The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-13

army on the wreck OF the grand army.
And II IL well to remember that he had
to do II without telegraphs or telephones,
without railways or automobiles and
without even a press to aid him in rally
ing and enrolling the people and in or
ganiZing and supplying his forces.
The peoples of Germany had forsaken
him, but the princes of the Rheinish con-
federation remained true and drove their
unwilling subjects to his eagles. Not
for a moment he said, did l have to
complain Of a single one Of the princes -
But a prince OF his own house was
playing him false. For Murat, King OF
Naples, ever since he abandoned the
grand army and raced back to his throne,
had been intriguing with the enemies OF
his brother-in-law in an effort to save the
crown that Napoleon gave him. Even
the Emperor's warning to him that he
was mistaken in assuming that the lion
was dead. did not deter the King from
secret conferences with the representa-
tives of England, Austria and Russia.
For once, therefore, Napoleon began a
campaign without the assistance OF his
old cavalry leader. But thanks to the
loyalty OF France and the German princes
and to his own titanic laboTs, he was
enabled to cross the Rhine with nearly
twice as many men as the Russians and
the Prussians had been able to assemble
against him. Few. however. had ever
smelled powder and most of them had to
be taught to load musket. The major
ity Of their corporals, sergeants, lieu
tenants and captains also were strangers
to war, for the veteran officers of the
lower grades as well as the veterans In
the ranks lay beneath the wheat fields of
the Danube. in the valleys and on the
Sierras of Spain, or on the Russian
army was dead and its commander no
longer wore the aureole Of victory.
sIav and Teuton.
The foe, on the other hand. noJ only
had stolen away the spirit of the grand
army, but many Of the officers of the
Prussian contingent also had borrowed
leaves from the masters BOOK Of recipes
for making war and now understood the
Napoleonic method as well as his own
marshals. They had not served for moth
ing a seven years apprenticeship since
Jena.
Although Napoleon had sternIy limited
the army OF conquered Prussia to e 900
men, its stan had been smart enough to
give vacations by the wholesale and call
up new men to substitute thus making
the little organization a training school
for many more than the stipulated num-
Der. At the outbreak of the war. the
King had recalled Gen. Butcher from a
Punishment which he had incurred by
his fiery rebellion against the French
domination, and had placed him in COM
mand. Butcher. like most of the patriot
leaders who had reused Prussia. was not
a Prussian but a native of a minor Ger
man state. Although an old man OF
seventy-two. his flaming hatred of Ma
poleon filled him with the ardor OF youth
and, although an illiterate, hard-drink-
ing, loud-swearing, tumultous character,
his natural lighting qualities made up
for his lack Of technical knowledge.
The allies, however. suffered from a
divided command. The Slavs would not
tolerate q Teuton over them and the
Russians never have developed a high
order OF generalship among themselves.
Kutusof had died just as he finished his
long chase Of Napoleon and had driven