Show BRILLIANT SCENES SWEARING IX OF THE OEHUIAX TROOPS AT LUSTGARTEX An Impressive Speech Made by the Emperor Hopes the Soldiers Will Not Be Found Wanting at the Great Review in Heaven BERLI Nov 12The emperor performed per-formed the ceremony of swearing in the troops in the Lustgarten at 230 this afternoon after-noon in the presence of the empress Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia who woe the uniform of the Hussar regiment the Siamese field marshal and the Imperial Im-perial princess who occupied the balcony o the palace facing the field altar before be-fore which the ceremony took place The weather was fine and the scene was brilliant After the administration of the oath the emperor who was on horseback addressed emlror recruits saying You have now sworn an allegiance implying obedience obed-ience and fidelity until death This oath applies to me your chief and your war lord and Is sacred a it Is sworn to God upon the crucifix My house Is a Christian home and is nothing without Christ our Lord Thus a soldier Is noth ing without faith With a fn belief in Christ you have a special advantage As long a you wear the kings coat remember re-member that he who Insults the king insults in-sults your uniform as well as your chief Therefore I trust that you will energetically ener-getically defend the kng and crown especially pecially in these times when disobedience I and discontent are rampant and disloyalty dis-loyalty is rife I rely upon you to always remember your oath I is easy for you to d your duty while the eye of your superior is upon you but it may be dif cult when you are alone unobserved and exposed to the temptation of seducers Yet remembering your vows if you do your duty fully you will have the strongest srng est claims upon your countrys gratitude I hope next year you will b present to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great kaiser William I His eyes are upon you What he gained we will protect with our last drop of blood I a confident that you will behave so as review not in to heaven be found wanting at tlC great revew |