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Show The Turkish Army. Mil 1 tarj- Power and Kesourcea of the Sultan Discipline Dis-cipline of the Troops In the face of probable coming events the following account of the progress and strength of the Tuikish army has a special interest : It appears ap-pears certain to those who have watched for the last few years the development de-velopment of the organization of the Turkish army, and seen its various corps in actiou and rn ii'glige, that it has become quite equal to any troops that Russia could bung against it. Even in li.jo 54 the Ru-sians were unable un-able to gain any victory over the Turks, and since then the military administration administra-tion of the Porte has fully taken advantage ad-vantage of every modern improvement. 'The whole of the infantry, cavalry, and scientific corps are provided with Suiders. and the artillery with live-barrelied live-barrelied revolveis. The reserve and militia have as yet only had Miuie rifles, but they wiil also be armed with Sniders shortly. Another impouaut clement of the new system, the education of officer.--, h is heen thoroughly attended to, and the mi itary academies now furnish yearly about 12') officers, who are employed em-ployed partly on the staff, and paitly in the various corps of the army. The old plan of emi.loying foreigners as officers, which did not work so well, ha- now I e -n abandoned, and their places are tilled oy natives, who bya thorough thor-ough course of study, both at homo and abroad, have made themselves ma-ters of the late-t improvements in oiii"cefS anr"monT,','e? fr1'003 between i.mu-iuiehul f:,,,.;L.rti .t-Lii n a sort of I rather an advantage when "combined with the excel ent discipline now preserved pre-served in all branches of the army. The non-commissioned officers, too, have great influence and authority, and """""' ii neges nav lately been e ranted in order to induce them to remain re-main in the service. The clothing ol the army is very comf .rtable aim practical, prac-tical, and the knapsacks are reduced to the lowest possible weight. The cavalry is admirably mounted, and the artillery wagons are even thing that the most exacting soldier can desire. As for the men, they form almost as good muterirl tor an army as any that can be found in Europe. Patient, obedient, and intelligent, thev endure hardships of every kind without a murmur, and are exceedingly skillful and oiiick- in all military manoeuvres. Inth Tim is (Crniftanttnopk Correspondence) Corres-pondence) AW 17. |
