El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-03
NORTH RUSSIANS
FIGHTING
Little General Makes Sol
diers of Antibolsheviki
at Archangel.

Archangel. Russia, July GORE
spondenee of the Associated Press)-
Six months ago Archangel was a gay.
wartime capital. with hundreds OF
Russian soldiers in Its streets and
very few of them at the front. Today
il is becoming sober, business-like
and engaged in only one pursuit,
fighting the Bolsheviki
The change came about in the VIM
ter. Last autumn the Russian Mill
tary forces were small and the civil
ian and promenade the streets off,
Ger class made merry while Americans
and British and French fought their
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
in the winter, when the Bolsheyik Of
fensive was at its height, Russian
modified troops were thrown into the
line. They made good, and, from that
moment, with only a few little set
backs now and then. the Russians
have been keeping up the pass.
For six months they relied upon
strangers to fight for them, but <zom
the moment they began to find them
selves. the Russians developed 4
morale that sas brought about coun-
less changes not only at the front but
behind the lines. in once easy going
Comes Marushevsky.
Pushing them on has been a little
pocket edition general, a dynamic per-
sonality in n plump five foot frame,
Vladimir Marushevsky, commander
inchief of the Russian troops OF the
north. Once in command of Russian
troops in France, he came 10 Archan-
gel to push the reorganization OF the
Russian army. His orders to the Rus
sian soldiers and officers were as
startling TO the analytic, verbose Sla-
vic population as they were laconic.
1t has come 10 my attention" read
one Of them. that there has been
much useless chattering about GER
tain subjects among the officers
Hencefortn. there viii be no more
babbling-r
that meant that political subjects
were TO be taboo in the north Russian
army.
The prerevolution Russian army
was clean, compulsoriiy so, but after
two years of disorder the soldiers
were not so particular about soap and
water.
General Marushevsky. who. CARRIED
in plain, simple Uniform without the
gaudy coloring or fancy swords al
fected by some OF his subordinates,
went among the soldiers and talked
10 them frequently. So he ordered a
compulsory weekly bath for every
man in the army
1T is impossible. there are not
enough bath houses IN Archzngel"
complained some OF his company and
battalion commanders I am not in
terested in how you battle them, said
another order from the dynamic little
general That Is up to you I VIII
hear no excuses: every soldier must
have his weekly bath"
And now. nearly every day one may
see in Archangel. a company or so of
singing soldiers, marching to bath
house with their bundles OF clean
linen under their arms The atnfos-
phere OF Archangei has certainly i'm
proved
Practically every able bodied Rus
sian in Archangel and the province.
between Is and 10 has been modified,
and those beneath and above the linz
its. the school boys and the middle
aged men. have Joined voluntarily the
civic guard and miiltia- In the parks.
on the streets and in backwards 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 u0ncomS-
The city feels keeniy this new spirit 4
OF patriotism The other day. when 3
business men OF this civic guard (
failed TO report for duty. the neWspa- I
pers put them to disgrace BY publish
ing their names in display type.
Social affairs are few and far be- +
tween. The women joined in patri- I
otic society. are going 10 the front as /
canteen workers or engaged at home /
in Red Cross activities.
Yesterday when a boatlOad OF the I
new Russian soldiers went MP the t
lJvina 10 the front. their families d
gathered at the dock to cheer them 4
In the ranks of the privates were men 1
who had been bankers. wealthy lun-
Der men and dock hands. for the mob
ilized army makes no distinction OF
elass or wealth
No one denies that allied assistance
Is still necessary. as the population OF I
the north Is too small 10 produce a
large force. but to all evidences. the !
Russians here have found themselves
and can play a constantly growing (
part in their own civil war.