El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-24

| smeared the cloth or lace with mire.
( In the present day they affect long
/ brown or green coat with a great
] lambskin shake Strong cartridge
] belts over shoulders or about the
I waist form a part Of the equipment
/ The environment of these men Of
] mystery has made them expert
swordsmen and lanCers and their
I curate- a slice Of horse flesh carried
Z under the saddle TO keep il warm is
a ration fit to be called a luxury
In the old times the Cossacks cared
little for property. He was happy
. TO have sufficient clothing and eff
clent fighting implements When
son was born TO these simple people
II was the customary thing for the
father to bend over the rustic cradle
and lay his well worn sword over the
infants chest and murmur. Well.
KAYAK, this is all have 10 leave
you"
The COssacks have been often con-
nected with political intrigues. but
they have never been known in their
history TO have made war for mer-
cenary purposes.
Under Peter the Great and Cath
crime II they were organized into q
definite political body and given
grants OF land They gradually be-
came more civilized fished, hunted.
titled the soil and kept bees and bred
horses and cattle. Their greatest ser
vice 10 Russia, with the exception Of
their constant battles with the Tar
tars- was the conquest Of Siberia
Number 100000.
The Cosscck population at the be
ginning OF the world war numbered
about 10000 Military service be-
came obligatory at IS years of age
ana continued for 20 years. They are .
today the flower Of the Russian arm: /
no distractions on the face Of the j
earth have been found to stop them I
IN their determined forays. Horse /
and rider, as one, swim. ride and sleep I
mounted The crazy horses, absolutely .
unconlrollabIe by anyone except their ]
masters, are trained TO bite in battle.
Hungarian and German cavalry Of
ucers, in frank admiration Of these
wild riders. tell Of whole regiments .
OF their cavalry being carried off bod ]
llE by odd groups Of Cossacks- One .
olLlcer IN swiss hospital tells OF /
being struck three times in the same
instant IN melee with a company of ]
NosSacks- The COsSack had struck
with MS lance, fist and sword at once
Then the officer was not given time
TO fall from his mount but in me act
OF falling, the Cossack reached for
MIN and caught him by the neck and
carried him off several miles. only
releasing him when he found that
tne prisoner was too much Of an
encum brance 70 carry back TO camp.
me whole body Of Uhlans were served
IN a similar fashion. according to the
officer.
At the close Of the Cossacks' con-
sress on August Is a resolution was
adopted demanding a national gov
eminent with unlimited powers and
responsible only to a constitutional
assembly. In another resolution they
q demanded the establishment Of iron
discipline at the front
Intensely Patriotic.
In the differences between Keren-
SKY and kornilOff the Cossacks were
said TO be supporting Korniloff only
because IN their intense patriotfsnl
they demand that an iron discipline
De initiated and maintained at the
! lshLlnE front one can well imagine
the feelings Of these men when thev
see the results Of perfidy and cow
arolce In the army and corruDt Of
ilclaldOm at PetrOgrad. As a matter
OF Iact and TO give the credit where
u very properly lies, the COssacks
nave been responsible for fha great
bulk Of Russian Victories since the
beginning Of the war The strafae-y-
OF commanders, the wicked faults in I
their ammunition and the Derffdy of
their major officers have placed Rus
sla IN her present unhappy military
condition
The Cossaclls have been known TO
nave won victory in situations where
II was taken for granted they were
20 De sacrlLice- They have won the
warmest praise Of enemy fighters for
their prodigies in the field
Cossacks win territory; Russian
strategy sacrifices it Then when the
retreats begin the CossacI1s.
IN the irony Of the situation. have the
duty Of protecting the armies. bur-
rying backward like herds Of sheen.
from the German advance guards.
Ihey no longer desire to be i'm
posed upon; they want the fight of
reaI men and they want all real men
in Russia to present a solid front -
the despoilers Of their land and see
The thing through to a finish under
leaders they can trust.