The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-26

to be attacked by combinations of the turbu-
lent, or, in other words, by mobs, and If we |
look to the police to battle with such cOmbi- |
nations we must increase the numbers of the |
force In every town where such disorder pre- |
walls. Now every police constable costs, on an |
average, $50 year, to say nothing of the pros |
pective expense of his pension. The ratepayers,
therefore, must be prepared either to submit to
a large increase in the charge for police, or to
content themselves with a less number, and !
find some other means of doing battle with the |
roughs.
"A Russian writer, NJ Soltof. strongly CEN
sures in pamphlet just published at st. Peters
burg the proposed Introduction of the system
of short service In the Russian army "Hitherto,"
he says, 'the army formed a compact solid
mass; but this advantage will entirely be lost
under the new system. When the soldier knows
that after four or five or even seven years he
may return TO his home and become a civilian
again, he can only be looked upon as sort of
guest in the army, whereas under the old system
the recruit had to break every tie which bound
him to his home and his family, and learned to
look upon the army as his home and his earthly
career knowing that he would probably never
see or even hear of his village again.
The Russian soldier belonged to the army body
and soul; his home and his religion were con-
centrated in one idea--the army. 1t was the
unity and compactness which flowed from this
system that made the troops an the inexpugnable
defence to the Throne. The Russian army knew
no differences of nationality or religion; the
Mahometan soldier forgot his Koran, the jew
his Talmud and the Protestant his Bible, while
at the service of the Greek (Russian) Church
both orthodox and hereto knelt and prayed
alike"
The IlUdlide Russo, organ of the Russian
War Office, announces in its number of the 23d
of October that detachment consisting of two
companies of infantry q sotnia of CossackS, and
two guns has been sent to the left bank of the
Syr-Daria lin order to prevent any incursions
from Khiva, and to protect the khirgiz tribes
from plumber" 1t explains this significant an
nouncement by stating that for the last six
months Khiva has been sending robber-bands
into Russia for the purpose of plundering her
Khirgiz subjects, and that khiya and Kashgar
are now the only States in Central Asia which
refuse ''to be at peace with the Russians"
despatch, it adds, has been sent to the Khan of
Khva, calling upon him to restrain his bands
from entering Russian territory and not expose
himself to dangers which might produce unplea-
SAINT consequences. The sovereign OF
Kashgar, Yakoubwey, also maintains hostile
attitude towards us, and prevents the establish
| ment OF peaceful commercial relations with his
country" The HtUGljde adds that, according
to the latest news, the Khvans had assembled
at a place called Daukara, one hundred versts
from the southern shore of the Sea of Aral and
three hundred versts from the Syr-Daria, and
the well-known robber Sadyk intends to make
an incursion into the district of the Lower Syr-
Daria.' This looks very much like a revival of
the old Russian policy of the wolf and the lamb,
which has proved so successful in Poland and
elsewhere.
| The terrible famine which has been raging
in Algeria for the last two years has obliged the
French Government to look elsewhere than in
| that unfortunate colony for its supplies of horses
| for the light cavalry. The stock of small, wiry
| "Arabs" which were bred in Algeria, and which
| did such excellent service in the Crmea, in
| Italy, and in Mexico has been pretty nearly eX-
| terminated, so that for the next seven or eight
| years at least, it will be impossible to obtain
| these valuable chargers in sufficient numbers
for the service. After repeated trials it has been
determined to use in their stead those solid little
Hungarian horses ridden by the Ulans; and the
| brigade of light cavalry (5th Hussars and 18th
| Chasseurs), which is to hold garrison in Paris
| during the coming year, is entirely composed of
| them. The first importation of these Hungarian
horses was made in 1867 They vary in price
| between E2S and G32. They are strong, active
| and very enduring, but they caused great deal
of trouble at first when, they were put on
| the same rations as the "Arabs." 1t was found
| that they grew thin, and unfit for work; and
| when the allowance of oats was lessened in the
hope of setting them right again, they burst out
all over into pustules and became vicious. Dur
ing eighteen months all sorts of experiments
were tried in the way of diet; but it was not
until the present year that the veterinarians met
with any success. The horses are now allowed 8
kiiogrammes and a-half of oats day and hall
the ordinary rations of hay and chaff. They are
taken out as often as possible into the open all
and kept in staoles thoroughly ventilated, heat
being unhealthy for them. On this treatment
they thrive very well but it is doubtful whether
they will acclimatize themselves so perfectly to
| the French climate as Arab horses, and the gen
eral opinion of French cavalry officers concern
ing them is that they will never be OF any great
use.
One of the immemorial traditions of the
French War Office is that every new minister
should introduce some change into the uniform
of the troops. Sometimes the change is needed
atgother times it is not. In the former case Sc
much the better, in the latter SO much the
worse: but in either event it seems to be prin
cple distinctly understood that the last person
who should be consulted is he whom the change
most affects-that is the soldier himself. Thus
since the beginning of the Second Empire there
has been on the average an alteration every two
years. AT one time the skirts of the tunics were
heightened, at another they were shortened
next the color of the facings was changed, afte
that came the turn of the epauets; and one day
soon after the Italian war, the triumphant idei
occurred to somebody of cutting off the skirt
of the infantry altogether. Marshal Mel
, | however, had q weakness for skirts
and he was no sooner in Office than he began Il
distribute skirted tunics to the infantry, as alst
new overcoats, new epaulets, and ugly rec
shakos in place of the leather ones which TIN
; soldiers loved. Had he lived longer, it was hi
, intention to put the cavalry into tunics and t.
, abolish those smart lancer, curassier, and hussa
: uniforms which are the pride of the French army
| General Lebnuf came in time to prevent this
! | and for the last two months he has been quietl
| amending his predecessors work according b
his own notions of the beautiful. The re-
| shakos are to be discarded, the new tunics ar
. to be changed again, the leather CATERS whic
q the late Marshal had prescribed are TO b
= | adopted once more, and the bands which Mai
q shall Mel had suppressed in cavalry regiment
/ as an unnecessary expense are to be reformed
i The French Cabinet has been deliberatin
G on the eXpediency of abrogating the decree b
1 which all works sold in railway stations must b
authorized by the stamp of the Commission
Colportage, and the Gautois now announce
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