Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-14

III orDy o6seWbIed N the camps On
u. v3ciai(v Of RiseheneG originally
I'D c9Sbe 80 Ninth, Eievenfh
and Trelflh 60 uumberine lll1OO
men, 42,0OO horses spd lS2 guns. Two
corps. n Seventh sid Tenth, were en-
| trusted With Uke defence Of the Crimea
and the northern shore Of the Black
Sea; and when war vas declared these
eosps moved southwsrd and crossed the
pruth. The available strength Of these
1.-Two eesps .was, 1900 men, l6,lOO
horses ana 416 euas. The six corps
nnmhes- ZIG. 900 men. 1a.90O horses
and 6f9 guns. Three addilsonal corps,
the Fourth. ThiStSenth sp1 .rcerteent6.
have been rapidly cosceutrssed On the
ituutier Shd seat 10 Tie ftoat. and thess
re-enfoscements represent shout l08. :
600 men. Each eorps incl1des two d.
visions q infantry. oee division Of cav
airy, two bsigades Of artillery. and two
batteries Of horse artillery. or about
8. 900 men altogether. The nine corps
Dow IN the aeld rePsesent an effective
force Of 3z4,O0O men. There are in
addition four battalions ofssppers, three
battalions Of ponton.ers. ten regiments
Of Cossacks OF the Caseasus and Ural,
one brigade OF nnes. one battery Of mt
trailleuses, three batteries OF mountain
ennN one company OF marines OF the
Guard, ana Two ccmPsn'es o. railway
art,ncers.
Inc lines Of tn,s immense army stretch
nom ismsii 70 Aaiaiat. Inere are iour
Poins OF cencentrauon ftfs!. BE-
tween Dra,ia ana Rent: SECOND: pc
tween hucnarest and G'urgevo. In'rd.
On eacn BANK OF the nver A'ata..
roortn. AT Aaiaiat: a eaoie despatch
rom London tPoolisned on Monday!
u n, .ne lo, Oo oo "a 'vio" ~
D.s". .1u ua':,-' c oo, o"o oe."ee" Hs-
'sA snu is"sn, 1o,ooo' ve'"een nu'
cnarest ana uIurgevo. tnFee camps
numbering 3V,VVV: Al Gturgevo, lV,VVO;
east OF tne hiuta river, oo,VVV: west OF
the Ainta r'ver. so:OVV; between kaiaiat
ana Iurnseverin' 4V'VVV. Ihese ngures
1901 up Soo'ooV men, ano are oosiousiy
TOO large, Is the available strength OF
the nine corps IN the neid Is only Sz4,-
VVO men. II Is possible that the No
manian army is included IN this mus
ter, and it such be the fact. the esti-
mas 49, :.e 'eIssOy se' .'.T ne io ~
a. DIa"a gua'os Tue or'oge over tue
Seren ano the rai'road communication
with Jassy. From brai'a to Bucharest
there are no large bodies Of troops, nor
are there any on the Danube between
braila and Oitenitza. On the line OF
the railroad from Bucharest to Ploiesti
(the headquarters) to Giurgevo there is
solid column OF iOO,oOo men that can
operate either between Rutschuk and
Turtukai, or between Rutschuk and
Sistova. The third point Of concentra-
ton is further west, on the bahks Of the
Aluta. The fourth point is Kalafat,
with strong reserves at krajova and
garrisons as tar north as Turnuseverin.
The railroad between Ploiesti and Ga
'latz is protected by small force; there
are Russian batteries opposite Silistria,
Turtukai, Sistova and Nikopol and
there are troops between the Aluta and
Kalafat. ''l '' -'t
The Turkish forces in Bulgaria, ac-
cording to telegram. are estimated at
200. 600. OF these forces IT.. 500 are
distributed as follows: At Widdin,
SO. $50: at Rustchnk tcpposite Giur-
gevo), $1,000: at Shumla lin the Bal
kan ranger. $3.50: Il Varna ION the
Black Sea), 81 .O0O;;. at Silistria. 81, 1000.
The remaining $1,000 ere divided be-
tween Nikopolis, Sistovs, 'Turtukai and
various other places Of more or less inn