Show u RUSSIAN t CHieF OF or STAFF IS YOUNGEST YOU THE IN-THE l' l TI-IE TI WAR VAR L t. t I I p r GENERAL Y J. J I VJ Russian chief of staff who is said to be the youngest soldier of distinction t in the present war and to have seen n no actual figh fighting in l I T 5 W I 4 K 1 4 1 L t e g i I i ts t S q 4 I I Petro Petrograd grad Aug AuS' 28 General General Nickolas Nickolas Nick Nick- olas chief of ot staff stat of ot all the armies of ot Russia la is lathe the youngest soldier of or distinction Inthe in inthe inthe the war being only 44 H years ears of ot age He Ho was a a. classmate of the tho czar In a military school and hI his hilS companion In Inthe Inthe inthe the lower grades of the tho arm army The Tho c cn czar ar held the tue rank of ot colonel when ho he came camo to tho the throne and never nc promoted himself Up to tho the time of ot the Japanese war he left the management management manage manage- ment of ot tho the arm army in the hands of the older generals c After Atter It ho took an art active hand himself Appreciating the ability of ot a a. schoolmate schoolmate school school- mate mato ho rapidly promoted Je through tho the various grades Al Although Although Al- Al though the young oung general had never neverseen neverseen seen fighting ho was made mado chief Instructor in instructor In In- of the tho military college before betor ho lie waa wa 40 40 and at nt the a age e of 42 held the tha position of chief of ot staff of or tho the arm army of ot St. St Petersburgh Upon the outbreak of tho the war the czar nominated Grand Duke Duko Nickolas commander In chief and also himself named G General chief chic of staff of ot all oll th the tho Russian armies |