The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-09-29
100000 TURKS in
The GERMAN ARMY
Nrn,RERs OF ALLY KEPT SECRET
FOR TIME BY THE GER
MANS.
BIG HELP in GALICIA
Turkish Elite Divisions Are Oppos-
ell by The Finest OF The Rus
sian Troops.

Berlin, Sept. 23.-The strength OF
the Turkish troops fighting in Ga
licia and Bukowina was carefully
kept secret by the German army ad-
ministration until these forces went
into action but has just become
known here. The Turks on this
front number about seven divisions,
or 10000 men. and five other di-
visions are said to be on their way
to the Carpathian mountains. The
total is about 100000 men. The di-
visions consist exclusively of picked
regiments composed of veterans of
the terrible battles of Gallipoli
After the Allies had been driven
from the Dardanelles Enver Pasha
offered four army corps TO Germany
and Austria-Hungary. The offer was
accepted at once, but the troops had
to be re-armed and carefully trained
before they could be used in conjunc-
ton with the Teutonic forces.
About 100000 men were sent to
camps near Constantinople where
German officers drilled them. They
were equipped with German field
gray uniforms, new Mauser-Maeun-
licher rifles of the latest pattern and
long bayonets. Their fez was ex-
changed for a new kind of cloth he'll
met invented by Enver Pasha and
called "Enverieh" in his honor.
Men Well Trained.
Under the training of the German
officers the Turkish infantry became
fit for European warfare quickly
enough, but it took considerable time
to train efficient machine gun squads
and still more time was necessary to
form a modern corps of engineers.
All difficulties were finally over
cone however, and while the army
was whipped into shape German avia-
tors trained large number of Turk
ish flyers at the air-drome near San
Stefano.
troops became very impatient. They
wanted to fight again and were wild
with enthusiasm when they at last
received order to entrain for Buda-
pest and Lemberg. When they left
camp a new army took their place
there to begin training.
Military experts who have seen
the Turkish expedition in action in
Galicia agree that it ranks with the
hes: German troops. The officers
are men of exceptional force and
ability and many of them received
their military education in Germany.
Practically all of them speak Ger
man, and many also French and
English.
IA Russians Are Veterans.
| On the Galician front the Turkish
elite divisions are opposed by the
finest troops of Russia. For the drive
against Lemberg thru Halicz Gen.
Brussiloff has concentrated the best
Finish, Bessarabian and Siberian in
fantry divisions and the bravest Cos
sack regiments. The Russian artil-
lery on this front is commanded by
French and japanese officers and
French and Japanese soldiers man
the heavy guns.
On both sides of the Dniester
about twenty Russian divisions are
pressing forward. This large army
possesses unlimited quantities of mu-
nitions OF all kinds, and prisoners re-
port that each regiment has at least
three battalions of reserves. Some
of the reserves have no rifles, but are
armed quickly after a battle starts,
as specifically organized squads fol-
low The advancing regiments and col
lect the arms OF the killed and wound
ed. The rifles picked up by these
squads are sent to the reserves in
automobiles.
Tie prisoners falling into the
hands OF Turkish, German and Aus
trian troops are without exception
strapping. well fed men and their
excellent physical condition, proves
Russia, despite her fearful losses,
is stronger today than at the begin
ming OF the war. The German and
Austrian commanders freely concede
hat the Russians would be invinci-
BILE il they had a sufficient number OF
cauahle officers