New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-15
NO ALIENS IN THE ARMIES
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES RECEIVE FEW
FOREIGN RECRUITS.

~ no
oharac,erIs,Ic OF the Englsh-speakhs 20
.',~,a,, Tho world and fired possibly by mem
s.,o, ., tho mart taken by Byron IN the '""ee
=, IT, uorlenIc nation against Its TURKISH opPN
= y ,umber OF Englishmen nave 'o'u 80
for service In the army OF KING "eo'e 80 the
,hs,r disgust. their offers have been "eo''. .,,,aa
ground that none but Greek citizens az oa,oen,
IN serve in the Greek army i"'s 60" 80. a.,
" ~, a, the Athenan authorities has
on t'. pa al NJ attention. and not httie
"'S'" e., Z, Ia entirely in keeping WIN III.
sup'''' royau in every other country u
customs that pre'e" "
Europe ,,an those who are
proadIv speaking aliens. and even '"o'' CHARGED
r,, a. soaa na,uralized citizens. are u.
TOW, admission to the army. IL Is 10. s,,rer 20
90 hore In the United States. ror io %
take the first step toward na'urai1A So. hr,h
foreswear his allegiance TO the coui'"y and n
tJe must be a full-fedged, bona-noe ei''1. =, ,hc
- ~,,s,ao severe and strict stipuiatioi'S u -"
,aue under which rights OF Citizenship ~ =.
corded 20 aliens Thus. the Londoh pap re-,
hara contain the description OF the Case " =, ~.
man who enlisted couple OF years E.x %
poval Artillery OF the British army -
Tho military training which he had receiVeu y, ~.
nv n"n ar,y no ouickly made his way. ana ms
49, ~, heen drafted for duty In me + al
r., ha uas serving as sergeant at Ha"e
,rbsn bv some means or other the fact was ''o's
IN light that he had not been naturah@eu " -
Tina Of his enlistment The mo"e", ~.
.A az, rho man was deprived of his stripes
placed under arrest. and sent nome al we -.
r,giand "a a prisoner the charge OF nav me
',afa.od tho laws with regard to enlistment. IN
deod had the case not been brought up ior "iS
c,sston in Parliament II Is probable that '''e u
fortunate man would have been turned Over ~ ~
German authorities. which. In view OF 'he iao .,,
he belonged to the reserve classes OF hihpe,o, -
Jams army al the time when he enlisted IN 'he
hay
him n a number Of years penal servitude iof
desertion. ~. l.,
This is by no means an isolated case Nor Is
England by any means alone In the care WHICH, s"'
endsavors 10 exercise in preventing foresne'S i'o'
finding service beneath her colors. The same
course is pursued by every other European rover
even by the horse Balkan States sucn as 81.
via and Bulgaria: and to give an idea OF the I'LL
nortance accorded TO the matter II may De men
toned that even those young men OF ais'eo go
Lorraine who from motives of patriotism, decline
10 serve in the German army, ana al 'he us" %
their liberty aud even OF their lie cfoSS '
frontier into France. are not permitted 10 take
their place In the ordinary regiments OF the Iine'
but are relocated that species Of parah pr'gaoe
which is known the Foreign Legion.
THE FOREIGN LEGIONs.
France and Holland are the only two countries
in Europe that possess branches OF their army
that are known the Foreign Legion In each
case the regiment consists OF brigade OF se'erd
regiments and these. together with the corps
known as the Regiments OF Discipline" TO which
all military Offenders who have been expelled from
the ordinary line as incorrigibe In one word. MILL
tary conyicts are assigned 20 all the work that
is regarded by the authorities at The hague ana
al Paris as TOO arduous. too unhealthy ana 100
dangerous for ordinary Dutch and French troops
Holland employs Foreign Legion exclusively ior
service in the West Indies. while France assigns
nd rer
vc,s 10 duty in the pirate-infested swanps OF
Cochin China and the sun-scorched fortified posts
on the borders Of the great Sahara Desert, TO the
south Of Algeria and OF Tuns.
The recruits for the disciplinary corps OF the
French army who go by the name Of Zephyr"
,on their respective regiments with their wrists
shackled in handouts the LOT Of the Foreign Legion
is but little and the treatment 10 which me
the extreme the slightest breach Of the regulations
being visited with frighttul punishmen,tss =, ~.
CT apaudine and not so very long ago four soldiers
Of the legion who had been driven 9y me severity nn
pany TO murder him on parade, were actually p S.
to death iha. IS permitted 10 ore T d evzed
country and its abolition mas 1een pea by be
rencb Press m .hf but Without avail the military
thorities declaring that inasmuch as death mas no
terrors for nne-tenths OF the reckless men VINO
compose the Foreign Legion and the brigade OF dis
cipline the only means by which they can main
tain control is the crapaudne.
THE TERRoRs OF THE CRAPAUDINE
The crapaud.ne. obviously derived from the word
"crapaud" or toad consists Of Stacking mans
ankles 10 an iron bar tying his hands behind his
back and then fastening his wrists 10 the same
bar 10 which his feet attached. hands and feet
being thus brought close together and the IN
and partly on his stomach or else being actually
suspended in the air II he cries out ne Is i'm.
time he dies OF commissions. Some men. however.
have been known TO survive the tortures OF the
crapauiine for several hours until death finally
released them from their agony
The Foreign Legion OF France, as we'll as that Of
country under the sum- large number Of Ameri-
cans being VIGOROUSLY comprised In he rasks OF
is physically fit no questions are asked with regard
to h or a rhsv rs a
questionable character. and treat the men as SUCH
Thu Foreign Sn 81 ancs al a
come aeaSy sroPPer IN life before they took ser,
s Sss " Of ls sS1 r4ss made 81 every
degree OF Instruction. and are he notsam and
yagabonds; ex-eenvicts deserters Russian princes,
Italian dukes. German counts. officers who have
archs English colonies and ex-cavalry officers.
each one Of. them the victim Of some drama or
others who has been driven by despair to seek in
tho ranks Of the Legion oblivion. and above all
adventures sufficient 10 dull memory. On one oc-
casion. after terrible engagement in Tonauin;
addressing his men, exclaimed Any doctors or
left tn" ranRs Zach Of whom had taken his degree
In some famous European university, and every
OF them there and then about his work
dressing wounds and amputating limbs without a
word OF further explanation.
PRINCE IN THE RANKS
on another occasion. at review OF the Legion.
the general in command-all the officers Of course
are French-suddenly stopped his horse before a
ma gni;icent stalwart soldier whose face seemed
strangely familiar TO him.
"Assuredly | have met with you somewhere
he said. The man simply shook his head in token
of dissent.
II feel perfectly certain that 1, was a, Moscow"
persisted the general
You are mistaken. general" replied tho man.
The general. Ike man or the world took for
answer that time. But three months later.
after severe engagement. he found the man lying
ambulance severely wounded. and. although
ne did not breach the subject his face betrayed
his endeavors 10 trace their former connection
"Nou are hight. mon general' saws the Wounded