The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-28

who had fought III IWeHly-one engage ments in 70 and '66, He refused the emperor's offer, and wrote back to him these words-I have a copy of them made by Von Kamptz;
 Since justice is denied me, since I may not wear the sword which I bore in two campaigns for the Iron Cross which His Majesty the Emperor Will liam the Great granted me for galan- try in action. Your Majesty has gra- ciously allowed me to retain 1t, With the most humble thanks I again place it at Your Majestys disposal"
 I asked MT. Rhein if he would give me some instances of the way the courts work in other directions, and he compiled.
 They are only supposed to come In, you must understand, when there is a public scandal Thus nothing was done to me after the incident in the restau- rant until a civilian mentioned the af- fair one night to the general How is this?' said the general to my colonel He should have used his sword. There must be an inquiry But is it honor to use arms against an unarmed man? If the army says that Is honor, why should the common man not be all lowed to use his knife? I said in my defence before my comrades that I could put up with other men being as cowardly as they liked, but that l wouldn't be a coward at other mems orders. In my regiment were two of- | fcers responsible for the affairs of the mess, who used the money for them selves. But as 1t did not leak out, the Court of Honor did not interfere, the affair was hushed up. and the officers stayed on in the regiment. Now I say that honor is not promoted in such ways I know good officer who, once in a way, had had enough to drink at a Liebesmahl, or friendly dinner, and who was convicted by well-known, con- firmed drunkards, men who could not do their duty for drink, but who were clever enough to avoid becoming a scandal among the civilians.
 Then, gambling among officers is supposed to be dealt with by the Court of Honor. There was an officer of Illus sars who played with his comrades till ] he had got through his fortune He had only horse and carriage left He l gambled them away, and they went l wondering about In the regiment l backward and forward, and the colonel and every one else knew It. But this officer played one night with civilian. This was a public scandal, and his brother officers, who had won all his money, sent him out of the army Then, again, no officer must make debts. Of course, no officer Is out of l debt, from the emperor downward, so 1t has been qualified by prohibiting dis honorable debts. What Is this honor and dishonor in such connection? Is it dishonorable to owe for beer, or what? Oh, 1t is all a fine muddle, this I honor Officers must not speculate or make money in%any doubtful way. This has now beenSinterpreted to mean that a poor officer may not teach or help himself in any such way. Moltke was very poor astagyoung man, and he used to make some money by transla- ting English bookss2 My father-in-law, a lieutenant-co gave private les sons in mathematics, and general who was an uncle of mine, did the same thing. All this has now become a public scandal, and the Courts of Honor will not permit it''
 "But does not the emperor use his in f1uence to make 1t possible for poor men to serve in your army by discouraging luxury and the like2''
 "Oh, certainly, certainly. There are admirable things said by the emperor about this every year, and we all have to obtain his permission before we mar ry with this very object. Either the means of the officer must be adequate or his wife must have means. Failing in this, the emperor will not permit it But what does it all come to? The of f1cer Is enjoined by the code of honor tc live up to his high standard He must buy the best uniforms, which he doesn't pay for because he can't I know ar officer who was about to be punished by the court because his uniform was shabby, so he went into debt to buy 8 new one. The officer must always go tc the best place at concerts and theaters and he must keep up his high position if he is a second lieutenant, on ga 15s. z month or GA los. if he Is first lieuten. ant No; the emperor would be the first to come down on an officer if his uniform was not of the grandest. The old emperor, who was careful of his money, was different. He was noticed by the officers of the Guards to bt wearing an old pair of patched gloves After that it became the fashion for of
 ficers of the Guards to wear patched gloves. But not old ones-oh, no
 They bought new gloves made holes 1T } them, and had them patched in precise
 ly the same places as the emperor."- London Chronicle.