Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-09
REGULATION IN RUSSIA.

The Depredations Which Have Honey.
combed Every Branch of the Public
Service.
The exploits of the Russian commits
sariat are well known, even abroad.
In all this there is nothing very new.
That which most concerns US is to
trace the relationship existing between
the general system and the primary
causes of the depredations which,
whenever a war takes place, recur as
inevitably as if they were operations
of nature, and with all the regularity
of the seasons. 1t is all very well to
inveigh against Gorvitz, Varshavsky,
Prince Uroosoff and their 225 accom-
plices. But are they the only culpa-
bles? Why do such iniquities as theirs
never occur IN other armies? If con-
tractors, in their greed of gain. de-
liver rations and stores of bad quality,
why are they accepted as good? This
is evidently the crux of the question.
military code all articles of food and
medicine delivered by contractor have
to be examined by a surgeon or a medi-
Cal dIu Gut Oh
the corps for which they are dest ned
or nominees acting under his orders.
Hence, without the connivance of all
these people fraud would be impossible.
If the contractors cheat, the brave COM
mandant and the erudite doctors must
do likewise from high to low. Not a
man who went through the Bulgarian
campaign would deny that this was
precisely the case. On the other hand,
there are always to be found in our Of
fetal spheres, corrupt though they be,
some men who, untanted with dishon-
esty, are eager to redress the wrongs
which they see around them-such, for
instance, as General Tcherkassoff,
military inspector. At the beginning
of the campaign this officer presented
to the commander n-chief volumin-
which he had collected and set forth
and proved by mass of facts. recent
and palpable. the fragrant malversa-
tons and frauds of the Gorvitz Com
pany and consorts.
This report. though an historical
document of high value, has not yet
seen the light. It was stif1ed by secret
confederates of the implicated parties.
10oSe cOnIcueTdteS "cFc VI ali talks,
says the correspondent of the Novoe
Vrenaya in his covert language. Some
interrupted the reading of the report
by ocular remarks VIII oh distracted at
tent on, others protested against it as
ill-timed, and, encountered everywhere
with either opposition or Indifference.
it remained in the shade, and while the
war lasted the company continued their
depredations without let or hindrance.
The gentlemen of the commissariat
were thus not the only ones who had
Their fingers in the pie. War is an FL
dorado for all who keep to the wall
side of the road. During the trial OF
RykoH, the notorious manager of the
bank Of Skopine, of which i gave an
account some time ago in the columns
of the Times. it came out in 1877 the
establishment had a cons derable in
crease in it's deposits, which came in
great part from the seat of war, being
lodged at high interest by officers OF
the commissariat and their worthy &C
completes of the military branch OF
the service. Another characteristic
fact which transpired in the course of
the trial was that when Rykof became
bankrupt, the majority of those clients
declined to rank as creditors, fearing
doubtless that if they did so they would
be compelled to reveal the shameful
secret of their ill-gotten wealth
..,Stepuiak.' in London Times.