, 1877-06-21

ea*c. II possible tomelhlnx ought to t,c dams TO
courro SCENE preferable to leaving thsn expo~cd
TO hs lauts.ss Of war aud having to rc'tcvc tlets
for S1e psS sueh
understand, laid their case before the .Icwi.h A.
lIanfe In rari. bnt ha.e not ytt heard With whst
eoua Sa in. ander ID aaF trueo 10
provision made ior tha future sherc viii. fesr.
ho much misery and suffering,
+ TIE TURKISH ARNT.
rTs STRENGTH, ARMAMENT, AND ORGANIZATION
HOW IT IL CoMMANDRb.
CoTre*pond<lce lIandon Tfnes.
8MuAtA. Mar 23.-Accordins to tho most trust
worthy informas'on the present strength Of tho
Turkish Army Of the Danube, exclusive OF the rr-
serves In courso Of formation on the other sldo Of
tho Ba1kans, amounts to go battalions Of infant.
~, seventy two squadsous Of hnsrc, 100 cannon.
mud about g. Goo fortress artillery and engineers.
VI these, forty-1ve battaiions are stationed at
Widdtp, tLsrty.s!x at 1tnstchuk, stxty. five Of
Sh1mla. srsntr.eleht at ysrna, and thtHr.six At
s!stsla. ,s Ths Ien'anag twenty ba!tsl'ors arc
kaI. the nobfud.cia, Ind various places Of
o. II hs H. nsnns.n a:
tions from Elsh. It n true. arc considerably below
th!. STANDARD; bnt. an the other hand. numerous
It will. therefore. follow that lhe tatal number Of
infantry j. aoou. 17, 800, md Of casa!ry-Trekon.
1S tDo S e H; Il e, 5ssse
ing fortress artillery Ind engineers, l. close upon
:oo. 10Y strong. live now examine thc coustitm.
tho service. simple arthmctical calculation viii
two and onc:third cannon, and ,hat lie proportion
betwecn foot md horse Insisted upon by n1o4srn
military scic"es y 70. oo.srsed In III. se.peet
thcro shall be three RnnA, and that the cavalry
must b. from one.n!nta to one.cleyenth q the
Of the Danube Ia slightly deficient In artillery. md
very deficient n. With tssReet to eaya':y: The
oes roif fs1ss:;ss hs;s Ss'' iii II
parked al 1orhanc nsore than 400 brecch.toadinT
ssanon, 1a{ ths! ato 'yins tas 70, WIN. q
men vol qua1idca TO be dragons. hut there il no
money to mount them, !, / true .hs want Of eav'
Il vi anaW sfe e1esent act
Ind peculiarly ated ios isht service md. In o1es
da to s sns s Se
soha formed into regiments, and furnished With
o1lsers from Tho fe:nlar army. The number of thu
| supp0Alng that these Clrcasslan horeemen arrived
n sao IT y t1G ssas o. was r. Tts.h easa
enough to conparu with tha groatly psepondsrsting
The arnlaa!ent Of tho Turkish a,,uy, as /. we'll
Mar.inl.iisaf riaes, whils tic rs! q sha l il.
torm5tisu ais a;i.sd Viii snIas! wesrans. Tss d
gnns Of the artillery arc mostly Of ths Krrpp
I'D es sas. ssx: IT, II sss. to 81 t.Ss: s
viii thu exception of tie Arabian rpeincnts which
sre s W.: 9Hnts @ s.G hat Of a'aal!ns 2ust
ss s's 'ss l. sssy soss
stsee. to ;sass a:Ss aa 4Ss 1ss'0Ga sss =
howc,or, attendant On the Imperfect trasnlng u
o n'sns,y afs i%p TOT ;l " tns hsbEa
Tussssi soid!es tx ears!y .,o Sad},. aa ~: e
peat . have had lltiln t.aniaE, aad, wers It not
piled ly da... aDd galan,sJ, shey would b. III aois
Indeed to do illalr duty.
wns s 6s Sno cf o weaS sx
itself severely tolt during thu prcsent wat. wfa1s
there Y sneha wa1t e everything that y indla'
Ii NV weeks sso Tiers VIC wera ~, = dtsisens no no
brisadcr, no regiments even. Tho tatsallons lay
e hs e as
ttua lint, alter the decsrai!oa q VA. division:
mud hfigh!os wefe. fuFmrd; bIt tnts nua.urc viii
considered tha. traops and commanders can Be-,
cap;tco % ct ons supsriSf o!ecr tIal in t1o Tuskah
Army tast .t !: 70 ssSh taT a. IN
Hrigadier q uensfs' II DlsI,l,n.
The moral aEencic. Ut work amora The Turkish
| HedtasA aEv such M u would be ash!cutt 10 and
Asn,y. The IurktAh soldst IL full Of enthusiasm
e. knsw. Fl. - III
md u tho struggle he bfines that intrepid conlness
Which Il " TO- Tho so'a'e; hs !. es,s
| IL tough and enduring when wrestling With tho
Erestsst difficulties. and Il content with nan'soIy
Tho army IL virtually directed frotn Con.tanti.
nope. wl@rc aal tts movements aEu planned. and all
et essa H;:{ q es'fs . :ss Sssa II !. ~ :s
panc4 Of nuu,bef Of titneras, who arc 1nesc pub.
pess in the hands Of q few ignorant upstAEt.. &C:
liz asss II '0is
pa.ha but the ners executor Ut tho will o. lhis
I cs1,sttsnec, % md !. ] stts VII viii - sharp. juieoa,
s1sisa Iii 10 @rst'oasy danssasa l., tic pte.sa!
fara q seaa s ksta tn9 ~ d:
ptr.cnt momeni 4 p1an !. nscessarI who, ~ I'd,
darins enrsry, Il Character which would insise
blu it dsclsivs moments utterly 10 aisrss.tt
e saa Il.
q ths Commands. .iu chtet ia thls fe.pes. ns:i
was sppolntea Cniot Of tho gul'cIsi atad 81 tht
81 ~ T. 5. ssaa
lioatd oi tho W.s Council. ill., pts.unaels .as:
oa a'i i'll: l., H. ID t. s'
se;u".s ~i'sast ss.iauss s sna xi.hsu.
talent tsen ths othcs ucnerals thsu 10 .lfsh
+ e issn.Ee4 ~s aosa ~Ssh x.sa .ss
expecting, -Tuskial officers, ~ . rule, Ieln;
nsqts wa xsoa nsay s5S s1ts1
MAKE. tho xsnt Of professional Training 'ons"ha
, F,rsi1T. =. regards tho fo.tte4,es In Eusooca,
Turkey, It, must b. admitted that !ncked,ble ~
, yulss hare been accomplished. ~iddln. hustehuk
+ stlssE!A. shuma, aud sn1-espsc!aliy ths las
! | ftvu h1afA nfrsrHt uu!fh fbFnJ3bIH