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TIIE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE- SATTTKD AY MORNING, HAY 132, 1897.
Three Receet Additionis
To Uncle Sam's Navy
The First of Our Ught Draft Gunboats
Intended for Duty in the Far East.
The flno performance of tho "Wil
mington" ami Helena" on their recent
trial trips xbjb occasioned an ivdded In
terest In tho forthcoming test of the
"Naf.livJlle," which will tako place in
a few days. These vessels wcro pro
vided for by act of congress approved
March i!rd, lb93, and In January of thf.
year following their building was
warded to the Newport News Ship
building company of Newport News,
Va. So thoroughly havo the builders
carried out their contract that, not
only ltave tH vessels won tho highest
praise for workmanship, finish, and
"performance, but their excess develop
ment of speed has already nutted the
contractors the snug bonus of $91,452,
whllfl tha premium on the "Nashville"
Jios yet to bo heard from. This re
ward la thp only proper compensation
(for the low figure, $2SO,000, for which
jeach vessel was built. Three'years ago
the Newport News company was on
untiled factor In naval shipbuilding,
but to-day the yard Is firmly estab
lished upon an enviable record of
faithful performance and skillful work.
The "Nashville" Is 220 feet long on
Jthe wator-llne, has a maximum beam
of 38 feet 3 Inches, arid draws 11 feet
of -witter on a normal displacement of
1,371 tons. When rmdy for sea, under
the usual cruising condition, she will
carry about 150 tons of coal; but her
bunkers have a total capacity of 399
tons, and that will be her supply when
loaded for a long trip. With this latter
supply, sho should be aWe to cover a
distance of quite six thousand mllea at
a crrutelns: speed of eight knots an hour
an exceedingly active radius for a
craft of her size.
HOW IUGGED.
The "Nashville" Is ilgged as a two
masted schooner, and will carry Just
pall enough to steady her In a seaway.
Like the other boats, she Is built of
Bteel; and in model is rightly consider
ed a prettily formed craft. She Is de
signed for a speed of 14 knots; but It is
needless to say she will reach 1G on
her trial. To attain this end, the ves
sel has had her engines designed with
especial consideration for economical
cillolonoy under both cruising and full
speed conditions; and even the layman
may In part appreciate the cunning
shown in their get-up.
Her motive power consists of two
sets of quadruple expansion engines
driving twin screws, and It Is of Inter
est to know that she Is the only craft
in our service, other than torpedo
boats, carrying machinery of this sort.
For tho sako of economy, the low
pressuro cylinders are arranged to dis
connect, leaving the three other cylin
ders to do the work at cruising speeds;
but at full speed all four of the cylin
ders will bo pushed to their utmost.
Without going into tho technique of
the arrangement, one must know that
tan engine usually develops Its maxi
mum efficiency when running at Its
highest speed; and by ublng these en
gines at their maximum either as tri
ple or quadruple expansion engines, in
stead of running with one cylinder
limping, so as to speak, the result Is
economical performance.
TWO KINDS OF BOILEKS.
To attain this end upon a reasonable
expenditure of coal, the boat Is fitted
with two kinds of boilers; one kind de
veloping steam at a working pressure
of 160 pounds, and the other sort gen
erating steam at a pressure of 250
pounds. Under cruising conditions, the
two ICO-pound boilers will meet the
needs of the engines run in their triple
expansion form; and tho four other
boilers will be called into requisition
only when the vessel Is making her
maximum speed and using her full
power. Then, tho four high-powered
boilers will seem to exist only for the
initial supply of tho two high-pressure
cylinders, which will exhaust their
eteam at a pressure equal to that of
the full head from the two ICO-pound
boilers. Buch such Is not the fact, for
that exhaust will commingle with the
fresh steam of ICO pounds and, togeth
er, supply the added tax upon the
other cylinders. This Is only a part of
the careful balance of power and nice
adjustment present in the "Nash
ville's" machinery; and their perform
ance Is sure to result In congratula
tions for their designers as well as for
their builders.
