Washington sentinel., 1854-01-10

regards the number of men that Turkey can
call into requisition, VIC would avail ourselves
OF an extract from the last number of Black
woods Magazine. It is as follows:
"As regards the numbers Turkey can bring
into the field, the brief statistics on this head
we gave i'll Cur last article have been confirmed,
and shown to be within the mark by several
writer's, who have since busted themselves with
the subject. Estimating the Rizdm and red!f
at 100000 men, these writer's make the troops
furnished by tributary provinces, and the ir-
regulars Of all kinds, the gendarmes; volun-
teers Tartars, &c., amount to upwards OF 250,-
900 more, without reckoning the Bachi-Bo-
souks, nearly 100000 strong. These Bachi-
Bozouks are soldiers of the old Turkish army,
and their name, which signifies spoiled heads,
is given to them because they are allowed to
retain the ancient head-dress. From the same
authorities, amongst which prominent place
is to be given to Ubicini's recently published
Lettres sur Ia Hurquie--a work in which the
military resources Of the country receive par
ticular consideration-we learn that the total
number of regular troops the tributary pro-
vinces are bound to furnish is 10000, and of
irregulars nearly thrice as many. Syria is set
down as able easily to send $4,000 horsemen
ment has the means to support them. Admit
ting that there be, rs is very likely, exaggera-
ton in some of these estimates, making large
allowance for sick, ineffective, absent without
leave, and other contingencies, we still get q
very high figure for the total of the Turkish
army. Of course, with the exception of some
foreign officers, it is supposed to consist entirely
of Mussulmans although Omer Pasha, in his
campaign in Bosnia, had 10000 Christian Bos-
niacks under his orders, and at the present
time we are informed that 1000 Catholic Al
banians are on the Danube. Finally, and to
close this branch of the subject--to which the
present state Of war gives especial interest,
whilst at the same time it may impair its cor
rectness from one week to the next-those
estimates most favorable to Turkey make the
number Of men she now has under arms amount
to 100000, with power Of raising half a mil
lion more if necessary. The total amount very
nearly agrees with statement quoted, in our
last article, from the Journal de Constaatino-
pie. The 100000 men consist of garrisons, Of
Omer Pasha's army, of the army of reserve or
of the Balkan, whose headquarters are at Ad-
rianope, of Selim Pasha's corps in Anatolia,
and of that of Abdi Pasha in Armenia. The
most cautious statements and the least favora-
BILE to Turkey, admit that there were, more than
month ago, at least 100000 men in arms for
the Sultan, force daily increasing, and in
whose movements and preparations extraodi,
nary activity was being displayed
Besides Turkey may count upon the asss-
tance of 10000 Circassians--upo the Geor-
gians, and may she not ultimately expect the
cooperation Of the English and French?
What the result of the war may be of course
no one can say with any degree of accuracy
but We cannot help indulging the hope, that the
Turks will be able to administer to their am
bilious, covetous, and grasping assailants, a
rebuke that will not soon be forgotten.