Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16

else that he can snatch withont hal
observed. This he conceals in his l,,as
sleeves until he can pass 1t to the NOV,
man, In this fashion it goes to tho onS
OF the line thus rendering detec,,oa
wen nigh impossible. These stolen ,r
ucles are then sold and with the nro
ceeds more vodka is bought. Trayelor,
IN Russia say that the drinking !,
really encouraged BY the agents OF tina
car One OF these. a member of ,Sa
famous secret service, VIII mingle viii
a gang Of the men and In loud vo,oa
call out: Lets drink, comrades, rhs
more we drink the greater may he ,hs
amount OF taxes collected by our =,
Their, the czar. The more money in Nj,
Golfers the sooner the campaign wu,
be opened. The campaign Of horse.
the campaign Of glory! We will ria,
over TO Berlin and beautiful yienno
Who will hinder u.s."
In like vein one can imagine tbos,
agents now urging their Comrades" -
drink on the prospect OF riding TO Pc.
king and Tokyo.
The most elementary amusements ar.
amply satisfying to the child mind n,
, the average Russian soldier Ho 4,
fond of music, but 1t Is OF the moo,
rudimentary kind. II one learns "a
play two or three of the simplest melo.
dies on rude sort of instrument bo g.,
IN as great raptures as is the npsio
loving German with the rendering ~,
Wagner By a Berlin orchestra. sinv.
ing however, is the popular form n,
diversion In the Muscovite camp. In
turn II enlyens the long march acros,
the snow swept plains or becouos a
thing to stir men into deeds Of darlpg
on the field OF battle. These songs ava
really indescrlbable. Sung with 10.
cullar monotonous intonation, some-
times even accompanied by sobllke
tones, when, suddenly bursting forth
from the Threats Of an entire Singing
brigade the effect Is weird and often
thrilling beyond power Of description.
The diet of the Muscovite IN the field
is as simple as his anusements. 1t Is
largely vegetarian. Cabbage soup no.
| tatoes, peas, beans, macaroni and va.
rlous kinds OF porridges are the stapla
foods. These, with the black rye bread
| and occasionally a small amount ~
meat, make up the army fare. Yet.
like the Roman soldier. who also lived
OF a vegetable diet, these men can en-
dure hardshps such as the ordinary
civilian can scarcely conceive, Tina
moving kitchen" is one feature Of tina
Russian camp that is unique and that
is being copied by other European ar.
mics. 1t Is what its name implies. A
veritable kitchen on wheels that ac-
companies the army on all It's marches.
as indispensable as It's camp equipages
its artillery and its ammunition
fact, 1t supplies the ammunition for
the human war machines, furnishing
dynamic force that when released In
time Of battle is hurled against the
enemy with terrific effect.
Russia has never been defeated II
the rather inconclusive Crimean war he
excepted, Steadily, reslstlessly. she l.s
spread her domains over Finland, oyer
Poland, over Turkey, over Mancmuu
Even the matchless genius OF q Nauu-
leon was unequal 10 the task Of pcue.
trating this human mass, No nation II
either ancient or modern times has ever
been so unified, so organic, No grca,
nation 10 so far north, and the north al.
ways conquers the south. In the event
Of world war who can tell the par.
that these immense and unconquered
armies Of the czar may play?
j. A. EDGERTON.