El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27
Cost Of Attempted Drice
Against Germans Would
Be Too Heavy.
OF CAR q
ARE REORGANIZED
Modem Aims, abundant
Ammunition and 100000
Men In Reserve Now.

ID CCHAREST. Rumania, Nay IL
me Petrograd correspondent Of
the "Adverul' says:
The Russian general starr Ia. d..
initely decided not to try aBorbe- -.
1elisi'e against the Germans and Aus
'ians' as such move would surely
prove too costly. even II It should sue
coed During the last seven months
OF comparative quiet on their fronts.
ne Ieutonic allies have been able 10
siren CITIZEN their lines Immensely TO
sInasn their positions would proba biz
-elllre more ammunition than ths
Russians possess
Russia from now on viii content
herself with holding the present lines
on her European front All new troons
and me new artillery Wtu be thrown
against the Turks. as the military ad-
Fisers OF the car are convinced that
decision OF the war can Be forced
IN ASIA before the winter comes aE1fn-
II Is figured thar The defeat Of r-rr-
key will compel BULGARIA 10 asl- FOR
2 separate peace and bring Greece
and Rumania to the side OF the allies
mus completing the ring Of iron which
Is 10 crush the Central Powers
Third Army is ReOrEanized-
me REORGANIZATION OF the Russian
armies is proceeding in an astonishing
sists OF the ninth, tenth and thirty
seventh corps. besides the third eau
casian division and the second diyi-
sion OF the cavalry OF the Guards. is
whose name was formerly Leonid
Guillelmovitch Williamson. literally
translated). but who has been given
special permission to change It BY the
car
This third army suffered dread
fully during the German offensive
last summer. At the end OF August.
one OF its divisions, which ought to
have been $4,000 strong. had only
5000 men left and these had only be
tween two and three hundred rifles
Had Ancient Arms.
The army was supplied with rifles
OF many patterns modern Russian.
Austrian, German. Jananese and even
Mexican Some OF them were more
NO regiment possessed more than
two machine guns Heavy artillery
was lacking altogether There were
plenty Of field guns but no smmuni-
tion. and batteries were often allowed
to fire only two or three shots a DAY.
Russia however. has now emerged
from this chaos
Every company now consists OF
500 men, who are well uniformed and
well armed To each Is attached. be-
sides. a squad OF experts in bomb
grenades and bayonetS All foreign
rifles have been abolished and all
troops are armed with modern rifles
Of Russian type
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in heavy artillery, bat there are plenty
Of machine guns OF American make.
supposed TO be superior to those used
BY the Germans
ammunition. too. Is now on hand
in sufficient quantity and many depots
have been built in the rear Of the
lines
The Russians are now also well
supplied with apparatus for making
poison gas. which has been repeatedly
used with success on the nCrtherD
front
Russia is increasing the number OF
her units Despite her enormous
losses Of men during 20 months OF
war. she has created new corps She
entered the war with 50 army corps
but today she has Sos in the regular
army, two in Turkestan. five in eau
casio. four in Siberia, one grenadier
corps, and two corps OF guards.
Two million men, held in reserve.
are being trained in the interior OF
the country Each infantry division
has been strengthened with an ar
tillery brigade consisting OF six bat
terfes Of French seventy-fives. and
viii be given in a very near future
three batteries OF heavy guns. eacn o.
At the beginning OF the war Russia
had no armored motor cars now she
has an abundance OF them This new
arm has been organized with the as
sistance OF expert Belgian oEllceIs.
who arrived last year at Arclaneel on
board British transports ~ y
thought those viii prove OF eAc7Iie"'
value"