Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-08-03

flock Ike pack Of wild brutes.. He
disciplined with the knout; sentencing
men 10 whippines for having one button
insuilaciently polished; whipping nom
commissioned officer for one stain on
is cloak; striking veterans OF Bor0dino
in the face for saluting too slowly;
sending poor wretches to Siberia for
giving too free an answer. In short
during the lapse Of years this colonel
had made himself so detested BY his
men that he reaped frightful ven
ance from the seeds Of hatred be hsd
soWn.
One morning during parade he sud
denly raw file off from the regiment q
company Of soldiers bearing instead OF
muskets, thgse long rods which cut
deeply into the flesh at every blow.
Nevertheless. he had given no ordersl
There was no soldier to chastise.
'sWho is that for r. he demanded.
a grenadier advanced from the ranks,
and replied With terrible cooIness:
aFor thee r.
The entire regiment, non-commis-
stoned officers and soldiers. were In the
plot. The whole regiment was present
at the terrible spectacle. The colonel
was seized; his uniform torn of. he was
tied down In wheeIbarrow and wheeled
up and down before the ranks Of the
grenadiers, armed with rods, all of
whom struck and insuIted him.
The officers who attempted 70 aid
their colonel we're Immediately seized
and bayonets pointed at their thToats.
Some we're taken away; others garroted.
Only one soldier attempted to take part
with them. Then sergeant. still pal
lid from the effects Of his last whipping
with the knout, put his musket to. the
soldiers temple and blew his brains out.
And all the regiment saw it's colonel
pass under the rods.
When 1t was all over they opened q
kiln-oven. The colonel was flung into il.
all bleeding, together with the officers
who had obeyed him. And when the
furnace was well fed, the soldiers
heated it slowly. slowly-until at last
that hideous, heavy and revolving smell
Of burning flesh arose in the air, which
the sayages Of the Russian frontier in
hailed some days agoat q Jewish cemetery
at Smargon.
An imperial courier bore to the Czar
the news of the musiny. Nicholas
listened, became white. but said Moth
ing except to order four batteries Of
artillery to Novgorod. Ten days after
white-haired and gray moustached
major general, accompanied by q
single aide-de-camp, knocked at the
doorof the barracks which the soldiers
had never left since the murder Of thei
chiefs.
The general gazed coldly upon those
pale men; oil neatly and faultIessIy uni-
formed, who gave him the mil tary
salute.
Not one reproach-not one useless
word. He only said to them:
'tAt six O'Clock tomorrow morning
the regiment will assemble III undress
uniform and without arms atths Tartar
camp, upon the little square. Order Of
the Czar."
Not one voice replied. But the
next day upon the narrow square. ali in
ranks without arms, in their Iorg gray
coats, their sergeants at their usual
posts, all the mutinous soldiers were
there, in lines regular as if adjusted 20 4
string, with . double line Of lance
bearing O5ssacks before and behind.
Then all 40 once from every far Hpire,
allthe great bells began to toll. The
Cosaack horsemen withdrew. Only the
unarmed infantry remained upon the
snuaya With solda5 armasv.;t;r. Thov
tl,oro I !, oar,a !. lonc lov 81, - ssr-ss
and with Il from am ~ avannss laad;no AIN,
;nto M sc,.ars y Y rsr0a volIsvr " $500
Like iron-hail.
Then nothing was heard awhile bui
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