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It is expected that, with something
like 300 revolutions a minute, In their
quadruple-expansion form, the en
gines will develop quite 1,800 horse
power and induce a speed of sixteen
knots an hour, while with 160 turns a
minute there will be no difficulty In
maintaining an easy jog of eight knots
an hour,
Tho upper deck runs, without a
break from bow to stern, nnd, besides
adding to the weatherly qualities and
strength of the craft, forms a roof for
ample Quarters and a protective cover
ing for the guns on tho gun deck.
Within this breathing space will bo
quartered her crew of IBS seamen and
marines, while, aft comfortable ac
commodations are provided for a cap
tain ahd ten other officers.
BATTEHIES.
Tho main battery la composed of
eight four-Inch breech-loadlng rifles,
an exceedingly effective force for a
yaft of this size, when It la Known
that each 33-pound shot leaves tho
guns with a velocslty of 2,000 feet a sec
ond and a power of penetration equal
to piercing nearly ilvo Inches of steel
1,500 yards distant. Four of these guns
are mounted on tho upper deck, two
forward and two aft, protected by fix
ed, segmental shields. Tho remaining
four are placed on the gun. deck, and,
besides the protection of shields, ore
housed within sponsons of steel two
and a quarter Inches thick. These
latter guns have each a total arc of
lire of 140 degrees, while those on tho
upper deck havo evm a wider Held of
action.
The secondary battery consists of
four slx-poundcrs and two one-pounder
rapid-fire guns nnd two Catlings.
The six-pounders are mounted on 'the
"NASHVILLE."
gun deck In sponsons armored with
ono-lnch steel, and have a goodly
sweep. The one-pounders and Gatl
lngs are located on the upper deck,
wherever promising the most effective
service.
With a speed of fire ranging from ten
aimed shots a minute from each of the
big guns to a possible hall of quite
2 Of 0 in the same time from the Uatl
lngs, it Is needless to say that only
an armored craft co lc' enture within
range without fear of certain destruc
tion, while moderate powered batter
ies on land would have to be snugly
placed to withstand tho storm of those
explosive shells. In addition, the boat
has been fitted with a bow torpedo
tube; and the ship has yet to be
fabilcatcd whoso sides are Invulner
ab'e to the Must of that charge, of
guncotton.
T.) vessel Is lighted throut"-.o' t by
electric lights, while a powerful search
light on top of tho pilot house will
send Its dazzling beams of brightness
miles into the darkest nluht.
TWO OTHER SHIPS.
The "Wilmington" and "Helena" are
more particularly Interesting because
of their peculiar hull formation and
the manner in which tho exigencies of
service In shallow bays and rivers of
the Orient have been provided for.
They are intended to make their way
through the crowded arteries of orient
al Intercourse, and to carry their bur
den of peace and protection hundreds
of miles up the rivers of China. These
boats, each with Its single military
mast, look like miniature battle ships;
and thev are to do the duty so long
relegated to the old "Monocacy," the
last of our war time double-ended side
wheel steamers.
These vessels are a trifle larger than
the "Nashville." They are 230 feet
long on the water line, have a maxi
mum beam of 40 feet, 1 inches, ha-e
a nominal displacement of 1,392 tons,
and draw, under ordinary conditions,
nine feet of water. This moderate
draft Is an absolute essential to river
service, where the added draft of a
foot would mean exclusion fiom. ser
vice for hundreds of miles Inland.
Oidlnarlly each beat will carry a
hundred tons of coal, but they have
bunker capacity for ISO more, upon
which they should be able to steam
for a considerable radius. By the con-
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tract, these boats were called upon to
make thirteen knots, but the "Wil
mington" made 15.07 knots while the
Helena" made 15.49; the difference In
favor of tho "Helena" being due to tho
practical absence of wind on tho day
of her trial. Being of light draft and
all above wate, so to speak, one can
see how even a moderate breezo would
affect their speed.
