Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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Co. kace tninks thai the f-c: l. well
established by THIS s4E. u II ~s. not b,
the FRANCO PrassIan sAr, that the arm.
~hich gets into y 'sItiOn anu has twenty
four hours Ia estrench Cannot he dis
lodged by less than from three to ten
times its force.
lie does not think much of the Rus
sian Generals, except SkobellOf aud
Gurko, who are excellent officers and
brave soldiers. The others 20 about the
campaign 10 formal, perfunctory man
ner, that gives little hope Of success, ex-
cept against such enemies US the Turks,
who are even more dilatory.
The older officers are an old.fogy, con.
sentative lot, but the younger show some
ambition to keep up to the modern prog
ress in the art Of warfare. The officers
are few in proportion to the number OF
men. As many as 1000 soldiers have
been sent in to entrench, and with only
. non.commissioned officer in charge;
and the Colonel has seen 5000 prisoners
in charge of sergeant aud handful
Of troops. He says:
1.-THE Russian officers have one fault,
and grievous one in common. They
don't look after their commands and see
that they are comfortable in camp, with
a view to diminishing the sick list, nor
do they see that the troops are properly
protected from the fire of the enemy,
when going into action at times when
it is possible to have them we'll pro-
tectcd."
Tie Colonel denies with emphasis the |
stories Of Russian cruelty. He claims
that their soldiers are very kind-hearted
to everybody and everything; that they
are frequently known to give up their |
rations to hungry Turkish prisoners. He
could not say 81 much for the Turks, and |
mentions as y very significant fact that
there were no Russian prisoners in the
Turks hands when Plevna surrendered;
while the Turks in Russian hands num-
bered thousands. The English surgeons
who were captured while ser,ing with the |
Turks were horror-struck by the scenes
they were compelled to witness.
The hospital arrangements OF the Rus
SLAMS are criticized for their inelficieucy,
and especially for their lack of surgeons;
the army transportation is goou; the
small arms the worst in Europe, but the
artillery is very fine; No sharpshooting i,
done by either army; the Russian cavalry |
is very good, and the infantryneu, espe
cially when led by such officers as SKo.
belloff and Gurko, superb soldiers. The
Colonel corrects one misapprehension
about the Cossacks, who, instead of he.
ing the uncivilized irregulars which they
are usually imagined to be, are:
"A fine, intelligent body of men, who
don't, as is commonly supposed, love
fighting for its rn sake. As srule they
are well-to-do farmers, who furnish their
own outfit and fight as much cut OF pure
patriotism as from the demands of duty"