, 1877-06-06

WHAT TEE RUSSIANS WILL u4vR TO CONTEND
WITH.
Loxpox. June 6.-The T1mkl' correspondent
with the Turkish army aends The following parslc-
ulAn IT it, 2osxaniza.jon: Tho Turkish army OF
the Danube II slightly deficient IN artillery and
very deficient In cayalry. The cause Of this IL e1.
clusively want Of money. Tue Turkish Govern.
ent hsvo stlt inors than 400 breech. loading cau
non lying tdle IT Constantlnopls for want Of
horses and hafuess, md there arc muttIludcs OF
men sal1 qualified 10 b dragoons, but theru Ii no
money to mount them. The armament Of tho
tfoopsh
ALL THAT Is PERFECT
Tho infantry haso Martini. Henry rifles, and tho
casolrJ Winchester rides. According to the most
trustworthy information the present strength OF
the army. exclusive Of reserves IN the coursc Of
formation tue other s,dc at tho uakaas, II go
batta11ons Of infautEy, scrcntY.two eqadrnns OF
horse, 400 cannon, and about 5000 furtress ar.
sllery and engineers. OF theac fofty.1ye batta.
Ions arc stationed at Widdln. &hrty.sl1 at Nust.
ehuk. slxt1"ave at shumla, twenty eight at Earna
and thiety.slx at Bltlstsia. The rcmaInlng twenty
batta'ioas are divided between Nlkopolts, sstoua,
ruttukAi. tho Dobrudscha, and rarious places Of
mote or less Importance In panublaa bulgaria.
EyefJ battalsoh OH N &ycraEo may bo assumed 10
CONTAIN 750 MEN.
Tbs contributions from NIsh, It 10 true, arc con-
slderab!y below thls standard. but On tho other
hand nnmetoua Hcdlf battalions have !, 900 men
and cvcn moro. Therefore tue total number Of
lnfnutty Ia about 1G1, GOO, md tho carulfy, rcck.
oung 100 tDen 10 q sQuadron. 7s. 600. According
y. tho Army of tho Danube, Including fortress
artillery and engiucess, IL close upon zoo o0o
strong.
A. 10 organization there ia \ want OF everything
that IL Indispensable IN tactical unity and s5sten.
Until within few weeks there wcre no divisions,
n tall 1Ln+s ms ttn-c,
about wItnout often knowing from whom they had
to receive orders. II IL truo that after the ocasa
tton of war diststous and helYade4 wsro formed,
but this u Of
LITTLE PRACTICAL vALun
when Il Il considered that the troops aud com.
mAudciJ aFu changed about ut tho caprice
of ono superior onicsr. Thu army u vi1*
tual>r directed from constansnople. whors
ali movements ato planned and ofIera
Council II composed Of : number Of Geuesa1s who
are mcru puppsts In tho hAnds OF few Ignorant
upstairs. Abdul Kcrlin PaaIlA IL \ nero execute,
Of the Will of thaa bod5. ltcaanot be denied that
be posscascs military experience and sharp, ju.
dtci.us eye, but Le Ia wholly wanting In cncr.y and
power OF rapid Aet!au. To tho natusa! tneapac,t,
Of Commander Chief In tlls se4peet must be
gcnernt stan.
THR DANunlAN 1onTRzssEs
IN regards foEtscsscs In European Turkey, in
credible results bays been accomplished. WiddIu,
lsuatchuk, SiIlsx!a, 6aunla, mud Vafnas especial
" thu last two. arr now quite formidable. 1'At
fosttdeatlons Rlmost entirely eousist of lndrpend
| cnt wofxs, mostly Of Garth. but constructed II
strict conformity With tho modern principles d
armament aud lcaso nothing to be de4trvd.
Thxi tho Haasttus Will succeed, perhaps at NJ
dislant tlats in iuFcapg tbs nvcr mofr tllan prob
able. but !s equally ecrtain that Ia tho face o
she tough, enduring qualities OF tho In1zIAh sol
dior HEY viii only after shedding much bloot
fofcu the barrier opposed to thetr onward pfugros
! IN tho shspu Of thu fortFcsses OF tbs uaAube.