The sun., 1891-01-19
European Army Notes.

Emperor Williams announcement that he win attend
the imperial Bavarian msn9uvres Of 10000 roops
kunoh next fall has created considerable sensation
In the States rights" pross OF south Germany Valev
land clerical paper protests that Bavaria has .
gent has king. but has not emperor. and there
fore imperial msnauvres are out Of the question:"
The Russian Minister Of War has ordered the forma
ton Of shree artillery batteriss which will
bs assigned respectively 70 the reservs artillery brig
AIDES at SerpuohoG Kursk and 81 Tsgsnros Zach Of
these batteries will In OF b the core An
artillery brigade with four batteries and eight Guna
Tho innovation means increase OF the Russian art
lery By ninetysix guns in the next war.
French authorities debating whether provide
all the cavalry with bayonsts their carbnss a. has
been done Of iste TO . great sxtsnt In the Russian
army. At present the "lance u In high favor with
the French War once and that principle It 10 argued
that carbiues with bayouets served to the
troopers the change would bring about . complete
revolution in cavalry taotics for this combination 10
Intended to be used almost sxolusively By horssmsn
who have dlsmouptsd
Sergeant wodtks Of the Third Uhlan Regiment Of
Guards In PotsdAm had trouble with private ON the
parade ground two weeks ago bsosuss the failed
dered hx other pnvates to spit In the offenders faoa
Five did Il but the sixth refused The I'VE willing
Uhans then ordered spit in the face Of their
obsdiens comrads and they did It. The whole Affair
WAS bfoashs to the notice Of the commander Of the
regiment Nisokisoh RossnsKk who hAa seen nt 10
DO anything aboutiI
France has In heS territorial army unique body Of
troops for the protection Of her railways in Most
OF them are men living near the eastern boundary
among them 1000 forestsn and customs ofnoAls-abls
to get in the field few hours' notice Two weeks
ago this railway eonttnGsnt modified, that its
smcisnoy might b tested The mobilization
suocsssfuL Half Of the men could sss NO ovsrooats BE-
cause there were aone for ths The Ministry OF War
now planning thorough ovsrhaulins Of this ssrvcs
Baron KsllsskrauA stan Captain Of artillery ~ the
fortress OF Eowno arm believer In tho availability
OF the bicycle for nuoh more general In the army
thaa It has yss had To prove the prscticabity OF
trusting 70 II for sAnsposaon over al sorts Of tsrri
tory, he began last July rs bicycle trip from Kowne
to Tobolsk distance Of about 100 misa He reached
his destination OCT 8. after Journey Of TN dAya
II Of whioh he devoted 10 riding ana the remainder to
resting. On his return from Tobosk he passed through
MOSCOW on Nov D. SKILL hearty and enthusiastic
whom he left Kowno rwothirds Of his srip. he saya
what bioycliss cali bsd roads and often
over meadows and paths
Tho results Of the English cavalry maaouvrss
are thus summed up: "rhs cavalry have saddles
whioh are radically bad and soon render the
horsss useless; the star Of vofkmsn who 60
with the cavalry ON service to nt and repair
the saddlss iSnorAns of their work; the OIL
GERS who much bound to keep their sfoisnt
for marching for nshtnG know only % much about
saddlsry and sAddlins they gain BY voluntary
sfort the equipment which the horse has By rssular
ton TO carry = beyond his power and would soon
cripple him; and. finally, hev the weight should be
carried and distributed the animals back prao-
ticaliy left to chance. while the horses feet are
shoes which quickly wear out t simply impossible
TO afhrm In the face Of these faotA that ~ .
marching body, cavalry 10 sncisnt and prepared
for II IL inefncisnt and not prepared for war.
Russia has sent Lieut.. Ujstssn to Vienna to aid ts
military representative At the Austrian learn
ing all things possible about the Austrian army Neither
Austria Germany 10 very much pleased At this
tenton from their moat threatening nsighbor sspsc
" the privsass OF thslr military stschts In St Pc
tsrsburg have been cut down 10 all but nothing In
Berlin Gen. Count KuiusOG Russian military repre-.
sentative pretty much all the PrussiAn troops do
aud at any grand rsvtsw or mAnouvTs accompanies
Emperor William himself Similar privileges are
accorded to Russian military Representatives
by Emperor Franz Joseph In st. Petersburg,
however the PrussiAn General Won ynsums
and his Austrian colleague allowed TO and
70 little that their Governments repeatedly dis
cussiuE the sdvisAbi'ity Of Withdrawing them. Be-
sidss the svsf unvsrisd drills Of the Guard Corps In
camp ~ Krassnojs the German representative
allowed 70 observe absolutely nothing in military
ansirs The big manouvrss in the interior Of the
pire are entirely inaccessible 70 them Even sssoos
tion with men OF their rank in the Russian army ID
ourtsiled in view Of this treatment BAvaian
ofcsr in the Munich Augsnsne Zefun9 lis Il not
pedent 70 do away with the whole system Of military
representatives. or to rive the same In Berlin
shat 10 given In st. Petersburg"