New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-13
TOPICS IN Paris.
WGnoeavrcs Hay Re0olutioai~c
Present War Methods.

frrrria7 70 The Tribune French Cahlc1
tCaryfirht. 1873. Bv Tac Tribune Ass7cia-ioun
Paris. Sept 1.-THE autumn manUuyres IN
Lmousin. where General de Negrier with an
army corps is putting inco practice his ideas OF
tactics for The future. derived from lessons Of
he Boer war. are resulting IN marked success
Tor General de NeErier. who has during the
operations outman0uvred. CUtf0ugIt and beaten
General Langois lis adversary. who steadfastly
handled his own army corps IN accordance with
Iactics prescribed In France and Germany. the
obsolete futiIity Of which General &c Negrier is
demonstrating By actual man0UvTes. The most
striking novelties in General dc NeSrer's tao
tics are loose scattered formation and the
use OF mixed hying columns composed not ex-
clusively Of cavalry. as hitherto has been the
ease in European warfare hut OF infantry
mounted GA ponies and bicycles. horse artillery
and cavalry. The opinion Of the military au-
thoriues is that these LrnOusin maneuvres di-
rected by General de Negrier VIII revolutionize
he system Of tactics and the lighting formation
now prevailing in France which is practically
The same as those employed in Germany Rus
STA, Austria. and the rest Of Europe.
The foreign military ATTACHES have not been
invited to witness these novel tactical expert
neuls. but were instead convoked 10 the grand
ana more spectacular rnanguyres now taking
place near Montelimar. before President Loubet.
'ne OF the principal objects OF which is to put the
French subsistence department to n rigid test.
Tho two army corps for subsistence purposes
are separated from their regular supply sta
ions al Lyons and MsrCei,les, and the fifty
thousand men are thus compelled 10 live on their
OWN subsistence resources. such as cattle
pn the ho3f and the rosimental bakeries. which
50 Tar have proved equal 10 The emergency. and
nave turned ont each DAY sixty thousand ra-
ions OF fresh baked bread. Great credit
8 due TO General Andre Minister OF War,
,or the novel and practical character given
20 this years autumn manGuNreS. The
-aiuy weather at the operations occasioned a
striking object lesson % the so-caIled Boe- uni
,oru and The lclt hats. etc. Tried as experiments
by one company IN each brigade taking part in
raLo-Uyres
a hiSAly important development is given 10
tire EIeach Goldfish industry o. the construction
'u entirely new modes Of a feet Of three-naste1
tcnooners OF eight hundred tons each. provided
with .efrgerating tanks capable of holding
enough Goldfish bait Tor thirty days fishing OF
@-e Newfoundland Banks. thereby obviating the
material aud political difficulties OF the so-caIed
French Shore. This Is regarded q practical
solution - a long standing dispute between
France and England. because it viii be no longer
necessary ~. French fishermen TO land 10 get
the bultos or other bait on the American coast
lste pioneer vessel o. lnlS leN Class named La
Rayondc, was launched on Monday at Saint
Maio. she IS q stanoh vessel OF $50 tons. and
is named by thirty men from Normandy and
Brittany. The Goldfish fotilla now returning
from ;he Newfoundland Banks brings better
catches o. goldfish than FOR some years past
Iiis IS hailed with great enthusiasm. for in
Brittany and Normandy Goldfish cakes, called
"hiandade &c morue," are - necessary a portion
Of food 10 the Inhabitants as are the coGnsn balls
IN w-England.
Homburg is gradually becoming not only
summer but autumn resort IL is a favorite
sfter-cure TO the more serious treatments Of
CErisbad, Marienbad. Nichy and K.ssingen.
Among the Americans at Homburg are Mrs.
P.tteuotne the Wife OF the French diplomatist;
MAJOR Cassatt. Mrs. J. T. Emerson. Mrs. A. L.
Mason Mr. and Nrs. u. IL Singer. Miss Singer.
Nj ard Mrs. Lewis Hornor. ar. and Mrs. Isl
soue BTasgiottL o. Boston: : b. Schiesinger.
Mrs. Charles Ruhn. AIRS. Frederick Bell and MI.
and AIRS. Gilbert King
The Italian lake season is la fCll swing. Among
he Americans ct Cadenabbia are James Cor
don Bennett. George Pollock Mr. and Mrs
Charles Payson. LII. ana Mrs. T. 3. Whitney,
Mrs Mcclellan. Mrs Waldo Story. Miss Story,
Miss Alice Greea. Ags. William TIFFANY, Mrs,
u. ". Thorndike. AIR. and Mrs. LuckemeyeT
and AIRS. Potter Palmer. who went down there
from 81. Moritz 10 meet her son ana daughter
.n-iaw. nho are on 2 honeymoon trip on Mrs
Potter Palmer's automobile.
SIR and Mrs Honoue Palmer intended to pro-
necd IN The automobile 10 Chur. by way OF The
Cpper Rhone Valley. but were stopped by the
Swiss authorities Al Brig. They. however.
hiches four horses TO their automobile. and
three days were thus required 20 reach Chur.
when they reached the Italian frontier the
tu:ouobiie set going under normal condi-
tiouh. and the party proceeded % Argegno. a
lev miles from Como. where tie road cane