Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02

direction of the navy to his subordinate.
Vice Admiral Tyrtow. the head of the min
fstry OF marine. Like Makaroff. he goes
aboard the ships constantly on surprise
visits, and eats the mems dinner, inspects
the purser's stores. and even looks into the
technical details of the working Of the ea-
gine room.
Alexis is well known in this country to
which he paid a visit when he was young
man. He cultivates intimacy with Amer
leans in st. Petersburg. and always re-
ce-ves american visitors with enthusiasm.
He likes to talk with them about his visit
and the splendid entertainments got up in
his honor, but above all. of the fine hunts
organized for him out west.
He is man of tall and commanding pres
ence. and a fine athlete and sportman.
Latteriy he has grown stout, but he Is
wonderfully energetic. usually working on
naval matters from six In the morning until
late at night. Unlike the other grand dukes.
he cares little for social relaxations, with
the exception of an occasional brief visit
to Monte Carlo. He broke the bank there
just before the declaration of war.
The Grand Duke Nicholas Is to be inspec-
tor general Of cavalry under General KouIo
patkin, post for which he is well qualified.
He is man In the prime of life, forty
seven years old. and is the beau ideal of a
trooper-tall. stalwart. immensely strong.
and as active as cat. He is one of the
best riders In the Russian army and as
tonished the members of that hard-rfdng
body, the Quorne Hunt, by his splendid
during visit to England. three years ago.
He shares with Prince Louis Napoleon the
reputation of being the chief cavalry ex-
pert In the cars service.
The prince. who now commands cavalry
division in Manchuria, Is general In the
Russian army, and Is held In high esteem
by the car. Although pretender to the
French throne. he does not actively puss
hts claim. and he never NEEDLES with poll
tics. When President Felix Faure visited
the car, the prince rode past him at a re-
view and saluted him. although. of course.
he regarded him as an usurper of his own
place. President Faure returned the sa-
lutte and they afterward became good
friends, the car introducing them to each
other.
The Grand Duke Boris is we'll known in
which supplied so much copy" to the vel
low Journals" He is lieutenant of hus-
sars. and has never displayed any particu-
lar military ability. The gossips of st.
Petersburg are always talking about his
scrapes and his love affairs. but he is popu-
lar with the soldiers and has reputation
for dare devil courage. He is a second
Skobeleff without Skobeleff's genius" said
and knows Boris well. He Is to serve on
the staff OF the Grand Duke Nicholas.
How Grodekoff Won Fame.
Several of the Russian commanders in
the far east won distinction during the
DOAeT luSalTcctlOn. NreneIal dTouekOH, lilo
governor general of the Ussuri province.
directed the operations in that campaign,
in connection with Admiral Alexiefr. He is
a short. well-built. energetic man, white
haired, but full of vigor His career has
been remarkable one. He fought through
five wars In the Caucasus and Central Asia.
and rode to Cabul disguised Persian
to see the Ameer of Afghanistan and in
huence him against England
He Is credited with having caused the
war which broke out soon afterward be-
tween England and Afghanistan. and cost
British India twenty-five millions sterling.
He has been one of the strongest advocates
of Russian invasion of India, and col
Elaborated with General kouropatkin in
drawing up secret plan for that invasion,
which is filed in the war office at st. Pc
tersburg.
GrodekoT is the Particular hero of the
Cossacks. whom he led to victory over and
over again in Central Asia. He is reputed
to be one of the few highly placed Russian
officials who will not accept brides or allow
any graft to go under his admins
tratiOn, If he can prevent it.
Grodekoff's chief lieutenant is the mill
tary governor of Vladfvostok. General Chi
cagoff. a Cossack officer who commanded
q division against the Boxers during the
subjugaticn of Manchuria, and Won nota-
BILE victories at Exile and Aje-Khe. OF
the five divisions which took part III that
campaign, his was the only one which did
not commit excuses. 1t consisted almost
entirely of Cossack troops, but he kept
them well in hand.
General Rennenkampf's Siberian regi-
ments We're the worst offenders Rennen-
kampf gave the town of -Aigun. on the
Amur, to fire and sword, his men driving
all the Chinese, men, women and children,
into the flames a the point of the bayonet
Similar atrocities Were perpetra ted by his
division at Mergen and Tsitsikar. General
Rennenkampf has gone to Manchuria to
command danartlrrp
led to an enthusiastic demonstration by the
officers of his own Transcaspian command.
They carried him round their mess room
on their shoulders. cheering loudly. He Is
popular In the army, for he is as good to
his officers and men as he is ruthless to the
enemy
Another notable man who has gone out
to the far east is Prince Esper Espero-
witch Ukhtomski, the guiding spirit of
the east Chinese railway and the pro-
prietor of that powerful newspaper. the
'Petersburgski Viedomosti" He has been
described as 'the Cecil Rhodes of Rus
STA and he stands mere than any other
man for Russian imperialism. He accom-
panied the car on his trip to the far east
when he was cZarevitch, and his infiu-
ence over Nicholas is said by Russians to
be very great.
Lieutenant General Sakharof. who is
now commanding an army corps in Man.
churia, was. perhaps, the most distin-
gulShed and successful of the five COM
manderS of divisions who auelIed the
boxer outbreak in Manchuria. His troops
made the speediest progress of the five
separate armies which advanced from
different points to the relief of the be-
sieged town of Hardin. He captured by a
heroic assault, the strong fortress of
Bayun-tun, leading his men in person
through the breach made in the mud
walls of the fortress by his artillery The
boxers had number of Krupp guns, but
Sakharoff charged them, sword in hand.
and put the gunners to fight. The car
wrote him a personal letter of thanks
and gave him gold sword In reeogni-
ton of his bravery.
Major General Plug, Admiral AIexieff's
chief of staff, is not so well known in the
Russian service as most of the other far
eastern commanders. He attracted Ad-
miral Alexieff's attention by his heroism
and resource in the boxer trouble, and
the car awarded him a sword of honor.
He served in Central ASIA but did not see
much lighting there. He is best known
as writer on the theory of war, having
largely to Russian and for.
efgn military periodicals and published
two or three works
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