The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-07-13
Army Orders in Germany.

In the new regulations for the conduct Of
field operations of the German army. the
careful observation and mathematical pre-
cision Of the German mind is clearly dis
cernible. The composition Of the advance
guard and the rear guard OF a marching
army has been variously formulated by mill
tary writer's, with q general tendency to
strengthen the van and neglect the rear. In
the new German orders this is reversed; the
rear guard being made by far the strongest,
because it cannot look for aay support, while
the advanced guard, if in need of any re-en-
forcements, has only to fall back or wait for
the main body to come up. 1t is, however,
where directions are given as to keeping a
portion Of the road clear on the line of march
and the treatment Of troops while ell route
that these orders are most original and inter-
esting, and, with no intention Of giving an
opinion as to their efficacy, their reasonable
ness is obvious.
Students Of military history win remember
how often armies with everything ~favoring
their success have been detained or even de-
moralized by long marching without food.
1t is the footsore infantry and the lame
horses of the cavalry that give the trouble,
for, as the strength Of a chain is not greater
than that Of its weakest link, 50 an army
cannot move faster than its slowest sections.
Napier, in his admirable history of the Pen
insular war, describes the disastrous effects
OF that penny wise, pound foolish policy of
and then losing six because Of premature
fatigue Of the soldier, aud there have been
many modern instances Of this.-ScieI tic
American.
Gallantry in Central America.
Yucatan gentlemen higher in the social
scale than John the Baptist are not less
e~xtravagant in their expressions of gal
lantry. In ~saluting ladies they still OBJ
serve the Spanish form: "a los pies dc
listed" lat your feet, to which figure of
speech the correct response is: .'Beso a
listed Ia mano" Il kiss the hand to you).
In closing an ordinary letter of business
or friendship everybody in this part of
the world always adds B. S. NJ, meaning
beso sus manos 4 kiss your hands,.
The Spanish-American, like his Latin
brethren across the sea, talks quite as
much with his hands and ewes as with his
tongue, and shrugs his shoulders as fire.
quently as a Frenchman. One of the very
prettiest Of the many gestures in general
use here is called the beso soplado, throw
ing kisses by gathering the fingers of the
right hand into u close group, touching
the lips, and throwing them out like Il fan,
ut the same time blowing in tho hand as
It is outstrctched toward tho person for
whom the demonstration is intended. thus
signifying that five kisses arc given at
once.-Philadelphia Record.
Advice to Young Writers.
Nature is free to all. Use your eyes,
man. Pluck a buttcrcup from it's stem.
There is no charge. You are not stealing.
Study it. Observe, observe. Use your
cars. Use all your FIVE senses, and then
let the impressions play upon yorr brain,
tn the true image of nature comes out.
Then wait. Don't rush into print. Do
not try to force tho process. Take the
time that is always necessary for perfec-
ton. The artist who paints q lifo like
picture must lavc used his five senses:
Why shouldn't q man who writes a book
do likewise? Many do; but many, who
do not, fail simply because they have not
studied nature, have no communion with
her. and, therefore, have nothing to tell.
-E. +. Burns In The Writer.