The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30
RUSSIA MORGANEES ARMY|
SECOND ARMY CORPS BEING MO.
soLlzED FOR THE FAR EAST.
General kuropatkln Retains Command
Of First Army-Russla sllences For.
elgn Interference by Her Announce
ment to Fight II Out on Battle Field
Grand Duke Nicholas to Command.


st. Petersburg-The division and
reorganization of the Mancnurian
army, regarding which there have been
rumors ever since the battle Of Liaoy-
ang, has been officially announced in
an imperial rescript appointing Cen
eral Grippenberg, commander of the
Third army corps in the province of
Wilma, as commander of the Second
army corps. now being mobolized for
immediate dispatch to the far east,
leaving General Kuropatkin in COM
mand of the First army.
The emperor is personally convinced
that the political as well as the mill
tary prestige Of the empire is at stake,
and that every other consideration
must give way before the exigencies of
war. The resources of the empire in
men and money must be drained If
necessary in order to turn the scale
and vindicate the power of Russia. The
reorganization amounts to formal no
tice to the world, as the emperor frank
ly explains in his rescript, that he in
tends to largely increase the number
of troops at the theater of war in or
der to force the struggle to a sue
cessful issue in the shortest possible
time.
Send 100000 More Men.
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 100000 additional
men will be placed in the field. Even
tually the creation of this second army
involves the selection of a commander
In chief. Not only is there no intima-
ton in the rescript that General Kuro-
patkin will have command of both
armies. but he is distinctly placed upon
the same footing as General Grippen-
Derg. In the best informed circles there
Is little idea that Viceroy Alexieff, the
present nominal commander in chief,
will exercise the actual functions Of
commander of the 100000 or 200, 1000
men that Russia has resolved to put in
the field.
It is the best opinion that Grand
Duke Nicholas Michaelovitch, inspec-
tor 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 ultimate destiny.
The dispatch of the grand duke as
commander of both armies would &C.
cord with the traditions of the Roman.
of dynasty, a member of which i'm.
perial family has always been in com.
mand in all of Russia's great wars.
General Grippenberg, commander OF
the second army, was born in Janu
airy, 1888. He is Is years older than
General Kuropatkin, but ranks three
numbers lower in the list of generals
General Grippenberg is Lutheran in
religion.
While General Grippenberg's distin.
guished war record is sufficient to ex.
plain the appointment, it is believed
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky's recommen.
dation did a great deal in that direc.
ton.
1t is now evident that General Line
witch will remain in charge of the
Amur district, including the defenses
Of Vladivostok.
Marks New Phase of War.
Russia's recognition of the fact that
the forces now in the far east can not
successfully prosecute the war against
the men japan is able to put in the
field, and the knowledge that the latter
power is now mobolizing 100000 men
for the front, and the decision to re-
organize the Russian army upon a gi-
gantic scale in order to be able to as.
sumo the offensive quickly marks a
new phase Of the war.
Within three months three corps are
expected to reach Hardin, swelling the
total number of Russian soldiers in
Manchuria to considerable over half q
million.
The great struggle for mastery in the
far east now seems destined to assume
gigantic proportions.
General kuropatkin deems it wise to
make pubic unofficial dispatches
which indicate that Marquis Oyama is
slowly continuing to advance.
The emperor was in Odessa on Sep.