A DOUBLE BOTTOM.
There boats, like the "Nashville"
have n double bottom honeycombed In
to a large number of small comparU
ments, while subdivision on a grander
scale Is carled out within the entire
bodies of oil these vessels.
A water-tlcht deck Is worked over
the region (Occupied by the magazines,
and the coal Is so disposed that It will
afford niotectlon so long as It laBta,
while a band of one-Inch armor runs
along the water line amidships for a
dlstanco of Elxty-Beven feet. This Is
I
a safeguard against Injury between
"wind and water;" and these vessels
am the only gunboats In our service
so protected, and, but for the peculiar
service for which they tire planned,
would not bo so coated with nickel
Bteel.
Tho boats are driven by two sets of
triple-expansion engines actuating
twin screws; and, steam, at a working
pressure of 180 pounds, Is supplied by
elx single-ended boilers, placed In two
water-tight compartments. When
running under forced-draught, these
llro rooms will be alr-tlght, and a
steady supply of fresh air Impelled by
large blowers will fan those furnaces
Into blinding Incandescence.
Tho light draft of these boats, In
connection with the use of screws has
necessitated on unusual shape aft be
low1 the water-line. Above tho water
they appear normal, but Immediately
below tli6y are hollowed out Into two
tunnels within which the propellers
work by which arrangement the water
flows freely and amply to them. The
result is Immediate action something
especially needful In tho narrow chan
nels of the swift-flowing rivers of
China, where a moment's loss of mo
tion might mean grounding. This over
hanging stern also protects tho screws
from passing craft and a downward
fire from banks and bluffs.
Owing to the shallow draft, there are
two rudders, one placed forward of tho
other over the keel, and so propor
tioned that the boats will respond at
once to their direction. The heel of
the keel Is so strengthened that the
boats may ground aft without damage,
and, by pivoting on that point, swing
in either direction.
Up in the upper top of each mast are
placed two Gatllng guns, while In the
lower top there are two one-pounders
The search-light Is mounted between
the tops on a stand of Its own. The
connlng-tower, from which the boats
will either be fought or guided in a
crowded stream, Is just beneath, the
lower top, and is reached by a shel
tered stairway. The ammunition for
the guns above is carried up under the
same cover,
ARMAMENT.
Tho batteries are like that of the
"Nashville." Two of the four-Inch
guns are carried forward on the fore
castle deck and two aft on the main
deck, protected only by their shields.
The four four-inch and the two six
pounder guns that aie mounted on the
main deck within sponsons are shel
tered by heavy plating. Everything
that may enable the vessels to push
their way among tho numerous craft
that always crowd a Chinese river
has been carefully observed, and few
If any projections along the sides offer
means of entanglement. In fact, the
sponsons are so arranged that, while
yielding a wide arc of re for the guns
within, they, themselves, do not pro
ject beyond the side line.
Boats larger than those usually car
ried by vessels of this size are provid
ed for tho "Wilmington" and "He
lena" that they may either land hastily
a formidable force or facilitate the em
barkation of a large number of refu
gees; while the ample berthing space
on these vessels makes them comforta
ble harbors for many more than their
Intended complements. Liberal means
of artificial ventilation In the shape of
big blowers and electric fans promise a
healthy supply of fresh air within
every corner of tho craft; and every
thing that can make th&m healthful
habitations amid the trying conditions
of the tropics and Chinese river ser
vice has been provided. An extensive
arrangement of awnings will shade the
decks from stem to stern and make
them fit to sleep upon without risk of
the tropical dews.
As much as possible of tho wood
work has been flreproofed, and In that
pecautlon a wise measure Is taken
against the dangerous consequences of
fire In action.
In the opinion of Chief Constructor
Hlchbom and Engineer-ln-Ohlef Mel
ville, these boats promise to be very
useful and efficient craft no small part
of .which Is due to the faithful per
formance of their builders of Newport
News.
