Show beds of sold ers in germany ond austria the soldier has a simple straw bed with one or two covers neither sheet nor mat tress in cussia until recently he slept with his clothes on on a camp bed but now ordinary beds begin to be used the result of association with more civilized countries after this it cannot be doubted that the french soldier s bed is the best of all with its wooden or iron bed tead a straw bed a wool mattress sheets a brown woolen coverlet and an extra quilt for cold weather thus the bid of the french soldier is the botte sotte of all soldiers beds as that of the french peasant is acknowledged also to be the best of all european coun tries |