The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-13

cOmpTG0Buu the WQOIc Oh LulOpO oAN
give the arrangement and placing OF
The troops an Importance which will
make knowledge of their movements
absolutely indispensable. will give
the whole grouping Of the Prusslan
army on war footing. Division / is
called field troops, and comprises 136
regiments of infantry, making 81, $50
men, rs regiments of cavalary, or 49,
1877 men, and 13 regiments of field
artillery aud more than 5000 pio-
neefs, and about 10000 transporta-
ton accessories. Division IL. The
reserve troops comprise 1884, men,
and the garrison troops, into which the
Landwehr enters so largely, is z69, 9oz
men. This makes the magnificent to-
tai Of 957, $50 men, most formidable
army, and one which can be called to-
gether, as a whole, In less than fifteen
DAYS. Long before this letter Is IN
YOUR hands it will be actually
thoroughly organized and ready 10
move at the first fash of the tele-
graph. In what may be called the
troop of defense. the battallons OF tce
Landwehr each number SOO men.
The cavalry in this section OF the
army is poor, and will bear bat feeble
comparison with that Of France; but
the Prussian policy is not TO mass the
cavalry Of this section, in any case,
against the finer and more expert
enced French troops of that order.
Among the important reforms 10
troduced since the last war into the
North German army, that the most
talked Of in France, is the orgauIza-
ton of the parks Of artillery. La ia
scility of transportation and 10 light
ness of construction, the Prussians
have arrived at better results THAI
the French. -
In 1866, from the time when Bis.
marck babe the Austrian Ambassa-
dor good bye" at the door of his res
idence till the hostilities were actually
nearly half 6nisheI, not 50 many
days had elapsed as we can now count
between the first day of this recent
war excitement and the governments
declaration of war. During that pc
riod Bismarck put his whole army To-
to fighting condition, and it Only took
him six weeks to put it on war foot
ing, and concentrate it on the frontiers
of Austria. This time it has taken
him less than twelve day. which shows
that the Prussians have made re-
markable progress in rapidly. O0e
Of the great speciallies Of Prussian
army training Is the embarking aud
debarking of tro IDS. For the past
four years at all the military stations
in Prussia, transport cars especially
for war service have always been
plentiful. and both MN and
horses have been trained to enter
and leave like lightning. This is the
secret OF that wonderful qEiekness
which so astonished Paris the day be-
fore yesterday, when il was tele
graphed up that the Rhine points
were all covered. the railway lines all
cut, and no more troops were coming
up from Berlin. The arrangements
were perfect, the organization was &C
complished, as if by one telegraphic
stroke. A nation which could organ
ize Feldpost service throughout q
campaign which had battles like
those Of Sadowa in such a manner
that that service lost neither q letter or
system. The whole Prussian army is
one marvellous machine up to the mo-
ment of actual battle; then. as have
said. individuality and intelligence,
which it will not pay the French
Generals to scorn, lead men to
fight by their own experience
rather than as mere masses. The
Prussian Generals know the radi-
cal difference between their army
and that of Franco. and have
long habituated their troops to the
French system of attack, Installing in
to their minds a fearlessness of the
French impetuosity, which has been
the secret of so many brilliant victo-
RIGS for France. A distinguished
French General said, not lopg ago,
speaking of the troops of his own
country, There is an enthusiasm in
the blood Of men which developes on
ly by action, and it is my constant
study to seize and make use of that
moment when that enthusiasm de-
velopes." This Is admirably true of
French fighting, but it will not i'm.
pose upon and carry away the we'll
and courag Gus Prussians.
THE SCANDINAVIAN ALLIANCE WITH
FRANCE.
You will see by little resume of
the treaty of Prague the reasons for
hatred that Prussia has given Den
mark and France-in counting upon
the CO. operation of that country
counts upon a land army of 81 900
men, aud a navy into which more
than 10000 people can be thrown In
a very short space of time. Denmark
has, of course, lost no time in putting
herself upon q war footing, as the
whole future OF the Scandinavian
world hangs upon the result of the
battle between France and Prus 4ia
Prussia. once liberated from any re-
gard OF the Prague treaty. will soon
all she is now bound to hold
sacred, and Denmark knows it too
we'll. The French also base hopes of
success largely upon the co operation
of Norway and Sweden. who can rem
der impossible the supremacy of Prus-
STA In the Baltic. thus breaking efectu
ally one of the wings of the Prussian
eagle. In 1861. Sweden wished to in
terfere against Prussia's progress.
To day she has 10000 men in her
land army; host of monitors, built
or in rapid construction, and -, 900
warlike sailors. Norway's forces on
land and sea amount to 81 900 men,
aud the sum total of the forces at the
disposition Of these northern countries
is by no means to be despised. The
naval battles in which they can engage
the North German Confederation
are likely to bring reverses to Prus
STA, which latter country has never
been famous on the sea. And if Prus-
sia's ports are once opened, an inva
sion from both sides, that is. from the
Rhine frontier and from her sea coast,
is not among the impossibilities.
THE STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
To day the French journals publish
the news that there are 100000 men