The morning news., 1889-05-04
rze pR1ToE PRIVATE -oLDIEa.
.rchibeld Forb IS experiences in the
Russian :, rrny.
r.orn the Gcntleman's M1aazine.

Russian - rmy.
From the Gcatleman's Magazine.
r NAV searn parad *, but the Russians
arc simply the most democratic pc pie
V,,rone. and for a Rus ian to be borae
-.o,,Id 10 a contradiction in erms. E cry
os3rar was the correspondent IS conrad.
prince Saakosky. the il-c 'ndi.ion'd gel-
l-oi 20 made such a mess of The July
p'avna. was the only excep ion / ever
L,sw If the sam0v + was IN rvice, he
z;,,,r sha ed his tea with the correspond
u In the middle Of battle, if the fficer
yi couple of sand vic he woul offer
rr,1 If them to the C rrespo dent. From
80 highest to the lowest i regard 10 mill
80 information. the r Ssians were in
.o5,hlv fra K. The respondent never
~ to ask questions IS to sit alton, dispo-
!; ;ons or intentions; information in regard
- hose matters was volu 1T er d 70 lin.
.arnlr secret they ever had-and mus
+bey ke t it well--was in regard 10 g
D,int at which the crossing the DaAub .
ras to le made. Sko' ''eloff "h I'd not the
faIntest idea aithor gh a couple OF hour
r-avions = he had been reco Offering the
ssDproache'. Prince TzaretieH really mad
81 ha Tem1te c. ncep iol." Still, even
T., reg rd > thu ossing he D lnu e, the
fri-rTlv Russians wee not mex IT be. |
con Il nor be TOLL tho locah y Of the cross
;nT hut | should q escorted bei nes to the
baa1ousrters of the general com na ding
tSe dlvisi n which was to take the lead in
tba npera.io s. 1t was rather an amusing
syrerience. The guide sent to escort y e
was in the inform a p"iv te sOldier-a
tai hand ,ome man, rid ny Fl 9 gray
horse. He spoke En- ~lish f1uently, a d
yithout a tracs Of acc t. AS we rode
slo Q toget er aud tai ;el, the tone of is
nriv' te soldie $ conversatio he ii red
= q He k ew his Europe as # it had b >e
b;sn tiya paris He hal what Anne ic ms
call "ths ins de track" in reg rd to E lglish
affairs. social politlc,l Il a1d fl a icial. h
smoke Of country houses OF wnich ha he'd
been the guest, a com uented on the
merits Of . ece Of sta,uary in the draw
;nr-room at Sa idringh1 II. At las | asked
his name. He was Of o of Russ as old st
nrincely ia niles. and b longed to Q
dinIonaflc corps, but w en- the war beg n
had volunteered for military vice, and
not being qualified to be an officer ba /
fsl en- into line as private ier. As We
rode along | asked him where we were
bou d for, not imagining that a destina-
ton to hich we were full Ell route 'uid
il still IN this light, no Goub7 i acc rdalcs
with his struc rs. 4 If c1u Sc | mad
no NOR to say for the time being. Ry = Il
bv we reac led point whence radiated four
cross rra g. 1t beca obvio IS 70 ne Il ID
my guile was ainself at fault. ok 70
be d hiie b Id ne first along one road a
lit g nv, then al 'ng another, returning
puzzled to the cross roads At last he ha |
t. confess. 81 seems T. une that Pve lrs
nv way" "S)rrv l can rot be of anv
So vice," was ~ re n TX, ''snce l 10 not
know where il is Y u want TO go. | have
been all over tlis region, iow where
eacn Of thes4 roads leads" Ny prince
p-ivate-sndler- liDlometjst hursj int a
laugh, and the1 mal ionei or estimation
"'aen this way" said l, ''about an hours
ride