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Camp Life In she Turkish Army.
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer
The life of a soldier In camp Is some
thing TO study, but nothing SO envy. At.
/ o clock in the moruu- Doc Is dragged
out To drill, and most numerically Is De
put through until Or 9 O'Clock. II
his officers are exceedingly Industrious
he is given another dose oil ii in the even
Ing. Twice week he has field day,
when his whole division is marched and
couutermarched in the hoI sun. During
f the day the soldier lies about the camp in .
a listless, lazy, dog-like way. lie Is sei- +
+ dom seen polishing his arms and accout 4
rements, but in the familiar occupation +
of hunting for vermin he seems 10 vie f.
with the most practced soldiers Of Eu .
rope His chief delight is apparently 10
I lie on his back in the sun and sleep. Ills
religious observances are never neglected.
1t is one of the peculiarltIes of the Mos
lem that he Is never ashamed OF his re-
lgion, and when the hour comes for
prayer he spreads his rug aud goes
to work with rs much Indifference 60
surroundings as though he were m the
middle of the Sarah. All over the camps
the little squads of prayortuI soldiers
may be seen, and wherever spring on
wells are found there he Is at all hours
of the day washing his feet and preparing
himself for heaven. | am sorry tH OBS
serve that the Mohammcdan eats u' pork.
3 This is bad for Cincinnati Spectators,
but it is painfully true. Neither SILL ue
eat salt beef Because of This peculiar
, ty it is difficult - send a Turkish man
: of-war on a prouactci voyage. The
: sailor put up with beans, rice and Olives
t when they can't get fresh meat aud the
+ soldiers worries along on his black bread
4 and such vegetables as he is able TO pick
+ up | havn't seen a tUurieggcd hog nj
c Turkey SO far as my observation *
It tends, it is impossible to conceive thu
e Turkish army making any sort oI
Q sustained effort For light campagt
i or dashng fight | would willingly trus
e the Turk but wnen it comes to painful
G marches and pitched battles, ! am sur
: that he will be found lacking. w hcl
n cornered, the Turk is always ready Z
n die, but his feIocity ooZes out when he J
8 compelled to face an enemy for an
length Of time. DIR. Roy, who has see
+ them under fire in Servia, says that the
l. are quite panicky. Lacking IN iutell
m gence dnd discipline, the Turk is uttar
h. a light bout, and then lots of sleep an
ed rest. | must say that the average ply
i ique of the men in the Turkish army Is he
is ter than that Of the men OF the trencl
he Austrian or Italian armies. Boys an
ell stripplings are uncommon. Woha
sometimes where all the siXteenyear.o
bows are who are always filling the RAM
of the European armies. Perhaps the
people are born old. Yesterday a gar
of five hundred volunteers arrived
lat camp-pure Asiatics. They We're ragg
We and dirty, but there wasn't a bad cons
5SS tuition in the lot. They were sent up fro
ne Stamboul, and are to be clothed heI
SEES Desertion, | am told, il quite comm
erS here. This morning, about twenty pc
lo' devils. who were caught at the rallW
Dln station. were marched back to camp Il
II to long rope. They will end their da.
OF doubtless, shoveing dirt on fortiiicatlo,
Oo | saw for the first time yesterday Il q
% play Of the fighting qualities OF
req Turkish soldiers. A row of some s.
zen broke out in the main street OF the to
DC near G sort of cook shop where roas
ure sheep's heads were sold to soldiers.
wh origin did not learn, but the meiee
De quite interesting About dozen II
PIE participated 1t was very much Ink
are; Chinese combat, wherein the man v
otal makes the most noise is accounted
our best man. They clawed each OF
yehomentIy, but seemed incapable
ses' striking a manly blow from the SHOULD
res At one time they were all down on
lon' ground rolling and biting together
., length one chap drew his sword ba!yoI
ltea and began laying about him in yIs3r
arm a. n style. He cut one man on the h
1t quite severely, and, but for the oppori
nee arrival ofthe town guardmight have d
raSI some damage. The man with the D'
uSn net was an Arab. The whole party
very marched away under guard, in the IN
rave of intense excitement. / was
81 Oh that this was quite an unusual oc
mas renee, for the Mohammedanss are
as $40 10 much given to fighting among themseI