The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-30
sULElMAN PAsItA.
4 Picture Of the Great Turkish General
MS Tactics. III al,its and sdeas.
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aulai,nan pasha is still manpuvring, or pre-
tending to do go somewh,sae near near aaprova eat
trio method Of conducting campaign That no
one can tell what he wants or mems to accom-
their desire to detrac from the merit Of his vic,
tories used to say. sneeringly: 1t Is true that
lie has been successful but he. has been go by
ti.s. suleiinan Pasha has read this naive anec-
dote, and has deterlnined to show himself the
worthy imitator Of the First Consul, by going
r rfs,ia namesake. suleiman ii. and fight
Ing as people did, when firearms were
@ ss es a we're g nv pnepa 9ea
,a3ilse Of ofrense For him the Janissaries
with heir impetuous rush are the true models
mere make-shifts to conceal the absence of that
courage by which alone, the Osmani should
triumph. suieiman Pasha is g little over forty
lie but oi the turban. His nationality is sup
posed to be Polish and he is strongly rsotected
M tie powerful III n y bais e, Of the old Turkish
Ills seduous observance Of the principles and
gsesps q the koraR b. Sther words be i
hates Christians, and never drinks spirits IN
public. Like most Of his class, he will probably
one day sell his army to the Russians, AFTER the
meanwhile he is doing all the harm he can by USE
lessly exposing it in assaults perfectly unnec-
essary and by refusing to come to the assistance
s es Ell G rSor Ta and IS
d Circassian, his bronze features bear an ex.
preston Of sternness and decision anost
daunted; his want Of education almost pro-
verbal He speaks French fuently. but ,un;;
dramatically; boass Of, never having studied
any military author, and never writes a letter
on takes note. Sober rs Spartan, simple
and unaffeetea in his dress "a, and manners n
Rui ss an and BY The mode q orea
i2ation of bis army and Of its various elements
may be called 4 military specialist. living an
He despSes NJ, red na ap sa e W
him aides -de-camp are useless embarrass-
1nents; 80 he retains about his. person
spy one III two orderly e essers b tae tsns
copies Of anything. The, auartermasters de-
partment Y source q abuses He has tn re re,
Iors suppressed i entirely Just e. ne mas d tbe
no true believer has any need OF surgical aid,
but that II 1T be his Eisnet to recover ne Will do
AZ e se e c be decree Gfes q hah s
even with all these. radical reforms, Suleiman
pasha has won not a few brilliant victories
By e ee rspt s hnS sosbsy e his rs attacks
the General t. move hurriedly from Adsianople
e il hs bis forees e lis
and gave the order Tor each one TO get his men
or I'll the course, Of four and-twe hours,
they chose, provided that every one was at the
point of rendezvous at the proper time, lmme-
diAtely the movement OF the troops commenced ei
The soldiers were notified to provide them
selves with three days. rations Of biscuit, and to
get into the train 1t they could find seats, or to
10 by road If they could not 20 to 4. hafanunar
as fast as you can, was the order OF the officers,
and thither every one went as fast. as his legs
or the railway carriages could take him. Sulel-
man pasha possibly commands wei. but, let me
add, every Ottoman soldier Is another Sulei-
man who acts. and in this individuality lies the
secret of his success.