Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-20

perience one night in Manehuria dur
ing the last war. He had laid down
on the ground uncovered and awoke
the following morning with n sol
dier's coat around him. The owner
did not come for IT, so the general of
lower rank left II with the regiment
al commander, who located the own
er at the time Of inspection.
The Russian regimental Kitchen is
the model copied by all other armies.
IL consists Of an enormous soup boil
er on TWO wheels and of hot water
boiler for the making of tea, also on
wheels. Three advantages of this
method of cooking are immediately
apparent-trops can be fed on the
march. after the march supper is
served to them without their having
the further effort of cooking their
mears, and hot soup can often be
brought up on WHEELS to the actual
firing line or to places In its immedl-
ate proximity. In the mountains the
kitchen cannot always follow the
troops. and there an excellent canned
stew is substituted. Where the sol
diers are for any length of time in
secure position the kitchen Is given a
rest. and the men cook their own
food. "The food is not as good, ex-
blamed n stan officer, but the cook
ing relieves the tedum Of life in the
trenches"
These field kitchens are kept at a
high state Of cleanliness and eftieieh-
cv and are constantly inspected. one
dav when / was at the front the IN
speetor general tried a sample from
every not of a regiment. Since Rus
Z 80 A mn
and every company has its individual
kitchen. the general had plenty OF
soup that day.
we will have 10 adopt the travelling
kitchen to our army. It is beautifully
suited to coffee and beans. hut just
how TO fry bacon and ilap1acks fast
enough I am at a loss to say
The Russian army has the staff
principle developed in great detail
There is great general staff, the
stats of commanders of groups OF
armies staffs of army commanders,
corps commanders, division comman-
ere. and a regim entail staff. | have
visited all of these except the stan
of commanders of army groups. Ev-
erywhere ! saw evidence of high
state of military education. | could
perceive also that Information of the
military situation was interchanged
among the smaller and larger head
quarters in such "A way that no ca
tnstrophe or interruption of commun-
ications would leave a unit paralyzed.
German Superiority Offset.
II is Just this extraordinary ability
to maneuver in action that has offset
the Germans superiority Of railway
facilities. This and probably a superb
GRITTY Of division and corps command
ers because of the experience gained
and selections made possible by the
japanese war.
SO much for detail. There are two
large generalities which overshadow
them all The first is that war found
the Russian army i'm course Of reor-
ganization; the reorganiZation has
been continuing through the war. The
losses of battle are easily reniled by
the enormous population; the army is
getting better as the war geese on.
Secondly the war is enormously pop
lar. Eye witnesses have described the
extraordinary scenes which marked
its outbreak. / have seen the calmer,
determined attitude of the soldier in
the ranks The most severe actions Of
the war have been along this front,
the losses on both sides have far eX-
ceded those of any war in history
and yet Russia. in the words of our
greatest sea fighter, who was also an
admiral in the Russian navy, has
not begun to fight