One of tho Cranks.
Trlson Librarian "What sort of book
would you like to havo?"
Convict "Got any bicycle catalogues?"'
-Puck.
THE
iuoti:st or
LIUKNr.D.
TUB U.N.
I seen a dunco of a Poet onct, a-wrltln' a
little book,
And he says to mo, with a smile, says ho,
"Hero's a- pome, d' you want to
look"
And I threw me eye at the pome; says I,
"Wat's tho use o' this here rot?"
"It's a double sestlno says he, looking
mean, "and they're hard as tho deuce,
that's what!"
"There's blood In your ink-well, I don't
think," Bays I, beglnnln to preach;
"O, there's not much force," says he, "o'
course, but there's plenty of Aggers
o' speech 1"
"Why write about maids, and violet
shades?" says I, "wot's tho matter
with MEN?"
"That fad's played out," says he with a
pout, "and Beauty's come in again."
"Did ever you go out Into tho snow?" says
I, "or feel llko a fight?
Did you read In books how the sunrise
looks, or did you learn o' the night?
Your bloomln' 'dowers' they rhyme with
'bowers,' but they smell o' the hot
house bJend.
Wot's love and kisses and sftch llko
blisses, good God! had yo never a
FRIEND?"
"There's more than enough that can
write the stuff that tho women llko
to read,
They'll mark a lino that they think Is flno,
If that is tho praise you need I
But show tno a verso that's a blamo sight
worse. If It has but an honest look
And the pages aro worn and thumbed and
torn, I'd bellovo you've written a
BOOK!" -Tho Lark.
WHERE LIBERTY IS
AN UNKNOWN WORD
Petty Tyrannies Practiced -by the Pres
ent Emperor of Germany.
DUF.LS AND COURTS OP HONOR
A 1'otmcr German Army Olllccr Shows
Up tho Present llmpcior's Hcglinc.
A Professor Convicted for Not
righting Twenty-four Duels.
Prom tho London Times.
Kaiser Wllhelm II, conductor of the
concert, Is, for good or evil, tho chief
person In Europe today. He fills the
horizon. Every ono Is watching his
movements, waiting his word, wonder
ing what his Intentions mny be. To his
pretensions there seems to bo no hu
man limit. Tho other day he made
a speech, In which ho divided his peo
ple Into two classes, nobles and serfs
"unfrel." Is he mad? you ask. Not
at all. He Is the emperor. He means
to stand well with Russia, nnd Rus
sia will be pleased with the "unfrel"
speech, and so will tho kalserbund
Abdul Hamld, Nicholas and Francis
Joseph, His own "unfrel" understood
this, though they do not like It, and
they nre beginning to wonder how soon
their emperor will be the only In
stitution left to them, and how much
longer they are to have a Reichstag of
their own.
The free press Is almost extinguished.
Three members of tho staff of a single
paper not a social-democratic paper
either are at this moment In prison
for lesemajeste. Even the historian
writes with the fear of tho turnkey
before his eyes. No scandal about
Queen Elizabeth foisooth! Why, a man
was condemned last year for lese-ma-jeste
because he wrote something vera
cious about an old elector of the 12th
century the bear of Brandenburg. We
are all "unfrel" before the emperor of
Europe. Lord Salllsbury dances, M.
Hanotaux dances, the Marquis dl
Rudlnl dances, while the emperor and
his three comrades of the vler kals
erbund call the tune.
THE KAISER AT HOME.
It occurred to mo that English folk
might like to know how" the controller
of the British fleet and conductor of
the concert manages his own peculiar
darling the army of the fatherland.
