The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-07-22
4 story Of Russian Discipline.

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One nerd not be surprised AZ anything
that happens in Russia. The other evening
while smoking a cigar with one Of my old
friends, who bad seen, rcad and Travelled a
great deal. was told Of an incident that
occurred some fortT years ago al Nosgorod.
quite as sinister As thar which recently oc-
cuTed al Smargon.
The colonel of certain Russian rezsi-
ment, ferocionsly tyFAnnicai and | mar say
merciless toward his Soldiers. was in the
habit Of treating this human sock ike q
pack of brutes He disciplined With the
knout sentencing men to whippings for
having one button insufkeiensiy polished /;
whipping non-cosnmissioned oficer for
one stain on his cloak striking veterans u
BoFodiho in the face for saluting too Slowly;
sending poor wretehes 10 Siberia for giving
soo frer an answer. In short, during the
laree of years this eoloneI had made him.
self % deie4aed by his men that be reApcd
= frightfal vengeance frum SEEDS Of hafreSi
he bad sown.
One morning during parade he suddenly
s4E Gle oif from the regiment company of
soldiers bearing, instead Of muskets, thosc
rods which eat deeply intoshe fiesh At every
bios.
Nevertheless. be bad given no orders
There waS no sSisiiex 20 chmstise
aWho IS that for7'' be demanded,
A grenadier advanced from the ranks,
and replied, With terrible ooolness
sFor thee
The entire regiment, u0n-eoninsissioaed
oficcrs and soldiers. were IN che plot. The
whole regiment was present al this terrihle
spectacle The colonel was seired, his uni.
form torn Of. he was tied down in whcai-
haTrox and wlseele.I ap and d0wn before the
ranks Of the gyenadiers, armed with rods,
al q whom struck and insnlted him
The oikcers who attempted 70 aid their
colonel were immediately seiaed and bAyo.
nets pointed al their thFoats some were
taken away othens gaFruted Oaly enc
soldier attempted 60 take part with thcm
Then sergeant, still paIlid ftUn1 the Effects
of bis 50 whipping with the knoat, put
his muskei % the soldiers temple and blew
his brains cut
And all the regiment saw its eolonel pass
under the rods
Nhen i was ali over they opened kiln
oven The colonel vas flung into Il, al
bleeding taGether with the officers who had
obeyed him And when the furnace was
well fed, the soldiers heated Il slowly. ziow-
ls-until At lazt that hideous, heavy aud
revolving smell Of burning flesh arose IN
the air, which the savages Of the Russian
frontier inhaled some days ago at Jewish
eemeteFy at Smargon
An imperial conrieg haas tSths Car the
news of the mutiny. Nichslas listened,
became white, but said Bothing except %
order four batteries af artillery 10 Novgsrpd
Ten days after white-kairea and gray
moustaehed nnajor-g gsnerul, Accomplished by
a single aide-slr-canIp, knocked Il the door
Of the barracks which the soldiers never
left since the murder Of their chiefs.
The general sazea ueldly upen those paid
men; all neatly and faaltlessly uniformed.
who gave HIM the military salute.
Not one reproaeh- one useless word
He only said 10 them
AZ 3 oiel0ek tomorrow morning tho
regiment win assemble in undress aniforna
and without arms af the Tartar eauap. up
on the little square Order Of the Car
Not one voice replied. But the next
day upon the narrow square, al IN ranks
wiihous arms, in their long gray ceats, their
scrgeaits At their usual posts, an the mutt
nous soldiers were there in lines regular as
If adjusted to string, with a double line
of oflAnce-bearing Cossacks before and behind.
Tben Ell at once from every far spiFe, all
the great bells began 10 toIl. The Gossack ]
horsemen withdrew. Only the unarined
infantry remained upon the square waiting.
Then there came low roll of drums, and
with it from al alleys leading into che
square came yolleys Of grape ike iron-hail
Then nothing was heard aShile but the
thunder Of the cannon IN that city, other
wise silent as a cemetery when men, women
and children, kneeling before their holy
images, were praying for the soldiers they
were shooting down ina the square And
during an interval in the eannonade hymn
rolled up from the square, for the soldiers
were dying with the prayers Of their child
hood upon their lips The cannon thun-
dered for hours. Then all was silent.
Powder and iron rested awhile. The can
noneers entered the square and recoiled at
the sight Of those ranksof men mown down
ike wheat From under the dead they
pulled out few still breathing victims able
to live awhile
sWhat shall be done wislr them, Gener-
al-shall we put them in the hospital r.
"Put them under the knout !" e -
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