The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-01

flying batteries two Of four FOUNDER guns and OF long
mountain serv.ce.
battery consists the peace footing of four guns,
the footing of six The batteries OF tbs entire
regiment served by G3s men, including numerous
staG Of officers Iiwa Pasha (msjor generally two ober
STEM (colones two lieutenant colones six majors six
kolasis, (between major and o captain TO every
battery captain and three eutenans who have under
them six subaerns ard thirty privates.
The no witzers of the mountain battery have twelve
pound caibre and loaded with fine powder hsy FIRE
snes and canister shot. The cans.e r contain thirty
FIVE wrought iron balls. One Pashe, a who has
experience IN such natters Hungarian by birth took
mountain battery with him his late expedition into
Kurdistan and spoke very we'll Of its eisency bis
turn. Four men each howitzsr for loading and
unloading it to the back of the mule two more 1t
takes three mules to each gun; carries the saa r..
self and the shells; second the carriage aud sheels
third the ammunition, In tyo chests The gnu lies
leDgthvise the back OF the animal, with the mouth
towards the tail and seven minutes suiice ge. it
down, mounted and ready for Ia warfare with the
wild tribes of Asia shells have found to produce
much greater effect than shot the latter the Kards
the late iton cared very little about but fe~ Of
the former " that csme flying aloog like pigeons but
spit FIRE like the devil" (Scheitan) produced speedy
surrender.
The reports on the enicescy order and soderly car
rnge Of the whole corps Of artillery form most striking
contrast to the remarks Of author the infantry
and o. yalry. He accompanied regimen. of artillery
Guard ARTILLERY In Scutar from the Of their
leaving their barracks to The conclusion OF their practice
their most beautiful shooting ground, the H.isr
Psschs meadow which tue annual caravan of pilgrims
to Mecca assemblies, with the Bthynsn 0lympus the
OF Marmora the Bosphorus and ContaDtinopl. ia full
veW ana hnes nothing 10 censure throughout the whole
proceedings but the contrary, mu,h to praise He
doe not hesitate TO affirm the gunrery to have been bet
ter than that II the Prusan artillery and attributes this
to the calm character Of tho Turk and the exceen
Of the shooting ground The officers Ct all ranks ia the
foot artillery armed and same IS in the
horse artillery The latter distinguished from the
former only by their ckets The trumpsers and their
signals common to both.
The Turks OF the lower orders have anpathy to
tllery, since the time when Ibrahim Pssba tdred 10
the gate Of the barracks Of ths anizarie aud swept
down the holah who standing there vi the Koran
in bis hand bsraugng the rebels and stirring them up
against the Sultan. In the last with Russia
zeaots found who sprang into the Russao batteries
and with their Fomters cut ard hewed at the 10
potent rage, until they shot by the enemy, bat
such evidences Of farstcism are to be expected any
future occasion.
The unfolding Of the Holy Banner of the Prophet
would not excite enthusiasm" nor says,
adds that fear Is the only that holds the Turkish
amy together and further that this army, whict
in time of will probably amount 20 something
than a hundred thousand men, Is not army In
the proper sense OF the word, but copglomersts
Of men on foot and armed with muskets, bat
nfsntry--men on horseback. but no cavary-And an
excellent artillery. The moral levers by which European
armies raised to high standard the love Of
try snd military honor, unknown TO the Turk he hs
conception Of them and possesses word 10 his Ian
pusps 70 the idea The great number NJ Tr-k
have ssss educated me svlnssd capitals u Ea