Lieutenant Rheln, who has been good
enough to discuss the subject with me,
is the victim of a court of honor, so
that his opinions do not pretend to be
entirely Judicial. Ho had to leave the
service In 1892 for throwing a civilian
who insulted him Into the coiner of
the restaurant Instead of running him
through with his sword. Sentence was
passed by the court of honor, consist
ing of his brother officers, and In
dorsed by the emperor, and with It
came the end of Lieutenant Rheln's
military career. Last year his friends
Baion von Ehrhardt and Herr von
Kamplz, were hauled before a similar
court for refusing to accept the chal
lenge of a civilian who had broken
his word of honor. Lieutenant Rheln,
who Is fromi the Rhenish provinces,
and gifted with a certain independ
ence of character, resented the sent
ence of dismissal and deprivation of
rank passed upon hl colleagues, and
after a prolonged correspondence he
challenged the members of the court.
They replied by setting the public pros
ecutor at him, and Mr. Rheln came to
England In October, having a distaste
for the Idea of prison life in the fath
erland. "Does the emperor encourage such
judgments as these?" I asked.
"Unquestionably. Every decision goes
before him for ratification. The old
emperor pardoned almost Inva
riably If the case was one of some ex
ternal breach of the code of honor. The
present emperor never. The Idea of
teal honor was dear to the old emperor,
but today It has all become a matter
of externals, and that Just suits the
temper of the grandson. He Is using
these courts to maintain false stand
ards of rlsht and wrong and the most
ridiculous notions of honor, to say noth
ing of the encouragement of dueling.
And in the Landwehr and the reserves
the courts are even more dangerous.
There you find them used as Instru
ments against progress and political
liberty. They mark off every man who
has been an officer into a class apart
with a special code of honor and very
special disabilities. The officer has
gone back Into civil life, but he Is en
titled to wear the uniform, nnd the
emperor keeps his grip upon him
through the court of honor."
THE CHARGES.
"What was the charge against Von
Ehrhardt?" I asked.
"There was two charges that he
asked a man's word of honor on a triv
ial matter, and that he would not fight
n duel with the same man when chal
lenged. Baron von Ehrhardt was pres
ident of a Spiritualist society at Dus
seldorf, of which I was a member. The
lawyer with whom the trouble arose
was asked by tho president at a se
ance to give his word of honor that ev
erything should be above board. He
gave It, and then wo found him pro
ducing so-called manifestations him
self, and we turned him out. He chal
lenged Von Ehrhardt and Von
Kamptz. They went to the court of
honor, and said. 'We are challenged
by this man. He has broken his word
of honor, so we can't fight.' The court
answeied, 'First fight, and then wo will
inquire." That is always the way. It
was so In the duel where the officer of
the emperor's yacht killed an Innocent
officer in the army. The dead man's
character was vindicated after death
by tho court, and the emperor's friend
was pronounced to be in the wrong. So
interested was tho emperor In this duel
that he ordered a telegram to be sent
to him of tho result. It was the same
with my friends. They said 'No; If we
must flsht, we will fight you, as you
champion the honor of a dishonorable
man.' Von Kamptz had tho right of
wearing his uniform taken away, and
Von Ehrhardt was deprived of uniform
and commission. That Is the heaviest
punishment they can give to tho most
dishonorable or traitorous man."
''But where was tho fault In asking
foi a man's word of honor?" I asked.
"The old emperor ordered that such
n solemn expression should not be used
In trivial matters. That Is very good.
Hut every officer says it of dogs, hors
es, girls. The girl may bo ugly, tho
horse old, tho dog not at all a dog,
but tluy do not bring It before tho
court. But Baron von Ehrhardt, who
Is a convinced spiritualist, used the
words seriously, the first time perhaps
a German officer had ever done so, and
they came down upon hint for using
them trivially."
CONFIRMED THE SENTENCE.
"Had tho emperor anything to say
about It?"
