Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-26

every horse Ii their district, what he can
do, and what be can be impressed for;
they have a record of all the farm
wagons that may DO needed on the
march; they have minute information as
TO the whereabouts of every truss of hay
or bag of oats, as well as every pig, COW,
or calf that might be needed.
To illustrates: Not long ago 1S6S) at u
certain small town ON the main line be-
tween Berlin and Metz the station mas
Ter, who is also the head of tho mobiliz-
ing district, received an order TO prepare
coffee for 1850 men at O'Clock in the
afternoon and dinner for an equal num-
Der at $50 o'clock Of the same day.
This order he received exactly three
hours before the troops were TO arrive
and had no other warning.
The $500 men came, had their coffee,
and were off. At $50 came another de-
tachment of $500 men. These were
served with dinner. consisting OF boiled
mutton, broth and vegetables, all boiled
in fourteen huge pots, kept for the purpose
close 10 the station. Each OF these pots
cooks enough for goo men at ono time. so
that with fourteen such the dinner for
$500 can be served up in short time
after the materials are produced.
When, therefore, the order comes from
the emperor that the troops ere TO be
ready for the frontier, every able bodied
man in the country between the age ~
II and ~ knows exactly what Is expected
of him; the provision trains with extra
horses spring up as if by magic; uniform,
weapons and forage appear from conyc-
nieIlt places Of concealment so rapidly
and effectively that one almost suspects
that the part has been rehearsed MANI
times.
people respond TO tho demands mad
upon them by their kaiser.
La spite Of oil this, however, there
Is much In this huge military organ,
ization that fosters cruelty or othei
unnatural feeling. The fact that ie
per cent. Of the suicides tabulated
by the government are IN the army
Is. IN itself very extraordinary. DO
we ever hear Of suicides az West Point
or Woolwich, or any other well man
aged training institution Why should
the German army furnish any epprecia-
bic quota to the general result u "a
hard for US TO answer this.-Poultrey
Birelov IN >las- WORT Time
Where LonssB PoIioelaeu come IRON.
The majority Of the metropolitan 20
lice have come straight into the torce
from the country. It's found that cOun-
tryrnen make tire best policemen The
born Londoner Ia Of very little use. LIS
nervous temperament would disqualify
him, even II his physique were satiSfac-
tory, and II f. a wei established fart
that In phygigus the Iopdoner Is sadly
deficient. BE IL not 70 DO conrared In
height, breadth Of chest CT napecpiaT
tone with the average young rnsn from
tho country" As for bis nerves, they
are simply worthless 1hey ere already
strung up to their ful lnait d erdnr.
ance. We have heard the sa;ns thing
said Ok bus driTers--that London meo
cannot stand tbs work, and that the
best drivers are these who have been
4" brought up % horyesH Ia sog1e couI-
try stable I: Is the opinion of officials
wei able 70 Judge, tat L. the rbole
Of whItechGpcl fhsre could hardly Be
found a single man c. 70 . . psiice-
nan. The strong srrn, tia esOlit heart,
the cool head. tie etsa6y nerve, are Ell
wanting in tie Ian3ose1; and the proof
Of IL Is to be found In tho Comparatively
errall proportion OF Lcrdoners wno ere
admitted or. being admitted, can remain
Ia the police force. Naturally erough,
the recruits are chiefly men drawn from
the country rgar4 Loaaoa. Ka1t faz-
rsiahes a Ecodly Ir-absf. 80 60 Esscx.
Hertfs-dkh4re, Srsssx and HarayzAire.
There u 81 agthkct3c Instance q : cnz-
stable -rho hailed froa Orsrssy, b..
probably hc cazas 10 se4- With Gls sx-
ceyaon there i scarcesy 9 nan e ths
foTcs who comes froza ne country perth
Of Glasgow. That eisy abg0rts al Re
tai Een vino wait e s. poisceusess. and
30 In tbsir respective diSfrkczs 90 liver
pool, Leeds, Manchester and tie cher
large towns q TIE noyfh of England IL
% bot II we get soush a Elrtatnghas1
that tho zstractivs FIRES u tsse rssfxoro,
lis takes s9scs.-est. 5zrzes badre..