The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-30
ORGANIZATION AND MOVEMENTS CT THE
FORCE.
THE TURKEsTAN COLUMN.

General Kaufman, the commander-in-Chiefb but
operating before the general concentration with
the Turkestan column, issued the following order
Of the day on leaving rashkend:-
Considering the eminently hostile attitude re-
Gently adopted towards us by the khivese, aud in
order To punish this khanate His Majesty the En-
peror has peen pleased TO order decisive measures
TO be taken with the advent of Spring. Our troops
will accordingly march upon Khva rom two sides
at oncefrOln the Last the forces OF the military
district under my command Will proceed in a west
ern directions IRON the West dc tachments formed
out OF the Caucasus and 0renDurg troops Will like
wise take the field. When these two principal de-
tachments oil the expedition shall have effected a
junction in the territory OF the khanate OF Khlva,
or, ut any rate, when they shall have put them
selves IN communication with each sther, the COM
mand OF the whole forces VIII be assumed by me.
The following troops OF the Turkestan forces en-
trusted TO my authority by His Imperial Majesty
Will enter into the detachment operating from the
East lniantry-Slx rine companies two IRON
each OF the three frst three battallons OF TurEe-
stan; the Fourth rifle battalion Turkestan, three
companies OF the Second battalion oil the line of
Tuikestan; Two companies Of the Fourth battalion
and the Eighth battalion OF the same line: the
Turkestan company OF Sappers. 2. Artillery
Two pieces of the First battery OF the
First artillery brigade OF Turkestan hall
First battery of the horse artillery brigade OF the
Orenburg Cossacks, half battery Of mountain
artillery, one rocket battery. g. Cavalry-Seven
hundred Cossacks. go OF them from the Ural, 100
from Semiretchensk, 300 from Orenburg and 100
combined fs0tniaJ.
At the beginning of the march, and before the
reunion Of these TROOPS near the Boukan hills "a
ridge separating the desert OF Kyzil Kun from that
OF Baryk kum), they VIII proceed IN two columns,
the one setting out rom Kasalinsk the other
from DjlZak The Djizak column will consist OF six
rife companies two OF each OF the three lrst rine
baitallons; of three companies OF the second bat
talions and Of two companies OF the Fourth bat
tahons of the Iurkestan Inc, OF the rurkestan
Sapper company. OF two pieces OF the FIRST battery
OF the First lurkestan artillery brigade, and one
half OF the Second battery OF The same brigade: Of
the battery OF the Horse Artillery brigade OF the
OrenDurg Cossaeks, and hye and hall Sotntds
hunareds) OF Cossacks and half a rocket battery.
The enectlve force OF the Infantry companies in
the campaign VIII be l40 men, win rom
|. twelve to fourteen non-csmmissloned officers
and ten men per company not serving
Eighth battalion of the line win have only l2s men
per company, with the same number as above OF
non-commssoned officers and men not serving
IN IKE ranks. All the men not serving in the
ranks 10 be fully armed. The Sapper company VIII
have 200 men, including noR-conlnissenea officers.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke Nichs-
las Constantlnovtch and the Prince Eugene Maxi
milianovitcn Romanovsky, Duke OF Leuchtenberg,
VIII accompany the Diizak column. The chief OF
the 1ufkestan detachment VIII be Major General
Gol0vatcnov commander OF the forces OF the Sir
Daria province, who will organize his own STAFF
Tor the campaign The Kasansk column. up to
Its junction with the Djizak column ut the Bcukan
bills, Will be commanded by Colonel Gooy, Cher OF
the Kasainsk district assisted by Lieutenant Cole
mel Baron Won kaulbars OF the stan corps.
TO direct the operations oil all the troops under
my command during the campaign special stan
pnd persons Chief Of the stan, Major General
TTotsky OF the STAFF corps; Chief OF the Artillery.
EaoI ocncIdi JaFlIoN, Iliel vi Tie Artillery OF tne
military District or Turkestan; Chief or the Rife
troops, Major General Bsrdovsky, Chief OF the
Iurkestan Rife brigade; CHIEF OF the Engineers,
Colonel Schleirer; Chief OF the C0mmissariat,
Counsellor OF state Kasslancv; Medical Chief
Counsellor of State Souvarov.
During my absence from Turkestan the command
of the military district will be entrusted To
Lieutenant General Kolpakovsky, commander OF
the province OF Semiretchensk, the senior ON
Ger next to myself. The troops OF the Sir
parla province are temporarily placed under
Major General Kartasehey ana those Of
bemiretchensk under Major General Mikhal-
bvsky. The functions OF Major General Trotsky.
Ehie OF the stan OF the district are temporarily
trusted TO his assistant, Colonel M0sel OF the stan
Eerps. The artillery or the district is placed under
Colonel Silberswan commander Of the First ar
kery brigade Of Turkestan; the engineers being
placed under Colonel Malfno, chief OF the Tasnkend
subdivision OF engineers.
, The part OF this column moving from Turkene
actually lst that IslRI on the lsth March. as we