Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-10-08

The truth is that he Is member-and appar-
emily worthy member-of remarkable interna-
uonal family which traces it's origin to the nobility
Va the Baltic states In 1900. There have been
branches In sweden, Germany and Russia OF the
swedish branch the most famous Admiral Carl
uustav Wrangel, who commanded the Swedish ar.
=. IN the last campaign of the Thirty Years
war; Or the German Wranges the best known
was the old Field Marshal Graf Won WrangeL
whose military career was long and illustrious.
among the Russian members Of the family there
Is mat explorer who gave his name to Wrangel
island of the north coast of Eastern Siberia and
who 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
1SO1r enlisting In the Morse Guards regiment as a
private after having been educated a mining
engineer He left the army q year later follow
ing promotion to lieutenancy, but reenlised upon
the outbreak OF the RussoJapanese war, In which
ne was twice promoted for bravery. Subsequently
ne was graduated from the General Staff academy
and ct the outbreak Of the World war was cap
tain In command of 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 of colonel followed he appointed an aide
TO the car and later became commander OF the
First Trans-Baikal Cossack regiment, with which,
in July 1916, he captured an entire battalion. he
was then made major general.
As a division commander and later as COM
s ulunuer Oh u cavalry corps ne 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 Cauca-
sus. lie was arrested by the holsheviki 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-Boshevik army, he got command Of
a brigade under General Erdel. His chief fell ILL.,
and Wrangel succeeding TO the command attained
the liberation of the whole of the north Caucasus
and the Terek state. He was promoted to 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
Denikine. Under DenihCine Wrangel commanded
the right wing Of the southern armies. He made
the brilliant capture Of Tsartsin on the Volga and
later, when It was too late, took command Of the
central armies, which had been beaten on the front
nearest Moscow. When Denikine gave IN the
struggle and departed, he formally handed over
command Of the southern armies TO Wrangel AS
Denikine had previously acknowledged the Kol-
chak government, WrHngel stands as the succes.
sor Of that government, which the United States
desired ct 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
HIS left Is protected by the wide sweep OF the
Dnieper as It turns southwest from Ekaterinoslav
mast Kherson TO the Black His line to the easr
reaches the Sea Of Azov at about Mariupol and
beyond that stretch the east the vast territories
OF the Don Cossacks hard fighting foes Of the boil
shevlk regime and all It stands for. To the south
Of the Don Cossacks 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-