The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-24
FATE OF BEATEN GENERALS.
In Many Cases Reverses fin War Have
 Been Beginning of Poverty. Pearson's Weekly.

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 In Many Cases Reverses fin War Haye
 Been Beginning of Poverty.
 Pearson's Weekly.
 Russia has several beaten generals at the present time and the question Is what will eventually become of them
 The land of the Great Bear has sell dom permitted the leaders of her army and navy to long survive their down Tall, notwithstanding statements to the contrary. and there are several in stances Of Russians, once shining lights Tn oarrack rooms and naval dockyards, who have taken leave of life both ob- scurely and tragically.
 It was not so long ago that a fa- nous general. once honored all over Russia, died by his own hand at d Ger man gambling spa. He had erred dur ing the usso-Turkish war of 1S77- !s. and in consequence the troops un- der his command had met with an un- expected disaster.
 After the war the general left St. Petersburg in disgrace. and under an assumed name took up his residencef'in Germany. He dissipated his fortune at gambling places, and when he had come to his last penny LssSbecame a hand man. eking outssA bare exist ence by running eryaids. doing odd jobs and distributing handbills. Being unable terecover his self res- pect and manhSod. he sought release by suicide. Ale shot himself at a gam bling spa Fand when his body was searched not single coin was found Again, a leader of the Russians dur ing the Crimean war died in abject poverty in the Latin quarter of Paris. He had lost 15,000 men at Inkerman and his commission was taken from him.
 He went to France and led a bohe- milan life for making a good income by composing musical pieces. The money he earned he spent In riotous living, and one morning he was found dead In his attic after a | heavy drinking bout.
 1 According to the Echo de Paris. Captain Klado. who was the chief Rus sian witness before the North Sea Com mission. has been deprived at St. Pe- tersburg of ali his appointments and functions except that of professor at l the Military Academy.
 It would be interesting to follow the | future fortunes of this gentleman, for
 1t is certainly doubtful whether his colleagues at the Military Academy will
 allow him to long survive his down.
 fall.
 Japan is very harsh on her defeat | ed officers, both naval and military During the present NI IT in the Far East a naval lieutenant. who faIed to carry out task set him, was politely I by committing suicide.
 A sheet was strung on the deck of the lieutenant's gunboat, and behind
 this was placed an armchair and a ta-
 ble. On the latter was sharp knife | wrapped in a piece of clean paper. The lieutenant bowed to his comrades, went behind the sheet, sat in a chair and picked up the knife. | The official report stated that the lieutenant had died distinguishing him. self in action, and the Emperor grant ed him posthumous medal. 1 After our troops had entered Pekin and sacked the summer palace of the l Emperor, a Chinese general, known as the chief of the Dragon Slayers," who allowed his troops to be badly beaten, had his commission taken from him and was publicly degraded For long time his wretched figure was to be seen in the streets of t.e 1 Capital. with gyves on his limbs and board around his neck as d punish ment. :..:-: | For many years shabbily dressed, | elderly man wandered around the streets of Madrid. At one time he was one of the most mighty of the French marshals, and his tunic blazed with gold lace and jeweled orders. He had risen from the ranks, but l misfortune came to him when he start | ed out to meet the Germans as lead CT of half a million men. Accompany l ing him to the front were lnnumerable valets, grooms and secretaries, yet he 1 came back to Paris, not as mighty conqueror, but as broken, friendIcss man.
 | He had, in the eyes of the Republic disgraced himself, and popular preju- dice drove him from his native coun- try. He went to Madrid and fell low l CT and lower in the social scale until | he became practically q beggar, both l in language and habits. Not q touch of former greatness was shown by he ex-marshaI as he waddled in a purposeless way about | Madrid. ~"