TO amuse himself for weeks
The magnificent old Cathedral alone would take
several days to see properly. But at present IL u
town on the frontier Of country hat Is at war WITH
all. From east. west north aud south troops OF
all arms pouring In every day and all day. There
seen; and from he Marshal himself to the newly en-
listed conscript, hundreds mar thousands, of every
rank in the army are to be met with.
POPULARITY OF THE WAR;
lc has been my lot IN life to see many popular
movements In various lands, but until nov never
saw anything of the kind whick seems to unite
whole nation like one man as this war has done in
France. Before committing myself to this opinion.
it my business talk with all sorts and conditions
OF men upon the subject. Speaking French quite as
well as do English and having mixed all my life
with Frenchmen, am fortunate In the facilities l
have for the purpose. A little moro than week
ago came to France utterly mlsed by the English
except with the partisans Of the Bonaparte family.
Ss Ss nShs; and ~ the e
war with legitma,ists and Orleanists who hate the
very name Of Napoleon. What they one and all say
in order to re-establish the balance of power In
Europe, and that they don't praise the policy OF
Napoleon. because It wli DO his dynasty good. but
fight for Napoleon; am fighting for my country''
Is common expression among the young men who
s Of Henry w v" the e. Count de- Cnambord rs Is drank drank
every Sunday. And nothing proves the truth OF
what say more than the fact that very great
number OF young men OF good family have vOlun-
teered to 20 as private soldiers to the war; In one
regiment OF chasseurs cheval alone there are some
200 men OF means-men who have most OF them
formerly served as officers in the army, and who
now put on q private soldiers jacket in order to
fight through the war and then leave the service
without any remuneration Whatever.
AMONG BUSINESS MEN
here 1t is exactly the same Yesterday dined and
but commercial men are to be met with. But al
though they knOw-and they greatly regretted-that
the English press was running muck at the French
necessary absolutely necessary, and that 1t far
better to fight and have 1t over than to maintain that
armed peace which Is more expensive than war, be-
cause 1t lasts so much longer.
AMONG THE LOWER ORDERS.
Here there can be but one t opinion as 70 o. whether
republicans ana he viii at once say that the En-
per0r Is vindicatng the honor Of the country. saw
two ~ s middle aged
and probably the wife OF well-to.do shopkeeper.
from his regiment, in which he is Lieutenant the
other had but passed through the Military College
OF St. Cyr. The poor lady was much afiected, for
both were ordered to join regiments route for the
frontier. "Never mind, madame" said an old work.
man standing near her. ''never mind. II you lose
them botn you will be doing much pour la patr1en
CeSt pour la potie' ut is true; the sacrifice Is for
our country) and some Of tnepeople about began
the song.
Le Jour dc glore est arrive,
and the young fellows were carried IN triumph to
the railway carriage, some thousands Joining In the
chorus. What can you do with people IKE this ?
and nothing will prevent them doing so.
Another case l saw was still more touching. A
man WHO belonged to the reserve--that is, who hav-
ing served his seven years In the army, haN zone
home, married. got on In business but was liable to
be called out in the event Of war; was called out.
lie was housepalnter Dy trade, and had vile and
two small chidlen who could Just toddle. He was
OH the way TO the railway station; his wife, poor
creature, crying her very soul out but apologizlng
to ier humble companions for doing so, saying that
sta Etaasce' had right to her husbands services
and she was wrong to cry And the two lttle fel.
holding iilger of their fathers hand were march.
ing In step and singing the old refrain
cayest,
cc.ysss. G. est
Berlin Berlin, b Berlin
To mo II seems that the very stones OF France are
beaten 1t will be wonderful.
PRUSSIAN SPIES.
Not day has passed since have been here with.
out two or three persons being caught and accused
OF being spies. Yesterday an American whose
name did not transpire, was taken, but liberated
directly, as he could give good account OF himself.
But q Frenchman, who was taken with him. has
been detained; why am not able to say. And as l
am writing this letter man in very dirty, ragged
clothes, but evidently Prussian officer has been
marched by my window. He was caught sketchin9
the ramparts Of the fortress and numerous
notes relating to the French army were found
upon him. Poor fellow BY all the rules
commanders employ such very dirty means OF get
ting at the truthS Why do they risk mems lives, for
that seldom II ever turns OUT TO be worth what Is
paid fOrit9 The French very wide awake in this
respect, and spy within their lines has hardly q
chance OF getting away unobserved.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
An order has come out absolutely prohibiting
newspaper correspondents from gong into the army
when 1t moves. went to see General Ducrow. who
commands the First division In MacMah0ns corps
d'a,rnee and who Is an old friend OF mine. knew