The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-13

bread or fuel 10 COOK their super
district where even dry weeds failed
them for nre-burning purposes. and
there were no more %villngea 10 de-
stroy for roof timbers. Even the vet
eran rampnignors OF the Russo-Turk-
ish war Of ts77-S and Of every Rus
sian campaign since then are sickcn-
ed by the conditions with which thay
come In daily contact Ia this devastat-
ed land. and especially by the emery
ence of tho brute instincts 20 XIII and
destroy.
Tho roads and sheen paths oveSy-
where are bcstrewn with the possess
sioas OF the kurds Of Van Vilayet and
on the mountains and in the valleys
there Craze countless thousands Of
their %abaudoncd sheep. Dead horses
broken saddles. harness and torn uni
forms testify also To- the rauid weak
cninR Of the Turkish regulars.
one mountain stream was found
bridged with rugs and carpets laid on
roof timbcrs from a "ncighboring VIII
lugc. Another was formed of the
bodies 90 sheep. similarly supported,
The Kurds have borne h hrunt of
the Turkish retreat. and in addition
Co the leaving behind Of their cattle.
thy have abandoned their rich care
pets and rugs. and SO much rough
carded wool. that In places the wool
lies thick enough to pave he muddy
roads.
The Russian military students n
this camp claim hat the present pro-
grose OF their forces has cast a shade
oven upon tho crossing OF the Alps by
Hannibal and Napoleon. Almost daily
this army had To cross worse than
| Alpine heights. The best maps have
proven unreliable. and there have
bcca no competent native guides De-
tnchments have gone three or four
7 days at a time without q pound Of
bread or rye to1st. M u general halt
was made necessary today by the al
most total lack OF salt sugar. bread
and barley. The horses nave climbed
up and down many steep slopes 1000
feet high on grass alone. The last
great pass. a snowy waste 81 many
miles. is marked oy scores OF dead
and dying dotsos. In some places the
ground To be traversed was covered
with snow hundreds OF feet deep. In
other places horses had 10 be led over
narrow. melting snow bridges across
swirling sterams. To slip was Ia be
cngulfcd and that fate bofcll three OF
the Russian soldiers.
In the sunshine It Ia hlistering and
hliading. at night there Is frost. Last
night fresh snow fell on the heights
around the camp. rms camel train
| arrived last night. "a hours late. The
men had Ia sleep the night before II
the oren. scarcely "a dozen cami
fires OF scanty dried stubbio bluze'
long enough 90 boil tea and those toe
! thinly covered 10 sleep had 10 walk ~
| the dark 20 avoid freezing.
To complete the desperation, the
/ livouac Glanced To he IN "A place
| %, crgruWu with poisonous weeds
which the starving horses ate greed
Is. As "a result ntty or sixty inciud.
ing General Ms mount were dead he.
fore morning.
For "a week ilfe has boon reduced 4
it- elements. Thousands of mel
think day and night 81 nothing bu
the primal animal necdr. Warmth
food and rest are paradise here. Tn
Russian soldier and still tn
Armenian volunteer. is rcsourcotul
Failing tea. bread. and meat, ne fare
forth 10 milk fat-tailcd or Anger
sheep. Boots are wearing out and q
course there Is no depot. Here, too
the soldiers resort TO self help wit
the aid of freshly skinned hors
hides.
Yet there has been scarcely a Wor
or complaint and the chief regret
that thcy have been able to totl
their enemy to accept "a decisive er
gagCmcnt.