New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-27

,o ,.a,,e an outbreak at one end of the country
and, after d large body OF troops has PC"
transported thither to quell H. quietly |" "i
pe-se and then cause fresh outbreak TO Occur
at a distant point, requiring fresh conceiil-
ton of troops and and so on. NOT oiIs
is the entire army kept in a state OF continual
Discrimination thereby, but the expense %
enormous as the rule OF the Oriental Railway
is Money down or no trains" Moreover as '-0
troops are rarely paid and the conlmissariat eA-
lists principally in fancy. the soldiers are C'in
PEELED to live off the country, and leave a scene
of devastation behind them wherever they 81
MIR. Wyon has, OF course, much to say III i
gard TO the Turkish atrocities i'll Macedonia
but these alas! are too we'll known to warrant
reca pituIation here Brutal murders or ageu
people and children outraged women anu NJ
tilated nlen-it would be merely multipile"
ton of narrowing instances OF henoish cI"ei'''
Better to look at the other side or the pict"ie'
One glimpse must suffice, even thoush /. 7iN
out the fascinating views of Montenegro anu
Albanian life that fill the last half Of the booh'
The author and a companion had dined WIN
the officers mess of the Bulgarian mountain
batteries stationed at Sanakor. trim wen SCI
I'D young fellows they are. smart IN thelr oarN
blue double breasted tunics"
The tap Of drums. hoarse commands and nusIe
below our windows is full of gray coated infantry
men, two thousand OF them Grawh up our it promise
l-y.rx TO
to start an hour earlier on our long orlEe 10
the railway see the garrison at drill and pc pnoIo-
graphed. The sound of singing is coming Gown tie
road tho slow, measured marching song OF 'I i
Bulgarian army and a mountain battery swings up
"a few minutes later and the second arrives our
comrades of last night salute US and soon th9 I'd,
rison has marched off to await US on the LOW:
outside. The trUmpeter sounds tine oiiiCeISs
CALL and from all directions troop the oIlccIS -
the garrison; group of artilleryen starr res
''Horo," Subatern leading off, and we eat sardlles
ard quaff rak TO the jig Of the BULGARIAN oasPlpes
Meanwhile the major, ardent amateur pnotoS-
rapher, is arranging his picture pie Oh AM.
munitun boxes seats. thanked wIte coupii,99
Of mountain guns. and when we are arrange"
the major soleInnly takes us. g.
Then more breakfast and informal toasts; lew lew
hundred bury soldiers forming a respectful put
obviously admiring audience and we go TO our car
raee =, - ,.et
Next spring may meet again" Is our 6 lasd
toast. \ rumble Of ill suppressed applause SHOWS
that the men have heard and understood. A soloier
cries Macedonia! and roar OF cheering goes up.
Hand grips are exchanged. and while with ilnlp
arms enter the carriage twenty-five nundrso
men are lining the road. The driver lashes the
horses and the major raises his cap and SHOUTS;
Now" Two thousand FIVE hundred deep chested
men respond. and IN state of frenzied iqtoAlc3-
ton rise TO that magnificent crash Of sound
Till the bond of the road hides the scene the roar
Of farewell cleavos to the very skies.
BY Jove: What grand sendoff." I articulate
weakly
IF there Is only next year." piously responds