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Show GEfiMAH ARMY PROSPERS AS TIMIICE Soldiers Under Republic Are Given Improved Quarter. Pay and Relations Rela-tions With Officers r OIOROt WITT I, Saaalal Carraaan4ant af tha Iva-ning Iva-ning Warla1 ana1 Chlaaga Oaily Nawa. BERUNi O.rmanr. flast. . Tha raarnt Oarman army, call.d "a "rak-h.wahr.- baafa llllla ra-aamblanca ra-aamblanca la tha graat war Inatru-m.nl Inatru-m.nl eraatad bjr ha iiuhanaullarna. Among tha many rhancaa Uarinany haa und.rfona alnea tha ravolutlon thoaa In har mlllury ayatam ara paropa tha moat atriklng. In Dlaoa or maintaining, even In tlmea of Peace, nearly 1.000 000 mea In rompulaory rom-pulaory eervlca, tha new Oarman army, la accordance with tha treaty of Veraailiea, la mad up of regular regu-lar troopa numbering not mora than lOO.eao, who ar recruited by voluntary volun-tary enllatmant and are lodged, boarded, clothed and paid accordingly, accord-ingly, Th German peasant, th backbone back-bone of the Hohennullern army, haa disappeared from th ranka and haa boan replaced by young men who look to the military for tha purpoae of galling Joba. The mental men-tal atate which waa notorloua aa th "military aplrlt of Potadam" no longer dominate among thoaa In training to become commlaeloned officer., for th cadet achoola and war academlee hava been ahollahed and th opportunltiea for receiving a eommlaeioa ara tha aama 'for all men under th republican colore. Already a laraa percentage of tha too rommleeloned officer ar men who rewe from th ranka. MO COMPULSION. Under th eompulaory eervlce law of th old army th men wer required tn give two or three year of their Ufa I th fatherlajid. The pay waa only nominal, amounting to about t oanla a day, Ratlona war not overabundant and the houalng In tha barracka waa poor Now tha Oarman soldier le claaaed aa a worker in tha government eervlc and la paid accordingly. Juet what his pay la worth It ta tard to aay, for tha aoldler, Ilka all Oarman wage earner, whether In private or government eervlca la continually negotiating for a ralaa By tha time ona la granted tha new pay It becomee Insufficient on account ac-count of th fall of tha mark, and negotlatlona for another ralaa ara atarted Immediately. HOUSINO IMPROVIO. From tha aotdior" pay a moderate amount 1 deducted for ratlona which ara good. Th system of hotialnr th men haa been greatly Improved. They ar no longer crowded In their lodging Meals ar served In a regulsr dining halt, and a comfortably, furnished reading read-ing room invite the men to study when off duty. Aa for oasflme, much la done In the tin of sports, th favorite gsme being football. Taking It altogether, th tlerman soldier of today lead a more pleasant pleas-ant Ufa and la better taken car of then were the men of the old army, while in military efficiency he Is considered to ba at least an equal Aa he has to enlist for a period of twelv year Instead of two year of compulsory eervlce. h 1 given a more thorough training. It Is evident to th ohaerver that th relations between th men and their officer have Improved. The men ar freer tn their manner and franker In their speech, and polite, neat and well behaved. Ther aeems t be llttl or no dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion among them. Th law gives them th riwht to lodg complaints i through their confidential delegate, but of thi prlvlleg not much us t made. |