The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-26
GIVES RUSSIA 100000 MEN
Gear Creates Second Manchurian
Army Under Grippenberg.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-The emper-
or has appointed General Grippenberg,
commanding the troops at Wilma, to
command the Second Manchurian army,
which will give Russiai from 100000 to
700 900 men in Manchuria.
Emperor Nicholas has sent the fol-
lowing autograph letter to General Grip
penberg:
The intense energy with which Japan is
conducting the. war and the stubbornness
and high warlike qualities displayed by
the Japanese inlpel me; to considerably
strengthen tbs forceszat the front,,ysiI or
rder to attain decisive Success In tl1e4short-
est possible time. a. g. q. 3,z:,.s;# 81
Since by this increase the units will
reach a figure making their continuance
in one army impossible without prejudice
to the proper direction, maneuverng and
mobility of the troops, / have found it
necessary to divide the active forces in
Manchuria into two armies, leaving one
in the hands of General Kuropatkin. I
appoint you to command the second Your
many years service in warlike exploits
and your wide experience In training
troops assure me that you, following the
general directions of the commander-in-
chief will successfully lead to the at
tainment of the objects of the war the
army intrusted to you. .sE
God bless you for yoqr grsat and Eo
| your affectionate - = Nicholas. ;
General Grippenberg is 66 years Of
age. He served in the Crimean war and
distinguished himself in the Polish in
surrection of 1868 and in the Turkestan
campaign of 1868, and for his part in
the latter received the St. George s
cross and a sword of honor He COM
manded the Moscow Guards regiment in
the Turko- Russian war, and in that con-
| hict was promoted to the rank Of ma jor
general. He is Lutheran in religion,
and has a wife and three children.
The reorganization amounts to formal
frankly explains in his rescript, that he
| Intends vastly to increase the number
I of troops at the theater of war in order
to force the struggle to a successful is
sue. in the shortest possible time. It is
intended to silence definitely all talk of
ment that Russia means to fight out the
Probably 100000 additional men will be
! placed in the field. Five corps, the
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Six
teenth are already destined for the
front, and the talk is that five more
corps will be sent forward. Evidently
the creation of this second army in
wolves the selection of a commander in
chief. Not only is there no intimation
in the rescript that General Kuropatkin
will have command of both armies, but
he is distinctly placed upon the same
footing as General Grippenberg.
It 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
r RIO we reports t reeafding yicerey Xlex
eff's ultimate destiny: It is declared
in some quarters that he will be recalled
roy as well as commander-in- chief It
is also said upon apparently equal au-
thority that Alexieff will return as
chancellor of the empire, succeeding
Count Lamsdorff. None of these reports
are definitely confrmable. =. n
General Grippenberg will leave fol
the far east the middle of October.
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 100000 more
/ men for the front, and the decision tc
reorganize, the Russian army upon a 81
1 gantic scale in order to be able to as
! sumo the offensive quickly marks dis
tinctively new phase of the war.
] The reorganization Of Russia s
forces in the far east. by the appoint
ment of General .Grippenberg to com
mand the second army has been re-
ceived with much satisfaction by the
press. Even the Novoe Vremya, which
has been urging the promotion Of Gen
chief, recognizes the impossi
bility Of confding the vast host now to
be assembled to the commander of the
forces actually in the field. Othez
papers warmly indorse the motives fol
the formation Of the second army and
the evident determination to prosecute
name of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholae
witch, inspector general of cavalry
early in the war was on everybody 4
! lips as likely to be made commander
{ in chief.