7.0260 Qs: Traven; 1870 German regiment; Tag Terms (3/65)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 21 Oct 1993 14:17:29 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0260. Thursday, 21 Oct 1993.


(1) Date: 20 Oct 93 15:36:27 +0200 (SAST) (13 lines)
From: Dr Christiane Rahner <RAHNER@mtb.und.ac.za>
Subject: Q: Traven, "Land des Fruehlings"

(2) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 9:59:01 EDT (39 lines)
From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: German volunteer regiment in 1870

(3) Date: 20 Oct 1993 14:07:49 +0000 (GMT) (13 lines)
From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU <Arjan.Loeffen@let.ruu.nl>
Subject: Tags, codes, marks

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Date: 20 Oct 93 15:36:27 +0200 (SAST)
From: Dr Christiane Rahner <RAHNER@mtb.und.ac.za>
Subject: Q: Traven, "Land des Fruehlings"



I would be grateful for any information on an English or Spanish
translation of Bert Traven's travel diary "Land des Fruehlings"
[Tierra de la Primavera; Land of Spring]. Has anyone ever come across
a translation?



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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 9:59:01 EDT
From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: German volunteer regiment in 1870

I'm working on G.E. Mueller, who was a professor at Goettingen from
1881 to 1920. He wrote a biographical abstract to an American psychologist
in 1928 in which he said he volunteered for a Berlin regiment in 1870.

As a university student, Mueller would have qualified for a one-year
assignment, or _Einjahriger_.

I have a table of organization of the Imperial army from 1899, and all
the Berlin regiments are the personnel for Guards regiments, with
perhaps the exception of the 3rd artillery regt., which might also
have been the artillery for the guards.

Later, my American psychologist turned this around and said Mueller
joined a volunteer regiment. I assume there was no such thing as
a volunteer regiment in 1870, simply because the time was too short
and because the army was fully structured with each person assigned
to a regiment in which he had already trained.

While this seems obvious to me, I would like some sort of citation to
make the point that a volunteer regiment in 1870 was an impossibility.

I have found a quotation in Sybel's _Founding of the German Empire_
that indicates that students tried almost anything to join a regiment,
often joined reserve battalions, and sometimes in "emergency corps"
(Not-corps?).

Any help will be appreciated.

Edward J. Haupt
snail: voice: 1(201) 655-4327
Department of Psychology internet: haupt@pilot.njin.net
Montclair State bitnet: haupt@njin
1 Normal Ave. fax: 1(201) 655-5455
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-1624
USA
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Date: 20 Oct 1993 14:07:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU <Arjan.Loeffen@let.ruu.nl>
Subject: Tags, codes, marks

Does anyone have any strong ideas about terminology for:

Mark Markup 'Standard generalized markup language'
Tag Tagging 'Starter set of tags'
Code Encoding 'Text encoding initiative'

What's the difference? What's the same?

Thanks, Arjan.