The sun., 1891-06-28
Foreign Army Notes.

The Austrian 0overnm ent has received from Eng and
smother consignment of 100 Maxim mtrsieuses. They
well the others already received Will be placed Al
Notifications near the border
Italy about to test tho possibilities Of rifles of
mimetre calibre. or but slightly over IS by meas
II tho result be favorable the small caiibrs
the German FoN says. military mon will be ready for
another revolution In the armnR Of infantry.
Tho technical troops of tho Austrian army will be
fall with Mannlicher riHes and the wernd
rifles which they will be stored away. Tho
rifles Of tho terhncal troops will be much shorter and
lighter than tho ordinary Mannlicher The pioneers
sabres moreover. will be replaced with ha,chets
Constantinople Is to have museum OF history. In It
will be arranged chronologically types Of tho
uniformA and trappnEs in tho use of the Turkish
from Its beginning till now. Foreign artists
sculptors have been engaged TO produce for the
museum representations OF Turkeys greatest Generals
and most famous battles
Turkey has taken steps toward utilizing the inhabi.
tants of Its Asiutc possessions in It's army. Twenty
four auxiliary cavalry regi of kurds will be formed
shortly in the manner prnctised by Russia In the Cos
sack formation Tho Kurds Will mount themselves
and will be armed paid and csred for at the States
pense. Tribes which contribute mon to tho tw epty
four regiments in question will be freed from taxation
Switzerland purposes to make several reforms in
the organization Of its army. Tho Federal army,
which with militia OF the frat and last call
Numbers 272, i24 men. has been hitherto in eight
divisonA With these eight divisions four corps will
be formed shortly ami Herewith will become necessn.
~ complete revision OF the still Incomplete plan for
the mobilization and advance The commander OF each
of the corps will be called simply Army Corps
Commander"
tho regimentaI naRs injured in the with Den
mark Austria, and france have been replaced with
In 1874 and 1866, 81 such flags were per.
forated and torn by bullets; In Is7u7 49, The flag
of the westphaan infantry reSiment tFiftysxth)
rddled by % shos in the one battle of Mars In Tour
In tic Franco.Prussan s commissioned and non.
commissioned officers were killed with their co'ors in
their handA On the stan OF tag which thus
It's bearer 10 now = silver ring wihithe inscriptions
with this Dag in his hand, - died n heros death ;"
Two regiments have five such rings each their
colora All ten color bearers fell at Mars a.Tour.
In the Universal Military Gazette Of Switzerland an
active German onicer considers the practical value OF
Jtaly's strategical raiwayA AS regards the sgnih
Of these railways for other European powerA"
he Saws especially for Italy's allies, three important
points should always kept In view; First tho isolation
by the high Alps OF the italian railway system second
Its curousy advantageous loc alton In respect Of tho
OF Europe for cooperation In times OF third
its total Ina sqnacy TO tho tasx OF quickly gathering
placing the boundary the Italian roorA and tho
backward Developments or the double track lines Ger
many for instance has nineteen through lines 10 aid
tho advance to tho western frontier and eleven for the
assembling Of troops on Its eastern frontier. In Italy
however there only three through north and south
lines by which troops can bs placed on tho northern.
northeastern. and northwestern frontiers. The com
pstion OF the lines Verona Bologna aud Avezzano-
Fnenza will raise tho number to four. Do
spite the large number of transverse railways,
II would be exceedingly difficult for Italy
to concentrate many troops st any one point
q her extensive coasts Notwithstanding all these
present and probably permanent defects, an alliance
with italy, ~ country controlling l'O.ooo fighters
remains edngly desirable The Swiss Italian Gott.
hard railway exceptionally important fer Germany
In case OF war between the triple alliance and
France always on tho presumption that switzerland