The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-05
North Russia Mobilizii .,e
New Spirit of Patriotism De-
veloped Under General Marin
sky

veloped Under General Marin
sky
Archangel, May 1s Correspondence
OF The Associated Press)-SiX months
& ago Arehangel was gay, wartime
capital, with hundreds of Russian sol
Z disfs In its streets and very few o1
them at the front Today it is becon-
ing sober, business-like and engaged
in only one pursuit-fghting The
s Bolsheviki
The change came about in the win
ter. Last autumn the Russian mill
tary forces were small and the civil
ian and promenade-the-st streets officer
class made merry while Americans
and British and French fought thei1
battles at the front. But all the time
the people were being modified and
: trained. There was doubt in nearly
every mind about the ability Of the
newly trained Russians to fight. Late
ID the winter, when the Bolshevik Of
fensiYe was at its height, Russian mo-
bilized troops We're thrown into the
line. They made good, and, from that
moment, with only few little set
backs now and then, the Russia2 rs
have been keeping up the pace.
For SIX months they relied upon
strangers to fight for them, but from
thesmoment they began to find them
selves. the Russians developed no,
rafe that has brought about countless
changes not only at the front but be-
s hind the lines, in once easy going
ArchangeI.
Pushing them on has been a little
pecket-edition general, dynamic per-
senaii1y in a plump fve-foot frame
Vladimir Marushevsky, commander
in-chief of the Russian troops Of the
North. OEce in command of Russian
troops in France, he came to Arcn-
angel to push the reorganization OF
the Russian army. His orders to the
Russian soldiers and officers were as
startling to the analytic, verbose Sla-
vic population as they were laconic.
TT has come to my attention, READ
one Of them, 1that there has been
much useless chattering about GER
tain subjects among the officers.
Henceforth, there Will be no more
6abhling. ,,
Every one in Arcnangel knew what
that meant-that political subjects
were*to be taboo in the NorthRus-
sian army.
The pre-revolutiop Russian army
was clean, compulsorily so, but after 2
years Of disorder the soldiers were not
So particular about soap and water. :.
General Marushevsky, who, garbed
in idain, simple uniform without the
candy eoIoring or fancy swords.anec
ed by some of his subordinates. went
among the soldiers and talked To-
them frequently. So he ordered
compulsory weekly bath for every man
IN the army.
st is impossible, there az nos
enough bath houses in Archangel,"
seoAplained some of his company and
baftalion commanders. Il am not in
steresfed in how you battle them,' said
another order from the dynamic lit
atie general, That is up to you. Il
will hear no excuses; every soldier
must have his weekly bath"
see in Arehangel, a company or so OF
singing soldiers, marching to bath
house with their bundles of clean lin
en- under their arms. The atmosphere
OF Arehangel has certainly improved
Practically every able bodied Rus
sian in Archangel and the province.
between 1S and As has been nobilized.
and those beneath and above the linn
ais--Ihe school boys and the middle
eyed men, baYe. joined voluntarily the
civic guard and miii77Sss,-- In the parks.
On the streets and in baekyards one
may see little groups of high school
boys or bearded men, mastering mill
tary evolutionS and the technique OF
an army rifle, under instruction OF
army officers or non-coms.
The city feels keenly this new
spir-t Of patriotism. The other day.
when some eight or nine Of the mid
dle-aged business men of this civic
guard failed to report for duty, the
newspapers put them to disgrace by
publishing their names in display
type.
Social affairs are few and far be-
tween. The women. joined in pa
triotic society, are going to the front
as canteen workers, or engaged at
home in Red Cross activities.
Yesterday, when boat-load of the
new Russian soldiers went up the
Dyins to the front, their families
gathered at the dock to cheer them.
In the ranks of the privates were men
who had been bankers, wealthy lum-
Der men and dock hands-for the
modified army makes no distinction
of class or wealth.
No one denies that allied assistance
is still necessary, as the population Of
the North is too small to produce Il
large force. but, to all evidences, the
Russians here have found themselves
and can play constantly growing
part in their own civil war.
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