The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-16
THE OPPOSING FORCES.
Turks superior in Numbrrs-Circck
Passes Are Wen Guarded.

| Turks Superior I'm NumbrrS-GrccIa
Passes Are Wen Guarded.
Larissa, April l5-Tho river Salambria-
penus, along the northern part Of Thcssaly
is likely, If the Turks invade Greece. TO he
the scene of some good fighting. All The
bridges have been mined and the fords and
shallow places are being locked after. Al
Kont nochero the bridge was swept away
by floods some time ago and has oeon re
placed by military bridge. consisting OF
eleven pontoons, pickcted at botL ends.
Every strategic point is held by the troops;
soldiers are seen everywhere, all the horses
and cattle have been requieiiioned for the
use of the army and the drilling OF the re
crui,s lasts from daylight lill dusk. baily
patrols cover all the frontier. but the
Greeks and the Christian pcasautry on the
other side OF the frontier have an intelli-
| gcuce department which no money or sAiil
could organize and tho Greek Commanders
are kept we'll informed Of all that Is going
On across the frontier.
| kalambaka, on the Greek left, not far
| from the Albanian frontier, is another i'm
portant position of the Creeks mil
| itary road from kalamhaka to Nelcmitza
on the frontier has just been completed
/
Halia ONION valley and the Greeks have
/ 5000 men in that vicinity ready TO meet Il
| Turkish advance. on the Turkish side
there is no road beyond Nalcskla, where
some 5000 Turkish troops are stationed.
This country and these passes are said
to be the scene of the PASSES OF Alex
| ander the Great. when he crossed to the
| destruction Of Theheo.
| The Greeks are depending greatly for
mountain work on the Eu1Onia, or armed
mountaineers of Greece. whose skill and
endurance are well known. II is from
this class of men that the irregulars, now
doing so valuable work I'M Macedonia. have
been drawn.
At Trikhala there is another Greek army
| corps, numbering about 5000 men. In all.
the Greeks have about so 900 regulars and
some 10000 irregulars on the frontier but
they count n great deal on the reinforce
monts to their arms through risings In
Epirus. Albania and Macedonia.
The Turks, on the other hand. have about
10000 good. weil-armed troous in line OF
these forty-foW bnttalions are Redifs
raised in Rouncia. In all about 30, 600 men,
who are divided into two reserve divisions.
At Monastir flying columns have been
FORMED to watch the SerYan frontier and
all the SUPPLIES possible are being pushed
forward to the three Turkish divisions at
Elassona, Greyna and Janin The Turks
are weak on cavalry having only about 5000
mounted men on the frontier. They ARE
very strong in the artillery and infantry
Tho transport CORPS is well organized
field telegraph having been laid between
all important points. Artesian wells have
been bored at l'lasscna and the broken
bridges in Macedonia have been repaired as
much as possible.
The Turkish force at Salonica have con-
structed limo Of redoubts around the gulf
and down the Aegean coast to Katerina.
Krupp md Armstrong guns have been
mounted In these defenses and line Of
thirty torpodoos has been laid across the
bay at Cane Kara. The discipline of the
Turkish troops is beyond praise. The
Greeks. however. are not in anything like
tho state of efficiency of the Turks, al
though they Mt present seem TO he ami
mated by more wnrlIke enthusiasm