The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-15

consists Of eight regiments OF infan.
try
Eight thousand men In each corps
are divided among cavalry. artillery
and engineers.
The European division of the Rus
sian army consists of twenty-seven
army corps. In addition 10 these there
are fifteen line divisions of cavalry
and two mixed divisions Of cavalry
composed OF Cossacks and dragons
There are also some rifle brigades not
connected with the army corps.
There are three army corps in the
Caucasus division, with two rifle bri.
gades. three divisions OF cavalry. three
divisions OF Cossacks, one line division
and one regiment of Mussulmans in
addition
In the Siberian division there are
ten army corps besides eleven brigades
If Siberian rifles. Connected with
each Of these are six batteries of eight
guns each.
Russian Officers Well Trained.
The Russian army officer Is usually
a well educated man and widely read
In his profession, but the limited cir
Gle from which he Is drawn necessari,
~ brings down the average Of talent
In view of the number Of officers re.
CURED for so vast an army. A cadet
In the Russian service must come from
a noble family. from an official fami.
Iy or from a wealthy and influential
commercial family whose head has
never kept an open store"
The instruction given in the Military
academy and Cadets school at st
Petersburg is considered by military
experts to be as good as any In the
world. except possibly that Of West
Point and that Of the Military acade.
my at Santiago. Chile, which are sup
posed to be unquestionably the best
Great attention Is paid to physical
culture and to the education Of the
cadets in the military ideals of honor
and loyalty,
After they pass out Of the training
institutions. II they are keen and N
ttl ~ lSllS yOuuE tlIo"S, Iuty NolitIiNc
to be sen to one of the Turkestan
regiments or to some lonely outpost In
the Caucasus. In Siberia or In Man
churta, where they may reasonab bly,
hook forward to a chance Of active
service. In these regions they get the
NEST training for actual warfare that
ny officer could receive. for they are
always hunting down %brigands, sup
pressing small Instructions. fighting In
little wars or at least hunting big
game. There are no keener sports
men than the Russian officers In 81
IBERIA and central Asia. Their quar-
tiers are always adorned by such spOils
of the chase as tiger skins, bears
heads, bison tusks and wolf skins. 1t
Is these men who will bear the brunt
Of the Russian campaign in the near
east, and nearly every distinguished
officer in the Russian service has gone
through this stern training.
Officers Get Tired Of Life.
If. OF the other hand. the cadet be
m attached to a regiment in st.
Petersburg. Moscow or one Of the other
numerous garrison towns in European
Russia he may receive a good theoret.
ical education In military science. but
his environment is the worst possible
considered as a preparation for the
practical business of war. In Russian
garrison towns social life nearly al
ways takes precedence Of military
duty, and the officers are glad enough
to delegate to noncommissioned Off
GERS the tiresome work Of drilling and
looking after their men. While disci,
pline is rigidly maintained. there Is a
general atmosphere Of tiredness which
astonishes the foreign visitor. Nobody