The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-07
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| Duke of Baden, was accoSted on my ac-
count by a good natured German jour
| nalst. The ancient attired in a con-
certina cap, blouse of butcher blue
calico gorgeously Illuminated with
crimson and yellow silk embroidery on
the breast and shoulders, wide and
short corduroy trousers, and sabot like
coal lighters, was leaning against an
apple tree smoking an old-time German
pipe of painted china with bowl as
big as a bell-pull.
Have you any soldiers billeted in
your village" asked my friend the Press
man.
They are heaped upon us; they de-
your us-the good fellows comes the
answer, followed by a placid putting at
the prehistoric pipe. After which the
conversation goes on somewhat as fol-
| lows:
"They must be very tiresome, and a
great loss to YOU
Yes, yes, yes. They come in and
| lie down with us. They must sleep
| the poor fellows. They are hungry and
must have food. 1t is for Fatherland
And God will repay"
But is there no compensation?
Yes, yes, yes! Compensation for
damage done to the crops. The Kaiser
is just Perhaps he is more just than
some poor peasants"
"Ah! Some of the peasants impose
upon him, then?''
mo, no, no. But you know the world
poverty drives hard. And then if
potato crop is not gooo-you can mag
inc. 1t is so easy when the ground is
wet and the nights are dark"
How do you say?"
mo, no, no. do not say But what
easier than to suppose. If the man and
his family go forth and dance upon the
crops all night! Perhaps good compen-
sation is better than a bad crops SELL
ing
The Pressman winks at me, and the
ancient husbandman smokes calmly, as
becomes an innocent good man whose
conscience is clear and compensation
certain.
Apropos of the brief interviews above
recorded, the German process of look
ing for rooms" is very simple and effec-
tive. In times of stress no hamlet is
too small to billet soldiers on Even
single cottages are invaded.
1t is done in this way: A regiment
halts in village street. An officer and
a sergeant enter barn or dairy go"
says the captain, see how many men
this place will hold" The sergeant
Thirty sir or Twenty, SIR as may
be.
Then the officer saws, Fetch a lad
der" A ladder is brought and the al
lotted number Of soldiers mount and ar
range their beds in the hayloft. If the
proprietor obiects-well, "the Kaiser is
good" Let him try to squeeze compen-
sation out of the Kaiser. If he fail
we'll it is for Fatherland. In any case
the good German never grows so trou-
bled as to let his pipe out.
AS ] said before, the Germans are a
business-lke people The staff of the |
army thinks, looks ahead, provides |
No chance is neglected, The German
war department examines all new ideas,
extracts the kernel, throws away the
shell.
Thus they use the autocar, but only
sparely-chiefy for carrying old officers
quickly from place to place, or should
an officer be wounded and unable to
ride, then the car might serve.
The military cyclist is employed al
most exclusively for carrying messages. |
One oyclist does not ride far He is met
by others. to whom he hands his mes !
sage without dismounting. Thus the |
message is taken swiftly by relays. In |
warfare, when there is danger of cy-
clist messengers being taken or killed |
the message is sent verbally and by |
two, three or four messengers, all going
different routes.
The instructions to the cyclist are .
significant He is told that his most like
~ enemies will be cavalry. When fol-
lowed by cavalry he is to turn tail at
as fiat down on the machine as he can
and go his best pace. IT is almost inn
possible to hit cyclst, as he rides fast
away from the aim,
If he find the cavalry gaining upon
him, he is to halt at any favorable spot
and attempt to drive them back by car
bine fire. AT the last he has his maya
zine pistol and a stout heart to depend
upon.
The Germans use dogs freely, and find
hem useful. Dogs are sent with mes
ages and are also trained to carry