The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-29
Big SECOND ARMY
Being M0RNIiz.ED
he Division and Reorganiza.
ton Of the Manchurian
Corps to Occur.
ALSO A NEW
General Grippenberg Has Been Ap.
pointed by the Gar as Commander
in Chief of the Russian Army
Marks New Energy.

81. petersburg, Sept. 2.-Ihe dlVl-
sion and reorganization of the Man
churian army, regarding which there
have been JUNIORS ever since the battle
of Lao Yang, was officially announced
today In an imperial reScript appoint
ing Gen. G~rippenberg, now commander
or the Third army corps in the prov
lnce OF Wilma, as commander of the
Second army corps now being mobil-
ized for immediate dispatch 10 the far
east, leaving Gen. Kuropatkin in COM
mand Of the First army. The en-
peror is personally convinced hat the
political, as we'll as the military pres
tige of the empire, is at stake, and that
every other consideration must give
way before the exigencies of war. The
Of the empire in men and
money must be drained, if necessary.
in order to u the scale and vindi-
cate the power of Russia.
The reorganization amounts to for
NAL notice to the world, as the en-
peror frankly explains in his rescript,
that he intends to vastly increase the
number of troops at the theater of war
in order to force the struggle to a sue
cessful issue in the least possible time.
1t is intended to silence definitely all
talk Of foreign Intervention by the an
nouncement that Russia means to fight
out the issue with Japan on the field Of
battle.
Probably soo,o 900 men will be placed
in the field. Five corps, the Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Sixteenth,
are already destined for the front, and
it is expected tina five more corps will
be sent forward.
Will Need Commander in Chief.
Eventually the creation of this sec
ond ARM involves the selection of a
commander in chief. Not only is there
no intimation in the rescript that Cen
eral k~uropatkin will AVE command of
both armies, but he is placed on the
same footing as General Grippenberg.
In the best Informed circles there Is
little idea that Vicerov Alexieff, the
present nominal commander In chief,
will exercise the actual functions Of
commander of the 100000 or 100000
meh that Russia has resolved to put
In the field.
1t is the best opinion that Grand
Duke Nicholas Michaelovitch. Inspector
general of cavalry, will attain the high
command, occupying in the war with
Japan the position held by his father.
in the war with Turkey. There are
various reports regarding Viceroy
Alexieff's destiny. 1t is claimed IN
some quarters h q he will be recalled
and Grand Duke Nicholas become vice
roy as we'll as commander In chief.
1t is also said on apparent equal au-
thority that AleXieff will return as
Count Lamsdorff. None OF these re-
ports is definitely confirmed.
Would Favor Winters Campaign.
Grand Duke Nicholas is still a young
man, not yet 45, with much OF his
fathers rush, energy and resolution.
There is reason to believe that even
with the memories of the horrors Of
the Shipka campaign against the Turks
of which he was the witness as a young
captain of cavalry he would favor a
winter campaign against the japanese.
The dispatch of the grand duke as
commander Of both armies would &C
cord with the traditions Of the Roman
off dynasty, a mernbe Of which i'm
perial family has always been in COM
mand in all Of Russia's great wars.
1t is agreed by the ablest military
men here that should Nicholas be ap-
pointed, despite the fact that his ex-
p%erience has been as a cavalry COM
mander, the selection of his chief Of
staff will become q matter of supreme
Importance. A counselor of wide actual
experience in general command will be-
come an imperative necessity. Gen
erals Dragomiroff, Vorentzoff and Sou
gareffsky, veterans and heroes of the
Turkish war. are mentioned for the
post.
General Grippenberg, commander Of
the Second army, was born January q,
1898. He is ten years older thar Cen
eral Kuropatkin, but ranks three num-
bers lower In the list of generals. Cen
ieral Grippenberg is a Lutheran in re-
ligion. He is married and has three
children. One son., a captain of artil-
lery, vas wounded in the battle of Lao
Yang. General Grippenberg was edu-
Gated at home, n passed through no
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mission while fighting in defense of Sc
vastopol, and then came into prom
tnence in the campaigns in Turkestan
in 1863 and 1868. He went into the
Turkish val as a colonel, and as a re-
ward for his services as aide-de-camp
to the empero was promoted to the
rank Of major general. He became a
lieutenant general in 1890; a general OF
infantry in 1901, and recently was APP
pointed general aide-de-camp to the
emperor.
Grippenberg Distinguishes.
While General Grippenberg's distin-
guished war record is sufficient to ex-
plain the appointment, it is believed
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirslky's recon-
mendation did a great deal in that d.
rection.
Grlppenberg will leave for the far
east the middle of October.
1t is now evident that General Line
witch will remain in charge OF the
Amur district, including the defenses OF
N~ladiVoStok.
Russia's recognition of the fact that
the forces now in the far east cannot
successfully prosecute the war against
the men Japan is able to put in the
field, and the knowledge that the latter
power is now mobilizing 100, 900 more
men for the front and the decision to
reorganize the Russian army upon a
gigantic scale in order to be able to
assume the offensive quickly, marks a
distinctly new phase of the war. The
physical difficulties to be reckoned with
in promptly getting out such large re-
Inducements over a single line of rail
road more than 5000 miles long are full
ly realized, but with the circum-Baikal
railway completed the authorities eX-
pect to practically double the present
capacity for the transportation Of men.
munitions n provisions, n send
out two corps instead of one monthly.
Within three months three corps are
expected to reach Hardin, swelling the
total number of Russian soldiers In
Manchuria TO considerably oVer half q
million. In the meantime the armies
at the front, continually augmented by
fresh troops, will act as a buffer to
hold in check the Japanese until the
army Will be able to assume the ag-
gressive through the greater weight OF
numbers.