New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22

now come" continued Mr.. Buell., to consider the
relative capacity the railroads themselves to handle
troops the distances to be travcrsed AMI the the re-
qurel to bring immediately available forces to bear
The Germans have four army corps either on the
frontier within hundred miles o; it. aud the
Ausrians have three In every the corps heat
quarters OF the Germans AMI Austrians are located on
railway lines which not only afford ample means or
missing the M Ter cover but also afford choice
between several available points OF final concentration
and attack. The Russians before rem rke have
three army corps within striking distance OF the
frontier-the Second wilma. the Sixth Warsaw and
the Seventh at Kew The Guards and the First Corps
At ST. Petersburg and the Third at Riga would have to
depend single line TO reach warsaw. The Elglth
Corps Moscow and the Ninth at Kazan would depend
OH another single line. The Fourth Corps from the
Crimea the Fifth from Bessarabia- II the latter
could be sparei-woud depend third single line
While the Don Cossacks IL raet would have choice OF
two circmtous lines from Rostow one by way OF
woronetz Grjas Orel md Smoltnsk aud the other py
way OF TaganrOg Kharkow and GOmel As 10 distances
traversed suces to say that the Third Russian
ARMY Corps at Riga which is the nearest to the 'front.'
sull further away than the German Army Corps when
is stationed at strasburg the Rhine or than the
Austrian Corps in the Tyro both at the exrenltles OF
their respective empires e the mast distant oil the
Russian trOop'-the Ninth Corps ut Kazan-would nave
10 be transported distance equal TO three times te
extreme length Of either Germany or Austria Inc
W
the transport facilities afforded by three long lines oil
singe-tricE railway, while the German aud Austrian
Corps would each have the advantage OF two or more
comparatively short lines. mostly double tracked. As 10
quality of roadhels there comparison between the
always Of Russia and those OF Germany AMI Austria
Tue Russian roais all drt-ballasted and cheapy
bridged- The rails heavy and good the ties
thanks TO the abundance OF excellent tie timber In the
northern two thirds OF the empire The grades gen
orally easy. With exceptions European Russia Is so
fiat that engineer would find 10 difficult 10 select
heavy grade anywhere its The rolling STOCK
what there Is OF it, is good rolling stock on the
Continent Europe: but II wodd all he condemned on
bobtall road In America All the locomotives nortn
OF Moscow burn wood In southern Russia, that IA 10
say within the OF the Donetz coal fields they burn
soft COAL while the lower voga lines and the roads OF
the Caucasus burn crude petroleum the Falrhe
system. EXcepta few Baldwins sent over there some
years the Russian locomotives all home made
Of the most extensive locomotive works In the woru
being In operation AT Kolninna short distance sou'h
from Moscow on the Rostow line. they seemed 10 10
good machines The cars smaller than ours po'"
freight aud passenger and excepting few hrstciasS
coaches aud -leepcrs they all single trucks Rolling
stock equipment all the Russian roads Is mi.ed 10
the actual needs OF daily tras They have little or no
reserve The highest OF speed known In Russia
so ycrsts t35 miles, hour and that only on susme
schedules for the courier trains The average sp%eu
OF passenger trains about 20 IS miles aud OF freight
trains about II miles On hour
"The General STAFF has elaborate theoretical plan
mobilization by RAIL- but 1t has never been treh eA
copt In the Turkish years when the railway
system OF ..assla much less extensive than u 10
now Tn. experience of that could not 60 far