The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-07
THE SULTAN'S NEW ARMY
HOW TURKEY HAS BEEN PLACED ON
A WAR FOOTING.
atiip OF Thunder tn . Clear Sky-rrans-
formation of Recruits Patriotic
Oeerinss" of the People 4
Railroad In Pawn

The Roumeliote revolution came like n
clap Of thuDler in a visar SKY Turkey was
astoua'lol and agha>t That lay or the
day, atterwari .tHn n,en might have n,arche,
through eastern Rournelia uuonpossd, and
the unlna Il TIL two proyinrts attempted
by DIR. Strau>sy AMI his e,lleagu> would
have immeiiat " eniei IN harmless
hlo"iless flash Hrt there werp no. : 40
soldiers whr rouli be snt TIE entirs
garrison ot Alrlanople did no. number
ION mon The guards, 5000 strong, that
enearnr aroani the imperial residence of
Nili1 Kiosk could spare mono from their
ranks, without ,.etrimen. vt the higher duty
OF protecting the sGltan's sacrsi person
Tho Turk seldom shuts his stall, loop
against thieves iii! after the horse has zen
stolen The horse sonc. 10 tastens al pad
locks II very tight The ounce OF prevention
having BEEN wantiu.;. re is strainins every
nerve % get together hunlrci round, OF
cure IN tho shape 81 rs large an army as he
can assemble. Against whom ~ IL sr:ning
no does not know. IL might have been
S'rNn, AMI may bo stIll II may he Rulsaria
rr GrcNr or both to.rthcr. o. i. may hs
Russia or Austria in the back ~, md Rn,
h. means THIS timc rot e. Ia asleep But
What usn Is 1t" sail n Icspairiug Turk, to
'" ready When we arc really nothing
ever harpenS
VETERANS AND RAW RHt Eulrs
For almost tiue" months veteran sokliers
AMI raw recruits have ben pouring throuSh
the city Dirty, ill-chl, hungry, wre,chel,
INST ~ them have been One cavalry reci
nent which SAW gong through the streets
might serve rs an example They were lis
mounted AMI were leading their horses.
Their dress, or rather tho absence of IT, was
Tho picture ~ wr"t heinesS Coats wer,
without sleeves, boots wcro without solos;
sometimes boot was on one foot snI "A
shoe on the other The rags Of their outer
garments showed tho rags " the un,l"rcloth.
ting beneath To-day there are on thu
Enrop"an frontier of tho empire about n0D,
"h mon, l,aring IN outward appearance
snail resemblance Ia the half n,kcl vaga.
bonds that they were when they arrived at
C"nstantiuoplc How has tho tran>fnr,na.
ton lsen tioush, about! Where la tho
FROM place 10 place, TO rut clothes ON their
backs, and powder into their guns.
Not hy means II "A foreign loan With a
debt ut over Sion, 0D,eU, practically To-
pnliat"l inasmuch Us for time only
small fraction Of tho interest has been paid,
Turkey cnn borrow no money in any for.
clgn market ut even the most ruinous rates
Not from Issuing paper currency. licr
canine. or paper money ~ ninc years ago,
havin, deprecated to 800 piasters for iOO
piastcrs gold, has since become 80 worthless
that It is not even quotel In the exchange
Hence il would hc hopeless to issue more.
Not from her former most desperate rcsort
OF granting haralcs, or promises u ray,
upon tho treasury. Thsss, never In favor
at thu capital, were worn out snbterfuge
OF tho interior to gain time Not from
increased taxation Every goat, every
sheep every field, every apple tres, every
object from which money can b. wr,,ng,
two years, iirso years 70 't ... utmost limit
advance. I"'"
To an impoverished household where er.
penscs must he greater than its receipts and
whose credit Is utterly gone there. there
remain hut two resources These arc, tho
disposal by pawn or sale u possessions loft
from more pro'peruu. days, AMI IN appeal
10 public charity. T,lcse two resources arr
tho sole reliance Of the Turkish government
now.
A RAILROAD PIT ~ PAWN
Putting in pawn III" Cassahn railway
affords tNiNVO or si.WONo. s!7tO,nD
down and sl,2D,UV b. h. paid In February
II the government still requires IT, y Part
II this sim has been expended for krupp
cannon, part in tho purchase of ammunition
in Ameri"n, and part IN the payment OF tho
Austrian Lloyd Steamship company for the
transportation Of troops. Upon the Rou
melian railway have just been obtained from
Baron lllrSch si,W0Wo. From the I'm
pcrial Ottoman bank have been drawn ~, 4.
$4,000 being the accumulated 10 per cent
reserve, from the salaries ~ tn cvil Ulcers
which IN" government withheld nt pr pay
mcni, in patcrna provision for thoir, not
its, days of necessity. Beyond these I am
unable a. find that the government has had
at disposal my IN. It's ordinary rev,n uc2
II does not matter much in SIMMER. but
in winter the Turkish soldier must have
clothing. Az all seasons he requires
fool, though marvcllously lttle OF H.
His pay need not he takon into nc
count, ms he very seldom gets eny. This
whole army of 2oD,0Oo men has been pro-
vi1el with sl"ks, drawers, ilnnnels, boots,
trousers co1ts, oyerroats, almost entirely by
what nrc euphemistcally called voluntary
gifts or patriotic offerings In most eases
these gifts have been as voluntary ns drops
Of winter from IA wellslueezcd sponge In
this lalnr " lose all classes and conditions
If the empires subjects have been asked 10
contribute To refuse 10 do 20 when once
invited would bo somewhat unHiss No
province, no city, no village has been
omitted from solicitation u Ina not mat
tered IN what form the contributions. were
hnndei in Little sums " money, one
article at "A time. articles by tho dozen, by
the thnn aud il ,n1'tynd not Everything
was Wslromo Tho presents have been Al
various ~ 'he contents ~ the barrel donated
~ some home mi sonlry at the west The
army has re,enlblrd some inipccunious
Theological student whom all The parish was
working for Thn results " ;hg solicitation
have been Astounding, not only in the
vort''s but IN tho quantity coilcct'i Now
York sun.
iIJH Hattc nbufg ~ III III Time.
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