The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-24
The TURKISH ARMY.
soldicr~ Who Can Fight hut vi,u Doar
s~ Know Right from Left

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Know Right from Left.
Turkish soldiers are recruited from
the hall starved peasants. whsryH lives
Of perpetual privation have trained
them for l;sst the kind Of soldiers 'rur
key warts men who can live on mex;
To nothing. who cure little what they
wear. and who. never having had any
money. doat expect ii simply for
lighting. Sometimes they are not
paid for months at time, and their
foUi is poor and insufficient II is al
ways a puzzle how they are equipped
The system by which military scrv.
ice in Turkey is recruited is this:
There ARE about 7.OOO. 900 or 5000, 900
Mussuinians WHO are eligible for mill
tary service between the ages OF 90
and 40. The law mentions Mussul-
mans only. but Christians. il Turkish
subjects tnu.t also serve, though tho
latter can buy themselves out of tho
land service ora paying about $3.50 o,
our money fs
There ara four classes in the regular
army the acting or standing army.
called Nizams; the khtyut. or reserve
VI stiS sNl<<Aitas tAtS vi tilG
kedifs or reserve. the second army of
the Redifs and the Mustaphi1 or terri
torial army e
On entering tks army as recruit
g. new arrival stays from one to three
years in tho standing army. the next
four in the lchtyat, then seven With
the Redifs and six with the territorial
army. Ii recruit has horse Of his
own and keeps it at his own expense
he gets promoted at once to the frs;
class of Redif cavalry, without active
service.
The Turkish empire is divided into
seven military districts, and each OF
these is divided again into eigh, re
cruiting districts, these districts com
pi'ising the whole dominion of Turkey
in Asia, Europe and Africa
There are pipeteep army corps, dl
yided into brigades. regiments, hat
talions and companies, all full with
cavalry and artillery and engineers
While peace exists the Nizams alone
are kept. the rest being disbanded to
return to their usual avocations.
The troops are armed with rifles oi
modern make, many of them from
America, and the artillery is also OF
the best.
The Tupks mako good s1lliepsz.sbe
| dent and SoUrageous Promotion l.
once in long while the result Of per
sonal merit, but more often il is oh
tanned by intrigue or actual purchase.
All the generals and staff officers are
appointed by the sultan himself Oh the
recommendation VI the minister OF
war. but that funationary. no matter
who he may DO, is never above the
reach of proper arguments, and ad.
vanooments d,e obtained hinc times
out of ten by The influence of women.
There is military school which
was founded by French gentleman,
who also introduced percussion caps
into Turkey, under the reign of Sultan
MahInoud modelled after that of Saint
Cyr, in France. Now at least one
officer in a hundred can psad and
write, but the rank ana file Arb ht the
denses. ,gH0lahce, aud absolutely DO
not KNOW their right hand from their
lett There Is also u school of Grtil cry,
and those schools hAye done mu, h 10
raise the STANDARD of the ar,CY.
Ia civil gove.rc,;H4sny the sultan is
! chs, ana p,s po'wSGr IS ebsolJte Gtittl
hi9sndnifiies want d ehahee and he i
| induced to re6!an. or 10 other words,
Is pat w death, But while he lives his
power is limited only by tho Jaws Of
nature. Next to tho sultan in national
Importance is the grand vizicr; after
him is the seraskir pacha, or ministc,
OF war; then the minister of p.biit
works; then the sap,tan paciia, d
minister af marme, and after him The
ministef Of Justice. Cor. New YORK
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