, 1881-05-08
GERMANY'S ARMY.
How It Is Formed and the Ranks
> Kept Full.

=" >" - -AtAN %s*~ *A%~sss<
Kept Full.
Life OF a German Soldier, and til
Poor Pay He Receives.
: Special Correspondence ot The Chicago Tribune.
REn1S, April 17.-Thc Great Napoleon is re
ported once to have said. :" Give me French OF
hcers and English soldiers. and will coiloue
the world" The French fight with an enthusi
as1n and impulsiyencss that effect brilliant re
suits III single f1npetuous attack but they lacl
the stubborn endurance md dosEed determine
uou Of colder blooded races. Under their frs
Emperor they became tho terror OF the world
Under their second and. it is to be hoped, l:s'
Emperor they received punishment the blust
= Of which has not yet faded from the brow OF thu
nation. The cause Of that defeat was not any
lack Of bravery on the part Of the French peo-
pic They fought 1nunfuIy and heroica1ly. hui
odds were against them. They had to deal with
ali eueHy 1hAt was alert. active. and thoroughly
prepared. The canpaigu OF 1870 was Of the nat
ure of u surprise-n sudden dash, aud victory.
The wound then given to French pride has never
healed. 1t smarts still; and the naticn as ono
Inau burns to ayenHe its wrong. The German
Government knows this: every private midi
yidunf knows this; and all expect renewal of
the contest sooner or later The conquerurs OF
1S70 have no contemptuous opinion of their cne-
my prowess. On the contrary. they arc max
ing every exertion to be prepared to meet it
again. Those who personally came into collision
with the French people on the field OF battle
brought away such vivid remembrance OF the
same that they dread another encounter, al
though confident Of second favorable result
An officer said IN mo last summer. In tho
o,.s ~ ,<,,,,.e.o+ta., -, +h> r,;tf,,r.. .,o,or
course oi conFersauon On tne h'liats power
Of Prussia: 1.-The French are splendid fighters,
and showed it in the campaign Of 1870. More
over, they are spicndfdiy prepared for another
e+r7,,rr, uh;ch viii mr. ho .s chow os rho ,oet
ono :. f9rt ~ no,,rso ~, or.,oc, - hc cair,
x1ctor5o,,s7. oucrfcd - or vest indecd we
qae. - w. "a. 'uus.u '. w
~ 10 aespo'4u1o' ~. ~ solns ~ w q v.
additional preparations to meet it." "What
oort of n1ana-o4iors9,, + oe1.od 1Jo ron,;od
ave already have too many officers in our rcgi-
ments, and are therefore forming new rcei-
ments- Tho discipline, too, is being made more
-o.Ssees -: aa.;e, @.-sa,r ..a' ..a,,,a.
tonsse . 4oi aeuou a. u uao'usns no1ace'
everything is arranged SO that in three days our
armies can be in notion" Such were the views
of q younp officer who had ncyer 3scen in hattfc.
and vet did moi desplsc the enemy by reason Of
arrogance arising from an untrled experience
with them. II young heads SO regard the inn
pending struggle, how must tho old heads look
at it3 This question is sufficiently answered By
the facts concerning the military Dowcr Of
Germany. it is few Of these facts, So , far as a
stranger and civilian can get at them, that /
should like to speak Of, thinking they might DO
Ut interest to people in America
We. at home, having no dangerous nciehbors
on our frontiers other than the indians, and
therefore not being used to the presence OF
large standing army. can form idea of its eff
fect upon society. The profession Of srms is
pursuit which the nobility eau adopt without
degrading themselves. and is the great avenue !
to distinction and influence in the State Dy |
embracing the larger part Of the do1ninant |
class it is thus closely linked with the aristoc-
1acy that It forms AZ aristocraey Of Itself In
curs N.< Sor1.r f,,sr1&f-,1nx
o,,, ~.e',-s - ,aa,a..s.-- a-.-> SoS->0 ,'-..!
preference; me civilians ape and reverence him.
- - soung tnos VI ny acqualnLance, III speaking
WIZ hc anv n tho a
tna tn.1eals .e WEI sue sun ou aon sec such
iac e,e, iI among omcers ana not oIten then
oaa @ not nna Knat desired. the clerk recon
1er9 1s1 ON % ne as HAVING tne
ntrnrs sas r us1 10 kno 1 vs. gseaiy used " me
be a Wien onc censders
~: ana tia5 ii edieeSs from from the he second
,qes h3s ~ Or haxng the right
sso. =. 1oure- nus VI couise, N lana "here al
Moreoyer,, n The % officers are as rule, better
OF TIE people
95oanity IT. is saId to be particularly noticeable
sI n tne calvafy while 10 the artillery, and sup
pose among me engineers too. brains and sl-
peflor education arc the essentials, scientific
kknoKiedge, ot course being Indispensable in these
o1Ancnes OF toe service.
aounG men become officers in one of two
snct wass. @ IN 9 3ne me preparation begins at an
eA1ly age Mnen ABOUT III years old boy Is !
sent to cadet school. where be remains unit! he
= fs 10 ne Is then sent 70 some regiment to pass
des.ia dem !nontas as Fannrlch, after which he is
1eCalttu " SOIne military SCHOOL Tor another ]
course OF instruction Of about nine months, dur !
s,4 sng wnlcn ne receives nls sword and is called
oduef-f AuuIlco- nc Is tnen returned to his
1egauent 1or s1 weeks and y thereafter ap-
second Lieutenant Such, in brief. is
q ~ course OF MIN who has been designed from
cnAahood to enter the army On the other !
s.,i. anaa, II young man aeeides to abandon civil
pursutts ior the enviab1e distinction Of au | r.
oahcer.s life, bis road lies through the rAnks,
something after this fashion: OF course he does I
a. aoI WISH me drnaRcry OF three-ycars service !
IS common soldier, but, having passed the nec- i
sSsaxy preliminary examinations, he becomes !
ErelWilIigcr, wears better clothes than tho ! I
1{1Er a m host |