Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06
Field Artillery Bicycle Ohrps
Infantry Intantry

Aniantfy
with metal ornaments. The soldiers
main arm is the Mauser rife
The German ARM has for years been
noted for the attention given to the
smallest detail of equipment in order
that the soldiers may always be at their
highest efficiency. 1t has been said that
the German forces now invading Belgium
and France went prepared with replicas
OF every bugle used by the armies of
those countries in giving signals. as well
as variety of uniforms for DISCUSSES in
intelligence work and espionage. Ofhcers
are said to be equipped with watches
that show the hour of the night by
means of self-ilum!nated hands, we'll
as powerful pocket electric searchliGhts.
German infantrymen do not wear the
ordinary sock of the private citizen, but
use instead an oblong piece OF WOODEN
cloth that can he folded snu2ly around
the foot, and the position OF which may
be changed frequently. in order to save
both wear and blsters, and other results
of hard marching. and attached to every
regiment is a thoroughly competent chir-
opodist. who saves the kaiser both money
and time by keeping the feet OF MS
charges in good marching condition,
The German army always has been
noted for its discipline, even In It's DARK
est davs Some military critics have
made the charge that it is overdiscip-
lined. that the men are nodded into n too
perfect machine with a consequent loss
of individual resource. This remains 10
be seen Certain it is that Prussan
sergeant was once heard to tell his SQUAD
that there as Just one duty for A soldier
to obey. The following portion of
sketch of the general maneuvers of some
wears ago is from the pen Of Poultney
Bigelow:
.'T,red, hot and hungry. hands and
faces blackened by powder smoke ana
grirny with dirt. clothes and accoutre-
ments covered with dust. but with not
button out of place. not one heavy he'll
met shifted off their streaming foreheads,
not a strap of the heavy knapsacks I'M
buckled or easeu up; with eyes straight
to the front. heels together. bodies erect,
and the alignment perfect, the sturdy IN
fantrymen stood motionless where they
had been halted, as If on parade fresh
from barracks. Although on their !eet
since early morning, marching and skir-
mishing all DAY long, although footsore
and half-faint from hunger. the Iron Ger
man discipline held its stern sway over
officers and men alike, and every move
ment and every detail of movement,
every necessary change in the manual OF
arms was executed throughout with tho
mechanical precision of tireless ma
chine
AS the Order 10 Sltch KILLS. "so eli
the pieces came together without clash
ing the leathern spear-pointed helmets
were lifted off and placed. each mans by
the butt of his rifle and replaced by the
soft forage ears. The hair-covered KNAPP
sacks were unslung and placed in cor
rectly aligned rows. overcoats were I'M
rolled and put on. Facing to the right.
In cadenced step the battalion marched
to a position alongside its arms. each
company in a line with its own rifles: the
ranks were broken and the soldiers be-
gan preparations for the evening meal
and for the night
As they maneuver, SO they fight.