New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-08

lhe truth is that he is n member-and nppar-
ehuy a worthy member-of n remarkable interna.
uohal lalnily which traces It's origin to the nobility
~ me Baltic states in 1900. There have been
mahches IN Sweden, Germany and Russia. OF the
nNedish branch the most famous was Admiral Carl
uuStav Wrangel, who commanded the Swedish ar.
INC III The last campaign of the Thirty Years
war or the German Wrangels the best known
was the old Field Marshal Graf Won Wrangel,
whose military career was long and illustrlous.
among the Russian members of the family there
Is mat explorer who gave his name to Wrangel
isiahd on the north coast of Eastern Siberia and
VINO Is linked with America through his services
as governor of Alaska.
Gen. Baron Peter Wrangel, the subject of this
sketch, began his career in the Russian army In
iooi' enlisting In the Morse Guards regiment as a
private after having been educated as a mining
engineer, lie left the army n year later, follow.
ing promotion TO n lleutenancy, but re-enlisted upon
the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war, In which
ne was twice promoted for bravery. Subsequently
ne was graduated from the General Staff academy
ana AT the outbreak of the World war was a cap
talh IN command of a cavalry squadron.
for distinguished service with this command he
was decorated with the highest Russian military
order-the Cross of ST. George. Promotion TO the
rank or colonel followed he was appointed an aide
To the car and later became commander Of the
FIRST Trans Balkal Cossack regiment, with which,
IN July, lolG, he captured nm entire battalion. lie
was then made major general.
As a division commander and later as COM
mander of n cavalry corps he continued with the
army until the disorders of the revolution had
completely undermined its morale. Then. with
many other Russian officers. he fed TO the Cnuca.
sus. He was arrested by the b~olsheviki and mar
rowly escaped execution. The story is told that
he escaped only through the heroic devotion of his
wife, who followed him to prison and obtained his
release after persistent appeals.
In the summer of 1918, with the growth of the
volunteer anti-Bolshevik army, he got command OF
n brigade under General Erdel. His chief fell IN.
and Wrangel. succeeding TO the command, attained
the liberation of the whole of the north Caucasus
and the Terek state. lie was promoted 10 the
rank Of lieutenant general and given command Of
the Caucasian army.
Then came his test OF strength with the com.
mander In chief of the volunteer army, General
Denlkine. Under Denlkine. Wrangel commanded
the right wing of the southern armies. He made
the brilliant capture of Tsaritsin on the volga and
later. when II was too late, took command of the
central armies, which had been beaten on the front
nearest Moscow. When Denlkine gave up The
struggle and departed, he formally handed over
command Of the southern armies TO wrangel. As
Denikine had previously acknowledged the KoI-
chalk government. Wrangel stands as the success
sor Of that government. which the United States
desired at one time TO recognize, but whose weak
ness prevented.
General wrangel now holds that part of Rms
STA rightly included In the government of Taurida.
left is protected by the wide sweep of the
Dnieper as II turns southwest from Ekaterinoslay.
KhersOn TO the Black sea. His line to the east
reaches the Sea Of Azov at about Mariupol. and
beyond that stretch TO the east the vast territories
the Don Cossacks. hard fighting foes of the boil
shevik regime and all II stands for. To the south
the Don Cossacks are the territories of the Ku-
ban Cossacks, who fought with Denikine against
the Red armies. but later deserted their chief By
The thousands when they felt that their cherished
rights were being sacrificed by that leader. wran-