The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-22
Servia and Russia.

The movement Of the English Admit
raj Drummond with his Mediterranean
feet towards the B%osphorus, ostensibly
to examine its fortiii cations at the re-
quest Of the Porte, is promptly followed
up by the Russians, II the latest dis
patches may be credited, who are
marching an army to the Pruth. 1t Is
Furthermore stated that upon their ar
rival at this historical iver-boundary,
he Servians will strike at the Turks, who
are now facing them. The Pruth Is q
tributary of the Danube, rising in the
Carpathian Mountains, flowing east
through Galicia and Bukowina, and
south-southeast along the boundary
line Of Roumania and Besserabia, join
ing the Danube at REM, neal its delta.
1t has figured in the history Of every
Turko.Russian war sinccthe campaigns
of Peter the Great, who narrowly es-
capped losing his army on its banks.
Pending the arrival of the Russians,
which is doubtful at best, the Servians
are confronting the Turks with a finely
organized army of $4,000 men, the
Turkish army being reduced to $4,000
men, by the necessity Of Withdrawing a
part of its troops to put down Bulgar-
ian uprising, which was assuming for
midable proportions. The situation,
therefore, is a critical one. Russia has
made two important moves
the one towards England, the
other towards Turkey, for the
Servian movement is inspired by Rus
STA. Russia has furnished Servia with
men, money and arms. The numerous
Sclavonic societies of Russia have sent
forward valuable contributions to their
brethren. Russian Generals officer the
whole Servian army. The Russian half
pay Gen. Tchernayeff is the strategic
adviser of the Servian Government.
Apart from Russian aid, the Servians
themselves are n powerful military peo-
pie. The regular army consists of 81
900 men, raised by CONSUMPTION, who
after four years. service return to their
homes and are then incorporated with
the national militia, numbering 100000
men. Besides these there are $4,000
men liable to garrison duty. All the
militia of the first and second classes is
so organized rs to be always ready for
active service, so that an army of TO-
900 men can be modified at short no.
tice, and this army is now in the field.
The artillery numbers $50 field guns,
and there are 400, 900 improved muskets
in the arsepals. Beside these, the
Servians have n powder mandatory,
a cannon foundry, and Il musket armory.
The Belgrade correspondent of the New
York Times says:
"The transport, ambulance, and hos
pital services are fairly organized, but
there is a great need of surgeons, OF
whom the number is about one hundred
short of the actual requirements of the
army in case of war. Depots for pro.
visions of all sorts have been establish
ed in the different towns and villages,
and the country is well provided witt
cattle. There is a military academy il
Belgrade, and Il majority of the officers
have gone through Il full course of in,
, struction in the French, Austrian, o.
Prussian military schools; OF this poin'
the Servian army is UNNECESSARILY SUI
perior to its enemy, whose great supe
1 riority will only be found to be in it,
. artillery"
l 1t will thus be seen that Servia, apart
; from the help of her powerful friend
l Russia, is able of herself to cope witt
the Turks, and with success, as her peo
q pie are much more warlike than thu
t Turks. That they are bound to fight i
+ evident from the declaration of the OS
l tax, which is the organ of the Servial
Cabinet, that war is unavoidable sine,
t the rejection of the Berlin agreemen
t by Turkey. While there a be littl
II doubt that it is a part of the Russian
o programme for Servia to attack tn
Turks, the announcement that she ha
actually moved her troops to the Pruth
while she has agreed with German
and Austria to call for an armistice
mazda confirmation N Y WOrl1