Show GERMAN ARMY ABUSES has been a good deal of agitation of late in germany owing to exposures of gross and brutal abuses in the army of that country some seme of the instances related rela in this connection are atrocious exhibiting savage cruelty on the part of many of the officers it appears that the recent stirring up of thi the subject with a view to the correction of the evils has been due to captain muller who resigned in order to be in a position to lety jay the facts before the country among the illustrations of german discipline given in captain muller mullets s book are the following major jmajor general von der osten oaten la is a prussian officer who one evening met a party of men returning return returning in g home from target practice the G general halted theme them went up to a man and asked him if he bad made the right number of points receiving an answer in the negative general von der osten boxed the mans ears calling him a swine color sergeant of the third guard ablan regiment ordered all of his men to spit in a uhland face because he appeared somewhat late they all did so except one who refused and for this was spat in the face by the remaining men at orders A certain captain was convicted this year of the following practice in order to prevent the men from jerking their heads to the left when firing bring he held a sharp penknife close to the left cheek so that if a man did not remain perfectly rigid h stabbed himself in the face I 1 A lieutenant was convicted of the following when inspecting the mens quarters at night time he aften found themen uncovered they in consequence of the heat beat having kicked the clothes off the officer then applied his burning dear cigar to the mens bodies 91 the captain feels safe against being pursued in the courts on account of ble bis expose of the wrongs existing in the german army because he has been careful to keep strictly within the facts in each incident related in answering a question put to him by a corres 1 he bald id 1 I have the honor to inform you that all the cam I 1 have published must necessarily re remain aln because they are based baand down to the minutest detail on an strict truth and because to a large exrena I 1 wit dewed them myself it is to be hoped that the efforts of captain muller to bring about a reform will be successful |