"He confirmed the sentence, but of
hla clemoncy ho wrote; 'I will as a fa
vor (In gonade) allow" him (Von Ehr
hardt) to retain the Iron cross. For
Von Ehrhardt, who wits to be punished
p this way, was a grand soldier, who
had fought In 21 engagements "In '70
and '66. Ho refused tho emperor's of
fer, and wrote back tb him theBO words
I havo a copy of them mado by Von
Kamptz:
Slnco Justice Is denied me, slnco I may
not wear tho sword which I boro In two
campagns for my emperor and my coun
try, neither will I wear tho Iron cross
which his majesty tho Emporor William
tho Great granted mo for gallantry In ac
tion, Your majesty has graciously al
lowed mo to retain It, With tho most
humble thanks I agnln placo It at your
majesty's disposal,
"And may I ask what was your part
In this affair?"
"Oh," said Mr. Rhdn with a shrug,
"tho public prosecutor took nctlon be
cause I challenged tho members of the
court of honor. As new president of
the Spiritualist society and a comrade
of tho two officers I wanted to show
up the whole thing. As a rule there Is
dead secrecy In regard to these courts.
Tho neighbors see an officer going
about without his uniform and they
say to cne another, 'Something bad
has happened; he has forfeited his
honor.' L wrote to the papers ' thera
when my challenge was refused, say
ing that I had toU the .court they
were scoundrels and why. The civil
law punishes me for challenging to n
duel; tho courts of honor nnd the em
peror punish my two friends for re
fusing a challenge. It Is funny, Is It
not?"
INSIDE HISTORY.
I asked Mr. Rheln If ho would give
me some Instances Jf the way the
courts work in other directions and he
complied.
"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
restaurant until a civilian mentioned
the affair ono 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 bo allowed to use his knife? I
said In my defense before my com
rades that I could put up with other
men being as cowardly as they liked,
but that I wouldn't bo' a coward at
other men's1 orders. In my regiment
were two officers responsible for the
affairs of the mess, who used the mon
ey for themselves. But, as it did not
leak out, the court of honor did not
interfere, the nffnlr was hushed up and
the officers stayed on In the regiment.
Now I say that honor is not promoted
In such ways. I know a good officer
who, once in a way, had had enough
to drink at a llebesmahl, or friendly
dinner, and who was convicted by
well-known, confirmed drunkards, men
who could not do their duty for drink,
but who were clever enough to avoid
becoming a scandal amongst the civ
ilians. Then, gambling amongst offi
cers Is supposed to be dealt with by
the court of honor. There was an offi
cer of hussars who played with his
oiurades till he had got through his
fortune. He only had a horse and cat
llage left. He gambled them away,
and they went wandering about In the
regiment, backward and forward, and
the colonel and everybody else knew It.
But this officer played one night with
a 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
take debts. Of couise, no officer Is
out of debt, from the emperor down
ward, so It has been qualified by pro
hibiting dishonorable debts. What is
this honor and dishonor In such a con
nection? Is It dishonorable to owe for
beer, or what? Oh, It is all a fine
muddle, this honor. Officers must not
speculate or make money In any
doubtful Way. This has now been In
terpreted to mean that a poor officer
may not teach or help himself In any
such way. Moltke was very poor as a.
young man, and he used to make some
money by translating English books.
My father-in-law, a lieutenant, gave
private lessons In mathematics, and a
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 the emperor use his in
fluence to make It possible for poor
men to serve In your army, by discour
aging luxury and the like?"
' Oh, certainly, certainly. There are
admirable things said by the emperor
about this ever year, and we all have
to obtain his permission before we
farry with this very object. Either
the means of tho officer must be ade
quate, or his wife must have means.
Falling this tho emperor will not per
mit It. But what does It all com? to?
The officer Is enjoined by the code of
honor to live up to his high standard.
