Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-08-22

M terEl', and each ZOuaye seemingly drcs Sod
Il, uni he hIs TX, Uf as ne pu.s. ~ L. uId
be l should also have Xix, d To hive paid
dollar for every man in their ranks who had
washed his face to-day, if any one would have
paid me cent for every man among them
who had not touched water, as to his outward
person, for the last twenty-four hours. |
| should have been a considerable gamer by the
bargain.
a French infantry soldier is always heavily
laden on the line OF march, in my opinion far
100 much Besides his knapsack he car
ries one-third of the tente daJ,ls, or small
tent, under which he sleeps, including both
canvass and poles. To this is added three
days rations, ninety rounds of ammunition, a
heavy blanket, Il ,iill heavier cloak and his
share of the cooking pots. How men can
march, and still more, how they can march
and fight under such Il burden, is pert, CT
marvel. Moreover, it follows, as a natural
cons, quencc. that if they can do even toera-
bly, ", II With such loads upon them, they must
du very much better without them, and the
question is whether it would not be wiser to
weigh tn m Gown less and let them have pro-
portonately less comfort when they get to
their journeys end But am quite sure that
OF the two thousand odd hundred Zouaves of
the Second regiment that marched out Of
| StrasbUurg to day, there were not Il score who
had not added greatly to the loads they had to
carry. Some had tirewood piled upon their
Khapsach'' o'hers st'ihss vi oi'ohs' c""""ees
OF oti'er 'tse'a"iNs. SOME h"u Iarse s'""e
DUTIES VI '"e famous ioe'i peei '''iG's i''u
bought (Ior LouaVe never steals 50 long as
ne has money 10 ouy' ana th'y are all Wen
on co'hpara'i,.iy' a' present. l." ee strings
OF sausases. Many nau i've io"is 'ieu ny tnt
legs 20 the Top oi tne1r packs inc '",'er III
nearly every case being considerably higher
| than the top of the bearers head. Potatoes
also seemed 10 be iaVorte possession WIN
many ana some OF ,hen' c"flitu On ure"
he'us oass mica win iioui' 'ese'aol's, 'oiiSe'
oreau o' " iiiier quah'hy 'ian '"eii ia''o,S' VI
what not. lhese ~.re' hoMe.ti' Oily 'Ie
pio'i'ei. '"e''"eis u '.'e '.si''iN'' anu S'''9
AouaNe taxes i'riue III pei''s pro',uc"l as
.'e"'us III. ioo'' ioi 'he i"'"'e DC "e'' "s i''
NV ~, -. -,
A"eii oihct's 'e'i 'i'e '''a' '"r9 nave hio" "
'he lhe: go 'Irous" MONTHS ol navy ca"lr
p"ish III A'sel"' carry my as ''i""e, Vi
eo"'se' '''e ,hif" o' 'e"'' ''ie o'iec uays "a
.,oi's' ,ne oi'hhe'' Tue great coat 'ie puck,
.he cookihs Po's anu al una, ''es are op'istu
~ e'' ar" III "uu''io'' ~ 'hese' al" Dui
"eni's themselves VIII" eA'i' weight VI so'i'e
SUI vi o.''e'' o.,
apart from THESE 'ne pro'i'e''t 'ne'' o, '',e
corps ,hele ",e very many, eet'"i'''y .",i"'
WHO i'uu'Se 'i'1ii ''s''s ioi i''.Iy "i'icits,
| 'ihs ..i" uo"". 90" i'''ie IMAM o',e VI
IN " I'' " NV ."' o'i '',e o"'s'ue VI
Ms p"'h' anu no' &c" .''" ''.ne pi'us-spai
io"'' 'n,"s"es' o'uI -oius' anu -, oiie III
n,"n'e q pa ~ NV, nv '"',. p'"uu poslt'oii'
w." y. 'niee nav "oS', ",e ','u " 'iio'ne.'
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'i'''. tampa nan o"e IA -''ee'h' WIN IT'S
".''.e'' '". d an" "a" 'Nts' Pus "Po"
HIS k'"psach ara p"l'iy upon MS i'tao' very
young XIII. " Hal s'rahse' rechiess' uare-
ueNI' oous VI men 'i,e! iooheu "s '"'y s"tPt
past ~ ''.h usual ~ ~ "uii'S' ~ Su'"i
s'P, o"'' " NY i"e"'' ~" "''eiiy u"so''iei-
ilk Sc;
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.nese wiz SONS OF uau'' anu oeyolu 'liat VIII
',ey OBEY 10 iNl"s creature lheir uisci-
pune Is IKE t'.eir oItss anu genera appear
hcc-s"he'ihhS qui'e apart nom mat Vi All
'io"ps nave e'ei sem VI '"nl 'ho 'lioueih
wiz mas eve, "."iu VI nno pau vi .''eii
VIII seems 10 NC 'hat when Oh uu'y, even Oh
,he me Vi h"rci,' 'hc'r oincers are not 10
ootper thehi Vi in,el'e'e WIN .helh j" any
way "hale'el' Ao,uay' as 'hey hiatc"eu
thfouSh o'"soou' 81 '"'ii oiiee uiu no' steih
10 take '''e siS''est hot,ce VI WHAT ,hey uiu'
MOI !hat inert was any 'hipS Posi'i'e'y wrong
III "i"' 'ney "iu no, pu' YET more uhsoiui.r-
IKE looking oooy' III Tue yes Vi 'nose VINO
nave oe'h accus'o.heo W soiuiets III any CIVIL
l%cn ia"o' IL was h"PoHei"'c u" ''''"slhc' L"
,"c'' VIZ! io"h'" "s ,"'i e""S po's an"
VA. o"e's "'rt q'"e 'cciuth'ai' anu una 'heS
were mo" Oh men hyi''S ''o'h great hfe or
i.o''' tremendous e"'','qu"Ae' carrying WIN
'neI" "naie'es my ""u "e'" "oic ~ saw OUT
"l I"e ruins Oh '"'ir hoints.
Jet 'hey ca'ho' oe All UNI ms o. RATHER,
IN many cases Tue r4ih III SUI Is more assuiheu
aS part Vi coh'en'iona' bearing ''la'' it"''
= "'"'u '''e o'"e. "is"' ~ eo''p'"y WIN
u"zt" FRENCH ohct'S, .hrte Vi w,on'' TWO
'' u'e"""'s anu su"-ileu'e''i't' 'o'. me '"'y
n u, eon' 'hi"ush ''eir caiee! us p'va'e sou
u'e's' COZ o,als anu seiseah's Al '''e Aoua'es'
III one VI ""'cn corps ''"y no" hoiu oof'hiis-
SONS IL "oul" DC inipossioie 10 meet any
"here tnree more k'"'iy -"eor,c" OF tiuer
sen',eneh' without particle Oh 'he roushneSs
~hich speak OF III ,neir men, or more gwen
10 'he aheni'i's Oh me. 1 am tolu 'hat IL Is
NOT every ohcer, "'thoueh ne may DC g"od
ana true man IN o'her corps VINO Is NJ 10
govern OF ol'iceI 'i'e Eou"'es' ana ''i't uAiesS
t''e men IKE anu te' ie"r al. olice'' ne Is DC!
yer anywhere Una" at theif heau' mere Is
one ''si''e"' ., ~ou"'es mere SUM- thcy
uon '''i'I" ui''i' 'o-','oi1o"' "nth 'ie u'Ni-
s'oh '".y peioiis W, '''e ioui'h Vi 'hiS army