Show OUR STOCKHOLM LETTER STOCKHOLM november 16 special the congress of the united states has just sen sent t a medal of honor to the swedish major general and the american brigadier ernest von vegesack fegesack esack as an acknowledgment of courage and braveness nead displayed at the battle of gaines mills 7 W va which fight took place june 27 1862 1 brave vegesack fegesack esack as he is called has before received the philadelphia medal among othet other swedish officers still living in in sweden who fought for the cause ot liberty during the great civil war in america several deserve to be mentioned one is major A A leatz of the swedish army he entered the fifth new york regiment as a volunteer july 3 1863 S and followed the potomac army marching to conquer richmond june i and 2 he commanded a company at the battle of bethesda church having been se severely wounded in this battle I 1 he was made a prisoner and r taken to libby prison in richmond in august the same year he was exchanged and joining the potomac army for a second time he partook in all its fights until the close of the war after the battles of hatchers catchers Hat chers run in february 1865 he was praised in a report sent out by general winthrop who said that leatz was of the most efficient assistance was conspicuous along the line and encouraging the men by his own gallant bearing leatz was also mentioned with honor after the battles of white oak road and five forks and at the fall of richmond he was finally a appointed oi anted lieu colonel in the cited united states army at present he is living peacefully on the illard of gotland in the baltic oar other officers of the swedish army who fought in the civil war and are still in life are captain hj an andersen derson and captain C F grevillius both of the elfebo rg regiment and captain C U C hamberg of the halland battalion the two former participated in nearly all the battles which took place in in south carolina florida and virginia and captain hamberg distinguished distinguish ea himself at the battles of weldon rail road poplar grove five forks boyden plank road bunville Bux ville station high bridge and petersburg when he finally resigned for the purpose of returning to sweden he was appointed a major in the arm army several other swedish officers who fought bravely under the stars and stripes in years ears gone by have died during in g the last last decade but although t they hey are no more their memory still lives sweden is provided with excellent communication both by land and sea the highroads high roads are altogether close upon miles in length miles thereat being provided with post houses the railroads are now the chief means of communication although they were opened somewhat late here first in 1855 sweden in in comparison to her population now owns more railroads than an any other land in europe while in respect to its area are a the quarter of the country is nearly as well furnished with railroads as france for instance the entire length of the swedish railroads is close upon kilometers or miles rather more than a third part belonging to the state the gross income amounts to more than thirteen million dollars a year in sweden we find the only railroad which passes the polar circle i e that of the state line lulea Gelli vara communication by sea plays an important part along the entire extensive coast 1600 miles a lively traffic is is kept up as also on the great lakes and the numerous canals the gotha and pals land canals in southern sweden are very favorite routes for tourists A the revue militaire Mili taire suisse the prom anent military swiss publication writes editorially on the controversy between sweden and norway as s follows in the scandinavian politics new difficulties have arisen because the norwegian Stor thing with the small majority of fourteen votes sixty four against fifty has refused to sanction the very favorable propositions which king oscar and the swedish have offered as a solution of the consular question this is a very very insignificant majority for a question of such import ance and it is not probable that the great reat bulk of the norwegian people will follow follow its representatives to the extreme consequences As to the matter itself noboa nobody can comprehend what norway should gain by a disunion from sweden but on the contrary it is easy to conceive what it should lose by it it would be deprived of the advantage of being united with a country which maintains its place among the states of europe and is able to defend its independence and protect its interests the demagogues in shall never succeed in making anybody believe that norway is a selected victim and king oscar a despotic ruler the educational coeducational co principle has acquired many sincere friends in sweden but still it cannot be said as yet to have made any considerable progress in wider circles though it is realized in the lower classes of the national school the question about founding higher schools for co education has however however of late been discussed in the pedagogical periodicals as well as at teachers meetings and at other conferences called together by persons taking an interest in the question some schools for education coeducation co have also been established by private people in the capital and upsala kupsala and are working with good results the oldest and largest of them is the school in stockholm which has later developed itself under the guidance of the headmaster head master whose name it now bears the school which at the same time attaches great importance to has a state subvention and may be said to have served as a model for the education coeducation co schools of finland education coeducation co is carried on up to the qualifying for the university and hitherto it has occasioned no over exer tion to the girls to keep up with the boys the school was founded in 1876 at the of this year a government bill is going to 0 be presented proposing to reorganize the bo boys S s school chool of three classes found in smaller t towns lowns into schools for education coeducation co where the instruction should be b imparted by male as well as female teachers |