, 1877-02-10

ply most Of The baltc1ics with The new reg0la
lion gun. a. for the store of clothing aud
announcements all may u ! have been fou d
in the depots that VS. supp osed 80 be there;
but the resources OF Russia arc ample enough
TO have SUI Piled lie d. fc!, ncy which may
have ex strd 10 the first moments OF the mobii.
cation, and now tberr seems TO Oe lttlp, if any,
deficiency in this respect in tbs six Corps d.
AIMEE that have been mobiIiz d, and which,
after all, loim but a portion of the available
military resources Of Russia, What could not
be fouud in one of The military districts was
brought up from another. 1t was different
with all those auxiliary services which play
50 important a part in the mobility Of az Army
acccl ding to modern notions, such as the Am.
bulance, with all its belongings Of sanitary
corps, field ambulances, temporary and perma.
ncut hospitals, the ammunition columns for
field service, small aud great reserves, and
above oil, The Commissariat Trains. According
to the new organization, copied from the Prus-
STARS, all this was projected 50 that each militia.
nv district and the noops mar ching out of it
should be fully provided with all the necessary
vehicles, only the draught animals and the men
having t. be called il. But like the rest Of tho
new organization, all this was only in embryo.
so that Tia. greatest portion OF The material bad
u DG pAHfiICQs 4u|tN dlc ldli tCJg DltutV OK
vehicle, to he found in Russia which mig be
pressed into Tie service Of The Army, as, iu
fact, thcy have baen pressed for tho transport
in the iot.rior; but 50 SINAI is their capacity
that a Military Trsin composed If them would
be an 1nasual ~encuabrance 10 an advancing
Army. l. was tiereto: ta,ugatm1Eo advisable
TO form Il reG4lar Military Train, aud from
S 900 t. 5000 y-hcie5 Of various dsscrip ions
h2yA been ordor9d, VIII ca will require evec
so 900 dcaaght snim4's, most Of which have
to be 20.
All this takes Tina, and another month OF
SIX week. at least must pass bafore ths mobili-
z,tion Of th9 Ruzsisn Army eau be considered
aSrealIy assured. Err tue first advance thera
are, ialeel, the I..Iways 10 Roumania avail
able, but they are s. OILY t. a very limited
extent, Tor f st, they tonca the Danube only
al three pOin'8-at GAiatz aud Ibtaiia, at
G.urgevo, and az Turn SEVERN, -and then
they save Ill through but one l:ne Of ralls AMI
a ye.y sm,I rolling stock. II has been oslou.
lat.d THAI Tie Russian Aray such as is is now
would require 500 military rains to get into
position OF the Daqube, and all these wou,d
hlve to be sent on one hne. Tw nty trains a
day IN oHo direction ia cons d, red 80 much as
could be ,sanagod, 50 thnt 40 deyA at Ieset would
be req llr"d for moving tL9 whole f0ton, with
all 1t, |mlterj.l, 10 the Danube. To this
must be died that tie RDunaniau lines taken
together havv only l 200 Wagons aud trucks
available Tor military transport, and that ~
Tie railway g.uGe en- 'hs R4s-isa lines is
d f.rsnt from the Roamanian gsugs, every.
thing would have to BE- unload d at lie from
Tier.
Bu, IN spit4 Of slIlhis, the impression de-
rived from the communication l hoye soen IS
decidedly thst the Russian Army, thenk4 20 the
two monlhs' ARMS ice, !, in a far better cou-
dtion than Aas been usually supposed, aud
certainly incomparably mora fit to lake the
fell than in any Of the former campaigns
agaIn8s Tulkty,