New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-10

Gen. Drum and Cen. Haxen Discus.
the Opposing Armies.
Washington Dispatch.
r. G. Drum, the Adjutant- General
of the Army, spent two months in Eng.
land last simmer. He is an enthusias.
tic admirer Of English troops, and be
ieves that England and Russia will gel
to fighting before long. He says thai
Russia has been quietly working down
towards the East India possessions Of
ENGLAND, and that conflict in the flu.
ture is inevitable. "The English sol
der" said Gen. Drum, SIS the finest
in the world. make no exception. A
regiment of Englishmen is thes finest
body of soldiers ever gotten tcgeth-
err
'You will not even except our volun-
teer troops of the last war;"
No" said Gen. Drum; I'VE had nc
regiments Of the purely American type.
They were mixed with the foreign ele-
ment always"
(Which nation do you think would
win in fght-England or Russia. ?" {.
II do not believe that the English
troops can be beaten by any nation.
They love fighting. They are men of
high intelligence and their officers are
p]ucky fellows. The weak feature of the
English army at present is the absence
of any staff system. They have no reg
ular staff as we have in our army. Nc
officer is trained up to hold an executive
position. Officers in the British army
are too apt to be placed in responsible
positions through favor of influence.
This IS the great fault of the service.
The Scotch make wonderful soldiers.
They are the only troops that have
made a reputation in military history
for a capacity to rally under fire. Unite
them with the British and handle them
we'll, and you have an invincible army. "
Gen. HaZen was sent abroad during
the Turco- Russian war, as military OBJ
server, and had his headquarters at Vi
emma. He was with the Russian troops
for sometime, and was with Gen. Sko-
belief for several days. Gen. Hszen
says that Russia came very
near having a war with England
at the close of her war with
Turkey. If she had been fully pre-.
pared for it there would have certainly
been a war between the two nations at
that time. II had good many talks
with Russian officers" he said. They
all are preparing themselves with one
idea, that is to some day test Their
strength with the English. I saw q
great many of their regiments on pa
rade. The unceasing question that was
asked me was. How do our men com
pare with the English? The Russian
soldiers are avery fine body Of men
They have greater personal devotion
to their officers and to the Emperor,
their chief, than is known in any army
Russia has been preparing for wal
with England for long time. I sup
pose that the Emperor will be very
largely guided by the desire of the Rus,
sian people. He has very large debt
it is true, but it may be easier for hin
to go ahead and have war to divert tn,
attention of the revolutionists at home
The Russians have been moving soutl
for some time. It is inevitable that tn,
Russian Empire, great as it is. vii
sometime control the outlet through
the Dardanelles to the Mediterranean
1t is necessary to the prosperity and flu
ture growth of this great Empire"
Gen. Hazen has as high an opinion O
the English troops as has Gen. Drum
He thinks that they are the finest sol
diers in the world England does no
believe in maintaining large STANDING
armies, but her reserves represent tn
very best possible material. The Ger
mans and the Austrians are perhap
better machine soldiers. They ar
more inclined to develop the profession
al soldier than the English. The latte
are democraticin their ideas. very mucl
like the people in this country. If th
war comes it will be severe and pro
tracted one. Gen. Hazen did not thln]
that other nations would interfere, al
though certain alliances might be made
He thought 1t possible that Russia wa
more inclined to fight at the presen
time than at any other, because Eng
land is in certain sense at a disadvan
tage through having other compiled
tions upon her hands. He did not be
lieve that there would be any trouble
in Ireland in the event of war. TIL,
Irish are SO fond of fighting that he fel
certain England would receive all tn
support that she needed from the PEG
pie of that pugnacious island.