. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. Landwehr Regiment ofHorse, to which his grateful Sovereign had appointed him. Im-mediately before the King there rode, in one rank, Count Bis-marck, the War Minister General von Roon, General von Moltke,the Chief of the General Staff, General von Voigts-Rheet2 asChief of the General Staff of the First Army, and General vonBlumenthal as Chief of the General Staff of the Second; whilethe King was immediately followed by the Royal Princes andother commanders. There was a great and intelligent recogni-tion in this Royal order of arrangement. REJOICIN
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. Landwehr Regiment ofHorse, to which his grateful Sovereign had appointed him. Im-mediately before the King there rode, in one rank, Count Bis-marck, the War Minister General von Roon, General von Moltke,the Chief of the General Staff, General von Voigts-Rheet2 asChief of the General Staff of the First Army, and General vonBlumenthal as Chief of the General Staff of the Second; whilethe King was immediately followed by the Royal Princes andother commanders. There was a great and intelligent recogni-tion in this Royal order of arrangement. REJOICINGS IN BERLIN. 411 As may be understood, the loud rejoicings on the occasion ofthis magnificent festival of victory were in honor of the Armyand its Royal Commander-in-Chief; but many an eye followed,with grateful admiration and emotion, the powerful form of theMinister-President, in the white uniform, with the yellow collarand accoutrements of his regiment, wearing the orange sash ofthe Exalted Order of the Black Eagle on his broad chest, his. flashing helmet being deeply pressed over his forehead, astride ofhis tall horse, riding along in so stately a manner, and occasional-ly saluting a friend, here and there, in a courteous way. Scarce-ly one of the multitude whose acclamations met his ear even sus-pected that the mighty man, in intolerable pain, could scarcelykeep himself upright in the saddle. Nor could Bismarck altogether withdraw himself from the pa- 412 PEACE. triotic festivals which, accompanied and followed the triumphantentry of the army. Too much was wanting where he was ab-sent. We then saw him at the monster dinner which was givenin honor of him, and to Generals Von Eoon and Yon Moltke, byan enthusiastic assembly, formed of men of all parties. Zealousdemocrats then applauded the great statesman, and whoever waspresent on that occasion would have believed that Bismarck wasalso popular, in the ordinary sense of the word. When the Min-ister-President, in the pithy sp
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