St. Mary's beacon., 1854-05-18

n. III
English army, % far Ut least Is
fhe Hnon soldier i concerned, r. -
seal aost completely he ancient split
con.s1|n ID Europesn armies. They do
moi llire about the moral value Of the
eaaz or which they are to figft. and are
sheEs|qFe not reused by Il to enthusiasm !;
ksIly q INTO The IRE for the
hoLor o. her sovereign, their standard,
the delusion Of military honor, from the
habit of discipline, and, finally, in obedi-
6ence to the win of the nation. communi-
Gated to them by the order Of the day. >
The commander of the English auxili-
ary corps. man very advanced in age,
6S years old, however distinguished he
may have been in the staff of the Iron
Duke or in that of the Horse Guards, has
never fulfilled the duties of chief him
self. Lord Raglan is to show his capa-
cities in this new position; and the same
is the case with most of the superior and
all of his Inferior officers. The latter es-
pecially ara not yet acquainted with the
smell of powder, though it is impossible
in the least to doubt that they possess
the individual courage inherent i'm the
English, as well as IN all other nations.
The French troops sent to Turkey
with the exception of the veteran aud
war-inured soldiers of ,Africa-are COM
posed of comparatively young and mex
perienced recruits, who have seen but
few years Of home service, and at the
utmost are familiar with street-fghting.
The furia fraacese, for centuries SO cele-
brated, is. however, now to blaze out,
and to show how far the French soldier
can be inspired by the magic name of
the Emperor who is all the while quietly
warming his feet in the Tuilrries. With
out some powerful incentive, French
soldier, and above all fresh one, is gem
eraI aot over terrible in the first en-
es9 <~rps ssuuussss--ssz
i zes <in Iariously, he offeD as We
hemsAtly takes to his heels; not unsel-
dom the saure qsti peut sounds as loudly
inEthe ears of the French as does the
cry Of en- arant. He likewise succumbs
easier to privations than the soldier OF
any ether nation, and if any way demor-
allied at the beginning of campaign; il
is difficult again to raise his spirits
The French army possesses experienced
and distinguished generals, but The best
and most eminent of them are in exile
and AZ to the commander Marshal St
Arnaud, his military capacity is as doubt.
ful as his unblemished character.
The Russian soldiers, on the other
hand, are brought into this war in state
of excitement, either genuine orartifcial,
but nevertheless existing. In their minds
it is national and religious question; and
the unsuccessful beginning Of the Danu-
bian campaign has, we may be sure, only
irritated them most violently. The Rus
slams, generally, people as well as SOL
diers, are melted even mere by defeat,
suffered than by victories won. Disas-
ter awakens their slumbering spirit more
than triumph. Besides, the Russian sol.
diers. alone among European armies
fights as well unpaid As paid, either with
or without beng physically well taken
care of; he fearlessly endures the dead
lest fire, and as Napoleon said, "It snot
enough to kill the Russian, but he must
be thrown over" He has the most alb
solute confidence In the orders of his i'm
mediate, commander, and bis next con-
fidence il in the bayonet. The use OF
cold steel he prefers to firing; and all the
remarkable exploits under Suwaroff and
other commanders, and above all, in the
wars with the Turks. have been done by
charges with The bayonst. The Russian
knows the French, and is not frightened
by them; but John Bun he suspects to
be another kind Of customer. -ssge-
The Russian army has the worst OF
equipments, and especially of arms COM
pared with the two others. but its artille-
=yis well provided for. The maskets
are on the old principle, and some ool
them even have the old flint locks,