He must buy the best uniforms, which
he doesn't pay for because he can't. I
know an officer who was about to be
punished by the court because his unl
fotm was shabby, so ho went Into debt
tc buy a new one. The officer must al
ways go to the best place at concerts
and theatres, and he must keep up his
high position If he Is a second lieuten
ant on 3 15s. a month, or JC4 10s. If
he Is a first lieutenant. No; the em
peror would be the first to come down
on an officer If his uniform was not of
the grandest. The old emperor, who
wa3 careful of his money, was differ
ent. He was noticed by the officers of
the guards to be wearing an old pair
of patched gloves. After that It be-
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oamo tho fashion for officers of tho
guards to wear patched gloves. Hut
not old ones oh, no. They bought now
gloves, mado holes In them, nnd had
them patched In precisely tho same
places ns the .emperor."
THE OLD EMPEROR.
''And you say tho old emperor Intend
ed Well In his policy, nnd was merci
ful whero a man's honor was not really
concerned?"
"Certainly. I will give you an In
stance. A reserve ollltt r who was pro
fessor at Hohn was sot upon by stu
dents. Tho reserve court of honor
found him gulltv because lie refused
to fight every ono of tho 24 students
who formed the club. The poor fel
low was a married man. It was too
much to expect. Ono of them would
have been sure to hit him. Tho mat
ter was referred to the regulars, ami 1
was on tho court. 'Now, be sharp with
him,' said tho eolonpl, 'because tho em
peror llkca to grant rardon.' That Is
well enough, I said to myself; but sup
pose the emporor Is In a bad temper
and I and another young officer pro
nounced In his favor. Then tho colonel
began to rage, nnd all tho other officers
condemned the man. The emperor par
doned tho professor; but what a farco
Is such a court. And the reserve courts
are more stupid even than tho regular
ones. One word more let mo say;
dueling would stop were It not for the
emporor. True, ho has put some limit
to it. Permission has now to be granted
by him before a duel takes place. But
will the fact that he Is now tho licenser
of duels tend to bring them into dis
repute? I say the officers do not want
them. I havo been sent ns second 30
times, and every time I have arranged
tho matter. They are sick, of dueling,
and they detest the court qf honor."
RESERVE COURTS.
"And the reserve courts," I asked,
"how do they operate."
"Well for one thing the retired offi
cer, who ds at all Independent or pro
gressive, finds himself set round about
by Informers. Ho .may be summoned
for almost anything. The code of
honor, you must remember. Is not a
written one, and, anything savoring of
disloyalty may be enough to strip a
man of his uniform and brand him In
the eyes of his fellow-cltlzens. t will
give you two cases. There was a may
or In, a town of Pomeranla who was
accustomed to let the town, hall free
ly to all who applied for It. He let It
to the social-democrats amongst oth
ers. For doing so he, being a reserve
officer, was brought before the court of
honor, and ordered to take oft his uni
form. Another old officer, a member
of the Reichstag, opposed an Increase
of the army In a speech to his constit
uents. He was brought before the
court and treated In the same way. No
ono Is safe. The whole system tends
to keep the military spirit alive where
It Is least needed, and to set up a false
code of civil life. The professor and
the university men who have served
as officers put their rank first on their
cards and their profession next. That
Is nothing much In Itself. But you will
understand that such a. code of honor
as I have described Is not desirable
In civil life."
"But tell me," I said, "Is the system
only confined to the army?"
"There Is the same thing In the navy,
and the emperor Is trying to bring It
into civil life. The first attempt Is be
ing made with the doctors. Many of
these havo served In the army, so that
there Is a nucleus to work upon. He
also wants to Introduce the courts
amongst tho official and professional
classes generally. Of course If that
happens, no man will be able to call
his soul his own."
"Will he succeed?"
"Ah, you must ask some one else that
question," said the lieutenant with a
laugh. "I shall never go back to the
country. Perhaps he will come over
here. Why not? Is he not the eldest
son of tho eldest daughter of your
queen? That Is not tho line of suc
cession, eh? There are those about
him who hold that such Is not the em
peror's view."
"That will do, Sir. Rheln," I said.
"Remember that we do not challenge
one another In this country."
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