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Show k. KNOUT IS USED ON RUSSIAN-SHIRKERS BERLIN, Df!C. 30. The semi-official North German Gazette publishes an interesting in-teresting order of the commander-in-chief o the Russian Caucasus army. The order, or-der, which was found in the possession of a captured captain of the Five Hundred and Eighty-sixth Russian infantry regiment, regi-ment, instructs the commanders of the re- j nerve battalions to introduce the knout as i means of punishment for shirkers and deserters. de-serters. Reservists who do not follow the- call tn the colors promptly are to receive twenty-five lashes, while soldiers who desert de-sert from the ranks, or attempt to escape, are to be knouted on three consecutive days. i The commander also orders the whipping whip-ping of privates who refuse to obey or-. or-. ders or threaten their officers. |