, 1884-09-13
IN THE PRUsslAM ARMY.
The Proudest Soldiers IN Europe
Dignity OF the Service.

The Froudest soldiers In Europe
Dignity OF the Service.
tEh Perkins In Chicago Tribunal
Tho prondest soldiers In Europe arp In Ger
many. Whipping the French has made them
ain aud self-sufhcient Like their mGstor.
Bismarck. they really have a pity for and
renteIupt for France. Every man In Ger
many must serve from one to three years in
che army, said the mayor Of Dresden La a
o1nversation l had with him.
Not syery one, | said. If a boy has a
uch father he cau escape"
NO. not II his father "a worth 10, OO0,O 900
marks said the mayor, the rich and poor
are alike. If "a poor boy studies hard enough
a. pass an examination In one year, he eau
20 home. II he is stupid he stays three
years II a rich boy Is stupid he also stays
thrse years Tn smartest boys become
Ulcers. We don't have military schools
lere The army Is a school"
Don't you think 1t hurts Germany 10 keep
5Dp, w young nisa IA the army in time Of
,aAcsf l asked.
M You do not understand tho German
array It Is IA school. The stupidest Ounce
ones, In the army Is transformed into a man.
When he goes home his neighbors do not
p~ him. The French army degrades the
sinmou soldier %; our army raises him up:
Il really educates him. We nave competi.
tive examinations. and very often a poor
boy, II he Is smart, becomes an officer over a
stupid rich boy. In the Prussinn army
.,crything goes by merit"
"Has a Prussihn officer a right 10 make a
.ryant OF a private, as no has in American
Never, sir. Making a monial OF a soldier
will ruin any army. A Prusssan officer who
would compel "A soldier to do tho work OF a
servnnt would be cashiered. Why, some Of
our rich German private soldiers keep serV
ants Of their own. A soldier do servants
work. Your que ition ~astonishes me"
but the officer of u cavalry regiment, II
be were riding on tho Inter den Linden tho
Central park OF Berlinl would have a pri
yate riding behind him, would he not" l
asked.
mo, sir. II no had a servant he would be
dressed like a groom. No soldier would hold
an officers horse. Why, many of our rich
privntss kssp grooms themselvesp
thought Of the many times / had seen our
American officers using soldiers for servants,
ard how different Il Is here. where a private
will not even tie or hold an officers horse; in
fact, where he will do no mental work. |
noticed this morning, when officers were rid
lag in the park, that they took their own
~-sryants, dressed like grooms, but no soldier
uniform wns thus degraded. 1t Is this one
thing that makes the Prussian army the best
IN the world. 1t was this one thing Gen.
Sheridan thought that made the victory at
Sedan Gen. Sheridanl stop the use OF our
soldiers as servants, and our army will be a
different army.
l asked Carl Salbach, one of the leading
merchants Of Berlin, IL his son would have TO
go In the army, too.
Have tor repeated Mr.. Salbach, why l
want him to go In the army. He is anxious
to go himself. He Is only afraid they will
reject him on account of not being strong
enough. He Is in college now and can finish
the army in a year. II he makes a good sol
der be may get a h%eutenancy; 1t is worth
trying for"