The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-04

In order TO attain the best results.
| The men are drilled TO fight in
companies, To hold together IN COM
/ panies and battalions- OF individual
efforts they know nothing. They
have not been taught 10 excel IN
that respect. because they are thought
incapable OF it. The infantry's march-
ing power Is below even the Italian
F average and the outpost system Is 50
imperfectly developed that only VOL
unteers especially qualified aud paid,
are utilized in that service. The
/ guard calvary embraces cuirasSiers,
lancerS, huSsars and dragons, mostly
/ picked men, and as good as their Ger.
man and Austrian brethren The
/ line cavalry, however, cannot be com.
/ pared with that of the opposing forces
+ in respect 20 ighting qualities aud re-
/ conaoiteriR- ability. They are very
! roo3 a, tl &c building. the passing 81
+ rIters.etc. The best part of the cavalry
OF al grades i recu.ted from the eau
cssHs. which country produces excel
I lent soldier material. superior in every
respect to that of European Russia
I The artillery is good, especially ths
mounted branch; 80 are the technical
/ troops, which are well Offered. In
| late years the Russian press has ad.
vertised the military virtues OF the
/ frontier guards as beyond coupari>
son" They are a troop OF thirty e
forty thousand, stationed along the
/ Prussian-Austrian frontiers, AID know
| ing every step of the territory there
abouts. They will be very useful, in
| deed, but rather for defensive than of
| fensive purposes. Far from possess,
| ing any special amount Of soldierly
virtues, these guards are open 90 brib-
cry and corruption of the most IA
| grant sort.
| OF the one hundred thousand Cos.
sacks only about ten thousand from
/ the Caucasus rank as soldiers: the ress
| are simply marauders, eutthroSts.
thieves and incendiarieS, incapable OF
meeting the regular cavalry Of Prussia
or Austria, and even far below the
Russian line Dragons in respect to
fighting qualities If It be the intcn1
ton of the ear 10 fight the peopls
rather than the armies of Germany and
| Austria, his COssacl1s viii do we'll as
hangers-on 20 his forces: otherwise
they are only 1T 10 pursue an enemy
| entirely demorahzed. II is strange
| that the CosSacks should still be con-
sidered formidable force after theigs
utter defeat By the Tcherdessian TurLA
| in the last war. Russian officers in
general dread their corporation IN tbs
| field, because the Coszaci<s regard war
simply as an excuse COR indulging in all
their evil passions, recognizing no au,
! thority, and having no respect ethics
| for truth or duty Their expert horse-
manship should make them valuable
Accommodating purposes. but officers
will hesitate 20 accept any Cossacx
| report. as in nine out OF ten cases IL
viii prove unreliable. Aseircus riderA.
so TO speak the CoSSaclSs have very few
equals They pride Themselves on their
shooting while at a gallop. shooting
is one thing and striking anotheg
though
II war should break out during thu
next few years the ear would lead th,
armies against Germany IN person.
with the chief OF the general staff,
Gen obruseheH, as councillor Alex.
snder III. Is not a soldier by choice,
and he breads the inconvenience a was
must necessarily impose upon his per-
SON. He is also afraid that an unsuct
cessful war might involve HIS dynasty.
in all sorts Of dieiculties at home. Still.
he cannot be relic upon and might ba
Influenced in favor OF war against hia
own will Just as he allowed himself tos
be persuaded 20 listen. with uncovered
head. TO the ~Narssfiatsrs- Gen ps~sS
omiroff viii probably lead tbs ss.zns
paipn against the AustriAns. Hccon<
manded a division In the TurkiAgt sSAa
with some degree OF sscersseud hAte7
everything German ASfhuugfyu good
general--nos an srrnyfrader-ftrfs are
two grest drawbacks "a hhk puss6nla
success; he drinks tosexccsA s&na ID
scarcely able to be1rR~fhs saddrs Cd
more than aIrhour atsa tine eu E& :
count of d wound 4ka
Shiplka pass Gen. Gorrko BENG fnszs
paeitated By Illness. Ltnorsokn6rshsx
Russian general Of ddgttncchn vo@
might play a great escisivsp.rs3 o1Ad
forthcoming confagratioD. WheoS43
II occur? II IL depends JsoIG1-orb ars-
Ella. not before tsSs, or tho sprfug OF
1897. when heE entirs-eEuJ viii b
equipped with new rifsssant heessA
ditionsI reserve fernst anAs~r In dshN
Ing TRIM