Arizona republican., 1904-04-08
RUssIA's FIGHTING GENERAL.
Upon Whom Czar and
 People Place Their Hopes.

Russia is waking up. The little bristling "Japs" may have beaten the czar's navy, and the cZar's soldiers may have had to march away from the mikado's men, but things may change now, for the cZar has ordered a man with a long name, hard to pro- nounce, General Alexie Nicolaievitch Kuropatkin, to lead his soldiers in Manchuria.
 This man with the long name is called the fighting general of Rus sia One looking at his quiet face would not think of him as fighting general" But so he is, for he has fought in battles in Africa, Europe and Asia. And everywhere he has fought he has won. One may see by looking at his high forhead and the way he half. shuts his eyes that he thinks great deal and very hard. That is why he has won. That is the way most men win. They want to do some par ticular thing very much. They think about it. Then they go at it hard.
 In pictures of the generals, kings and emperors of Europe almost al- ways there are to be seen long rows of crosses and badges fastened on the breasts of their coats. These are badges of various societies. or orders, as they are called. Each country in Europe has such orders. One may become a member only by invitation of the king or emperor. The badges in some of these orders are given only to men who have done great deeds. The lighting general of Russia has received more than a dozen, and a great many swords besides, from the czar, because of the many deeds he has done. It is said he has so many that there are no more of these jew elled badges of gold left for him to win. Not only is he a great fighter, but he is also said to be the best writ CT on military history in Russia. For this he also has received honors.
 He can toll terribly hard" is the way some men talk about him. They tell how he turned tribes of murder ous men into men who would blow and plant and grow cotton-peaceful men doing useful things in the world.
 The father of General Kuropatkiu was soldier, too, but he left the army before he died. Alexei was sent to schools where there were cadet drills and studies about war as well as other things. He was to be a soldier like his father. He studied hard, and in 1866 he was made a sub lieutenant an officer at the bottom of the ladder. Whenever sub" is added to anything it means under" as when we say "sub-cellar" we mean the cellar under the usual cellar. or subterranean, we mean under the earth. So a sub lieutenant is an officer under a lieu tenant. That was where the fighting general began. There are men who, starting down at the bottom, under everything, come out on top As we know now, he was one of this kind. He was hardly out of school when there was talk of war in the heart of that big, strange continent, Asia. In Turkes- tan, where tales like "The Arabian Nights were told, the Russians were lighting. AleXei went to ,Turkestan and here he spent two years fighting. He had done so well that when he came home he received two of the badges of honor and some swords. He now be- came a lieutenant also.
 Now Kuropatkin went to school again to learn more about how to fight and win battles. For six years-a long tlme-he studied, working hard. When ne came out he was at the head of his class. He did so well that. he received the opportunity to go to France to study still more. Here he was asked