The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-16
Willy TACTICS OF WALDERSEE.
sNATCHEs UNFORESEEN ADVANT-
AGES FROM THE KAISER.


Carefully Laid Down by the Lnt-
tcr-HighIy Complimentary Notice
bestowed Upon His Maneuvers and
GeneraIship by the Newspaper Cor
respondents, by Some of Whom He
l. Rated as Second Only to the
Great Tactician, Won MOItI1e-In-
teresting Berlin CabIegrams on
European Affairs.
Berlin. Sept. 15-The military experts
who have just returned from participa-
uon in the annual maneuvers at Stet-
tin are unanimous in their praise of the
mastery generalship Of Count Won Wal
dersee, who reversed the whole pro-
gramme and snatched Unforeseen advan-
tages from the kaiser himself.
The manner in which he conducted his
part Of the operation has confirmed the
opinion that he will be the one, who will
guide the German armies in the next
European war in which Germany shall
be a combatant. AS a tactician, he is
almost, if not quite, the equal of the
late Field Marshal Won Moltke, and in
respect of dash and energy is second to
no general that Germany has ever had.
In regard to the fighting qualities of
the German troops, the notions formed
by the various experts and correspond
ents differ somewhat, but in the main
are favorable.
one correspondent says the reserve
men during the heat of the movements
lay about on the ground, making it look
like a field Of battle strewn with wound
ed. During the climbing Of the slopes
for an assault the men dropped from the
effects of the heat, as though they had
been shot, and the army doctors rode
around among them and administered
reviving cordials to them. The sanitary
corps unfastened the heavy knap-sacks
from the fallen men and assisted them to
rise to their feet. The men were always
fun of grit, and moved forward as soon
as they were able after they had recov-
cred their strength.
The correspondent of the United Press
who was present throughout the maneOu-
vers contends that the men stood the
hardships imposed upon them with Won
derful fortitude and without any show
OF fatigue worth mentioning. 1t is true
that some of them broke down and lay
by the roadside, but these men compris-
ed only a few hundred out of 12O00.
OF much more serious Importance was
the failure of the horse material under
undue eXertions. The cavalry became
completely played out and the horses of
the balloon detachment were so over
worked that sometimes not even the Sc
verest whipping suficed to get them up
hill The weight Of the gas reservoir also
proved too great a strain for the horses
and these show the necessity for a radical
reform of the military material.
Another reform affecting the lancers in
troduced throughout the German cavalry
of late years seems imperatiVely necessary
The lancers do good work as a single
man sent out to scout, in opening doors
and windows, giving the natives of an oc-
cupied country a wholesome scare and a
degree of respect for invading forces dur
ing a clearing up expedition, but as soon
as the men work in squadrOns the lance
becomes an incumberance and even
source of danger to both man and horse.
The United Press correspondent, after
Collating the views of military experts and
comparing them with his own experiences
during the maneuvers, holds that the Uh-
lans may continue to use lances but the
Hussars, Dragons and Cuirrassiers must
be relieved of this hindrance.
The infantry tried their new bayonets,
which are of triangular shape instead of
being shape like yataghans, and it is con-
ceded the latter style proves to be the
most useful of any. The new portable
tents We're a great success. The men like
them,. as they could be erected without
the slightest trouble. There was a great
deal of discomfort, however with the
management of the commissariat Num-
bers Of the men complained that they had
nothing to eat for whole day except a
slice of bread.
Officers and men alike were sometimes
so fatigued that they preferred to go to
sleep rather than remain awake and await
the arrival of food The chief commissary
received a decoration, at which he was
highly elated but the other officers of the
commissariat were left to indulgence in
volumes of bad language provoked by the
clamors of the hungry men. The officers
contend, however, that the men are them
selves to blame for not getting more food
than they did and ascribe all their priva-
uons in that respect to their perversity.
The facilities afforded to the members
OF the press throughout the maneuvers
through Capt. Dahms of the general staff
bureau, was unexceptionable Every scrap
OF information asked for by the corre-
spondents was given promptly and cheer
1ully and with pleasant words. No restric-
ions of any sort were imposed upon the
representatives of the press. Col. von
LoWenfeld of the general staff had the
care of the foreign attaches, to whom
every attention was shown.
Before the kaiser and Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria parted the new Aus
trian cabinet was exhaustively discussed
by them The change in the ministry
does not in the least concern
the political situation or affect
the driebund, but the fact that it practi-
cally submerges the Austro- German
group, has given twinge in Berlin
peeially to the conservatives. Practically
Count Badeni enters Office without pro-
gramme. Austrian-Poles, with anti-demo-
cratic leanings, constitute a majority of
the cabinet so that there is not the slight
est chance of popular extension of the
franchise nor, indeed of any liberal re-
forms There is no reason, therefore, why
German conservatives should not welcome
the Badeni ministry and probably the
Austro-German group will soon decide to
accept Badeni
The appointment of Sir Frank Lassel-
Ter as British ambassador to Germany is
taken as "a forecast OF Lord Salisbury's in
tentton to enter into closer friendship with
the dreibund. The new ambassador is
widely known to have German sympa-
thies. He is a cousin of Lord Salisbury
and fhrnuwh r17arrfa fG rotated fo the