Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-25
NOBILIzING AT WARSAW.
Austria Disturbed BY Geurko's Warlike
Preparations.

VIENNA, March 24.-The Austrian gov
ecDnees IS greatly disturbed By the stitude
OF the military in Russian Poland. Ger.
Gaufko. actirg, tits presumed, urdsr or
eers from ST. Petersburg, appears TO De
making preparations for h3stiliGes sgaiast
some power. whether Austria Of GERMANY
i, not apparent.
The defeuees st WARSAW are being strength
ened, ard hou,eholders have been notified
Of the number CT soldiers that eseh h1use
will have TO accommodate in the event Of .
Russian army fsAIng up quarters in the
city.
Persons whose loyalty is questioned are
expelled from Warsaw anu other Polish
CUES. and some are dsaorn TO Siberia.
The quarts on the frontier have been rsii-
fo,e-d, ard fortified camps have been e.
10 hsbed at Convenient pc ints f1r Sudden
movement in the directi Of ehher Prus-
Ella or Austria
Large bodies of troops are in continual
moiioa asd sltogsther the situstion is calcr-
laIed TO stimulate anxiety both II VIenns
and Berlin.
Gen Gourke returned q short time ago
from personal conference with the Gar,
and preparations have been decreased sincv
he came back to b command.
In the event of 8 European war the
Russian infantry you'll probably use .hs'
old Berd Al rifles Nth smokeless powder,
as the magazine r fl IS now being msuufac-
,ured in France will not be ready for an
o,her year st the very earliest. A great
deal Of "sar tals" is rife amongst the
military elements in all parts Of the Rassisn
empire, which 10 particularly directed
against Germany.
The Russian military rpxr e ivres during
tn. present year will b, CO gigantic scale.
The force engaged wilt consist OF The
Guards and the First Arms Corps from ST
Petersburg, the Grepadier Corgs and the
Thirteenth Army Corps from Moscow. the
Ninth and Tenth Army Corp, from Chsrkoft
ard he Eleventh sLd T~eif h Army Corps
trrm klt #
The troops from the tao mentioned dit
tricts will form under The command of Gen.
obrutseh IT. chief o, the Russian head
quarters staff, Eastern army, while The re.
msining bsif will constitute the Western
army under Gen. DrAgonirt #, To each
| army will be added four cavalry divisions,
making q grand total of 200. 900 of all
ranks.
The Russian ambassador is said TO have
given assurances to Austria that there is
no hostile intent on the part of Russis III
the exrsordiosry military movements in
P.lspd; hut the Austrian government is
not, for that reason, ces.ing TO take viz
o-ous precautions against sudden attack.
Ger. Kfif ghsmmer, at Craoov, has been
ordered to msintsin increased vigilance,
and the troops Throughout! Galicis hsve
b zen placed in cobdltion for immediate
service
An important experiment, designed to
test the power Of endurance possessed by
the Russian inf.nIy soldiers in campaign
Jog work, during period Of intense coid,
has lately been made ia q district near the
western frontier Of Russia. Ii WAS desired
to discover under what degree Of cold
troops could camp out in tents, and for this
purpose eight infantry men were chosen al
| random.
The snow, which lay deep upon
| the ground. was levelled over s
| ioterinr covered with mas on which were
laid sc pounds of straw. The men, az
cour,ed IN heavy gray coats and Wellington
boots lay down 10 resi-, u.iDg their sp-
| sacks as pillows, at 8 O'clock in ,hs ever
lag Outs d., the thermometer, protected
from the wild blasts, then ir dicated 81 de-
| grees Fahrenheit. An officer renamed
outside all night making observations.
| At O'Clock the temp erature inside the
tent was Il degrees above zero and outside
at zero Io~s,d morning me 'herm rms te'
| gradually fell without and within. Until
o'clock the men slept quite comfortably
but toward 4, when the cold became so IL
tense, sleep was impossible. The soldiers
left their tents AID ran about in the open
| sir 10 keen from freezing