Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-23
= cosSAcKs APPRENTIcEo =
= TO MARS AT THEIR BIRTH =

BY the National Geographic Society.
| Apprsniiced to Mars az birth. As were
me Spartans before them. the CossacA>,
suryivals from Z young. uoEi2du>--ia
world are the most picturesque rShters
on EUropVs battle fields 4 frontiers
folk like me people - our early west =
mixture OF many Adventurous elements.
and constituting within their owc country
a class more distinctive than ,hSt OF ire
American cowboy. they have 5naily exvc
sucssued 20 .he ne-ts % The great Imperial
government % Pe.rograc. taken Over just
as me we're INTO - machinery AND pre-
served as a soidier CASE \ wL&. COT
Quering freehootins folk tie Co>SSck>
have been brought within the fold OF Rus
sian Civilization IS soldiers. descendants
OF warriors ami p~r0gsOiior> ~ generations
o: soldiers 10 n,s4t The sl1ute lesd> %
Slav empire
aona! peace. conquered the vaSI riunsre
OF Siberia for Russia aao IL each Russian
war sor ths last tS wears. have formed
III cars irresistible first lne srrsasiA
The co>Sacks arr 4 people % he limit
less >,epreS. 3 people % close corporation.
situated II Russia - s. race apars. : sol
der CASH their 81 = 4 military ~ossAnlaA-
ton. their connection wiki the sreae en-
pire maintained h-oug ,n- I'M p~vial WA
department.. the administration ~ ca.ir IN
t-raal affairs. practically il, their ow.
hdndS, ard their privileges IS = cs>ts 81
most as pronounced as w--s th0>s q. The
Spartan soldier citizen, or more c0ss,ySr-
able to me soldier caste OF IN. older IL
dian organization. The CoSSacks came 81
the original Slav stock. bar they were
those Siavs who never hpws; sl,sir heads
beneath a yoke. foreign or do,ie<,te- who
lived a free life OF The borders u thar
races civilization. wandering. ashsiCs,
~buccaneer Siav tribes. wAa penetrated
deeply into Tartar aud Georgian Lands,
who lived oy the hunt AMI by plaG&er and
who maintained themselves OF tks bur-
ders OF Asia ana Europe free % aa >sCt-
dom.
Hated many adventurous clemens, took
up among them many TsrIars ard Slsvs.
and; SO today he CosSssk type Is $ more
population OF Russia IS more than Sg,ss .s,a
Some years ago they owned tHsN.SN
acres OF land. Of which .Ne.saN were ara
held by the CosSaeks in community ra-ei-
ton as a state reward FOR their military
service II will b. SEEN thar tae CosSscs
holdings amount 10 ao<>us ~ acres to- each
man, woman aid child OF ne people.
There Is an sGmsrIns. half snviouS Rus
sian catchwori about b~irS IS fEee and
The Cossaeks are sae -SaSh riders ~
Europe As ,he cowboys q the American
plains ard ne szrchos ~ the pGnpss
the CoSSacSS ar AT intensely Interesting.
wild. free asa51 FOLK tho IKE II -he sad
die IN TIE c7-l PLACES. sr6 WHOSE -os,sh
democracy = Sae %xQreSsso, IL zhs same
rev world o-oshsrs II spirit. None %
their members are sfiowss 80 81 we and
none q shsu- h2S s2ccsess1 IN winning
ove-u1astsr.nx p.7s5-nan .n-olsh ne asyinS
u2 OF E-ea- ~aGfts-
Ths CcsSzeg X 5asr~s5 ~ sAe state Ans
= Z E-a1- r-4s - -Ae states authority.
To u ta-E z CcssicS = IL IT. born a sol
dis Evs-. Cnsssck bears n. obligation
o. - YEARS Enl1Las-g s=-vsre- ss enters
l-to Ehrs S~-T5ce b -.+ Gxe u II. srszSs
-A-+ y-G-x IL Z Trsl---E-za-T CusSscs d.
vEslol- Vx- rassss Il yaa-s m active s-y-
acs aE- SSt=-r1s ms ix<1 1r5 Military years
Il rRs tEsSsAeE rssaSsrTS- u = TIA rsrS-s
Ee- --s9- -1tss rIGEs Vii. constitute The
r@ES-lE EEkrv2. z f,s-g - liz l--S- 1V-A-
q lE--1-s- E-Slr- -a. g..E- r.r r--S7. Hhta
f- ZEE -r-1s- Isl fDt sa<- srvy--s1 hin.
TM--- e$zsssstGk sa4ascs hare been the
E-s1z1ss- zr-rEy- win Es1rA Elsszs has
-.@1 S-fl II 1t-HsE-.1a .1--gy-t- --=s have
Er%1 1rs ~sr-E7f-. 11is,ss s-ilcisa1 internal
s'as1:S~ E.rr lttT lEEva UIE-Ees-5 skSswsn
20 7-+ ERr.-tir HItc southwark 10 .h- zones
g ST11a*ia ac-as.z,t.- elrngDtEarE for the
eZEr J. yAsT Gitn7I- tprty.ts1rre -ary na-
e1C1 Elo. GEsss;zlzaf csEre 1sE-3E sy-ngea
L+.lr 1tl1ET SiErf fin z.a Az-5sAszaS they
sEAwt rEs-ssfS'ss L. E.s4 slnoas u ting Tartar
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