Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
Among the Montenegrfns.

THE London Standard has received
the following interesting dispatch from
ifs correspondent with the Montene-
grin forces. Dating from the Montene-
grin camp, the writer says:
The road which / followed from Anti
vari to this point is most creditable
piece of engineering, and when It Is
completed it will constitute an excellent
carriage way between Antivari and Get
TIME. When the road is constructed
the next thing will be to build vehicles
10 pass over it. At present Montenegro
possesses only one wheeled vehicle of
amy kind. On leaving Antivari for the
Montenegrin camp [ rode for miles
through a fat country, with fields OF
maize and stagnant pools and marshes,
which render It, in all probability, the
smost unhealthy spot in Europe. When
the road reached the lower slopes of the
hills the scene changed, and Irode for
hours through olive groves and thickets
of myrtle Higher up the foliage
changed again, and oaks and other
sturdy trees clothe the hillside, but the
gray SUBMITS and steep slopes on which
Che Montenegrins have pitched their
camp lie so. high that here the oaks are
dwarfed into mere underwood. Only
by an ascent from the Italian lakes right
up into the Alpine passes can such a
variety of climate and foliage be wit
snessed elsewhere in Europe.
The Montenegrin troops have no tents !;
their camp is bivouac, only the Briga-
diers having the luxury of tent. Each
company shifts for itself, and the men
make what shelter they can against the
cold night breezes.J Some of them erect
L ell II wit lie NE
loose stones and a matching of bushes !;
even this trouble, but rely upon
their thick wraps for protection. The
only clothing furnished to the troops by
their Government is fringed
shawl. They have no uniform and
no pay, and until the present year they
received no food rations whatever
Money is, however, more plentiful at
present. Russia is believed to have in
creased her annual subsidy, and the
men have really an extravagant amount
of food, as they receive as much meat
;as they can get through and two pounds
of bread daily. Cooking consequently
occupies large portion of their time,
and when not engaged the men lounge
IN groups, hardly distinguishable a
short distance off from the gray rock
and bush foliage, save for their red caps
and the glitter of their arms. The crest
of the hill they occupy is some four
miles in circumference, and their stray
Cling camp entirely encircles it.
These armed peasants are generally
dressed in long cloth coat, breeches,
and CATERS, once white, but now gray
with dirt, and red sash furnished with
miscellaneous weapons. The mass of
them have none of that characteristic
ibearing of savage pride which strikes
travellers among the chiefs. Many of
them are tall and handsome, but, as a
arule, they are snub featured and COM
emonplace. These rustics complain that
they have been five years under arms !;
but I suspect that idleness is not un-
pleasant to them, especially with such
abundant rations as they now enjoy. 1t
was no doubt to obviate all risk of a
collision that position was selected
eighteen miles away from the Albanian
camp, the broad plain of Antivari lying
between the hostile forces. There are
two roads from the plain over the noun
tain of Mazura to Dulcigno, but both
nave been so strongly fortified by the
: Turkish engineers-as is said-and are
40 strongly held by the Albanians, that
AN attacking force would suffer terribly.
There is no other road practicable, and
one or the other of these positions must
be forced in the advance to Dulcigno.
The Montenegrins say they would not
de- .tate in attacking the position were
ssry sure that they would only have the
lsleanians to contend with, but they are
~~cnnvinced that in case of an attack
ca. Turkish regular troops would assist
fine Aibanians. They are said to num-
f9xer six thousand five hundred men, con-
'.s,scrablv fewer, indeed, than the Alban-
sans, but their excellent arms and disci
T,'inc render them far more dreaded by
F.. ,Iontenegrins than any number Of
Albanian peasants would be. The
..-ueatenegrins learnt something of the
.iTs.hting power of the Turkish soldier
when Suleiman Pasha's men forced
their way through defiles considered i'm
Hwegnable. The Montenegrin force il
divided into three brigades, and there il
a regular formation of battalion anC
companies, but the soldiers have a very
dim idea of anything beyond their owl
company.
ice in the field is performed by women
The new systems of rationing thu
troops has greatly reduced theH import
ance, for formerly each woman supplied
a male relative in the fields with food
Every steamer that arrives brings store
of biscuits, which are loaded by stalwar
women on the backs of mules, donkey
and ponies, and transported to the eyri
where the fighting men are assembled
am unfortunate in missing Gen. Boz
Petrovic, who has gone to Cettinje {
meet Admiral Seymour. In his absenc
there is not soul in the whole cam
who can speak either French or Italian
and failed at Antivari to discover a
Interpreter. Our communication, there
fore, is of the scantiest kind, but tn
hospitality of Gen Vakotich and his sta
of giants in gold embroidered silk wa
most kindly offered me. This arm
could strike its camp in ten minutes
and reach the Albanian lines in 81
shOurs. ss lsr.85 -:s# Vase
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