The sun., 1891-05-17
European Army Notea.

The German cruiser Fake ives launched at Kiel
Aprt 1t has .ngines of 500 horse powers tonnage
OF 1880. and runs II sea miles an hour "-'
Germanys squadron OF evolution will be ssnt-out in
two divisions Of three basvesips despAfch touI and
seven torpedo boats eac They will be nAanai b., 80
officers and 5000 sesmeu. The commander Of all wiH
be Vice. Admiral Deinlard- .. .t.-,- '..,
The Russian Hovsrnment has appropriated si.onpoO
TO TIE construction OF q commercial harbor at Theo.
dosia which will hereafter bs the port Of the Crlmes
for merchantmen. sebastopol will bo transfer m ID
into military and naval stronghold. Two other steps
OF Russia eastward plans for Rrert highway from
the Caspian SeR to Teherap and for limited
OF Persian silver In the empire. s, .-.
War Minister do Frsycinst has given the ehisf Of
Frances great general stan tue financial lnsaus
necessary to move BY rail- two army a corps
at the next man9nvrsa Tho Eastern aud
tho Lyons Railway viii bs used FOR this en-
pertinent Such practice In the strateRos utflizahsl
OF rslwsys ths Echo ae fn, rays has become impsr-
stiv.iy necessary In conssqusnee OF Gsruanys snrs
mitting efforts 10 spread tho network OF her fAvays
The great fali mauuuvres Of tho German army this
year will be concluded Sept. IL that the Empalor
may be on his hunting grounds In Sweden Sept "a
Tho manpuvrss Of the Twelfth Corps (of sA1ony) viii
take place nrst then those Of the BAvarau CorpA aud
finally those of tho Eleventh. and Fourth Corps Tns
Eleventh Corps will BE- rsvis ~ed BY tbs Emperor
Casss, and tho Fourth Corps nearsE1furI Tho
OF both will be. hsta between casssL and Erfnrs
imneui after the pSFadss a.. ..,.5g a... -
In various military stations last winter efforts were
made to test tho Availability Of tortineasteas N
the He'd IL was found that compact wall Of snow
fourteen feet thicknsss safe protection aasinst
onslaught OF rifenen. Tho balls Of a BsrdAn rihe.
nrnd at distance Of IO0 feet penetrated into such
wall only ~ so feet, nred ut ds,sIes Of 800 feet
they penetrated only from TO 51S fsst; from dis-
tance OF feet. they wsnt feet aud inches dssp
and from distance otsU fee. thsyrvsntS shs dspsA
Of feet aud inches ...,. r. -
Gen. Won Boguslawskrs recent words to the sRses
that France has more soldiers ready for moofr.sisa
than Germany have been shown TO DO . misstatsnsnS
French ofhcor reckons that between 1880 and 1890
Germany trained i64t0y' men. vhiis France trstnsA
but i23 O0, In the preceding decade each eoantyy
educated tho same number Of soidisrA 80 that Ger.
nAuys numerical advantage Tor the last twenty years
30 that France like Germany rnsy IN training an
nualy 10000 Instead Of ii4.O1os ~ In thsiAss
few years 'r .'.,-- " '''
Like several other European great powsn Rlsas y
to have her historical rskimsnts To honor the mem
srss OF Russian commanders who have done crest
since Peter tho GreAL the Gzsr has srdersd thAs
ninsesn sronsder, infantry. and dragon regiments
and artillery brxadss shall bear the names OF fsmous
Russian Gensrais Reserve skeleton battslions shall
moreover receive historical and geographical nAmss.
The order question shows that Russia has In Europe
seventyfour reserve skeleton batAlIons which In war
would be expanded 10 many regiments of four bat.
tAiions each In tho military districts OF MOSCOW and
Kew there already twelve such reserve rsgmssts
OF Two bAttaiions each Altogether nnstysix reserve
skeleton regiments will be formed In European Russia
TWENTY-FIVE OF which stnl informed The reserve
regiments In Wit Numbered corsscutivsiy aftsr
the regiments OF the sttndnx army that is the nrst
reserve regiment will no ie5. Besides Twelve aaaro
aud sixteen grenAder rezamsnts the Russian iafsntry
. footing contains 23s rsEmenta OF fsur bat
tAions EACH and. completed, will contain 2as II tbs
Caucasus and KAstsrn departments there ass sss
sishsssa skeleton reserve rssimspta ..