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Show ROUMAN1A AND ITS ARMY. A correspondent of the New York Times with the Russian army at Bucharest May 9, gives some interesting interest-ing details of the country, the army, and the surroundings, from which we select the following: A journey through Little Wallachia to Bucharest is thus described: I was disappointed, for I had heard much of the fertility of these plains I of Little Wallachia, and I expected to see wheat and corn fields and rieh pastures. Instead of this, the land seemed, with rare exceptions, to be entirely fallow, and during the whole day I did not remark more thaa a dozen antiquated-looking plows, toiling painfully through the sticky soil at the heels ol two or three yoke of oxen, accompanied in eaoh case by a small detachment of natives of both sexep. Apropos of this, the only distinction that, so far, my eye has been able to make between men aad women in this part of the world, is that the former have their legs swathed in woollen cloths, bound with strings, after the manner of sandali, and that the latter go barelegged. 1m other respects the dress is generally the same, a coarse garment of unbleached un-bleached linen reaching to the knee, a mantle of sheepskin, with tho "woolly side out," as Brian O'Linn used to wear it, and the whole surmounted sur-mounted by a kolpack of rusty shsepiwool. At the railway itation a number of what is conventionally called the fair sex had assembled to bid "God speed" to their male relatives rela-tives who have been called out to fill up the reserve battalions and were on their way to Bucharest to be armed and uniformed. Here, too, were were eome of the already equipped reservists, in braided biue and red hussar jackets, natty kolpacks with scarlet aigrettes, gray trousers a marvel mar-vel ot ingenuity in the patchwork line j very long sabres and very high 1 boots. Iudeed, I may say that I have already discovered that the national foible is boots. I was not favorably impressed with the appearance of these conscripts; they were tall, strong built fellows, it is true, but they looked heavy and loutish and incapable of being knocked into shape, except with mora labor and time than can be afforded just now for their instruction. But I changed my opinion later, as will be seen before I reach the end of my letter. To conclude the description of my first impressions of the country, I need only say that it ii perfectly bare, vs a rule; all the fine old forests have been cut down for fire-wood, and the few plantations which one meets are of comparatively recent growth. Flocks of sheep with long tails, guarded by tailless dogs and little boys, who look like dwarfish old men, and drovei of lean cattle made up the animated portion of the picture whose background was completed by straggling villages of mud-walled, coarsely thatched hovels, a species of cross between a haystack and an Indian wigwam, with here and there the glaring white of a bulbous topped church. Till ROUMANIAN ARMY. Early this morning I went to a review re-view of the Bucharest garrison a most creditable affair. Only about 5,000 men were on the ground, but their appearance and outfit was excellent, aud if they are as gocd as they look, Roumama has cause to be proud of her army. The Prince Charles was on the ground a heavy, sleepy-looking German, with a eeat on his horse like a salt sack attached to two poles. He first rode along the front of the troops, who were in a line of battalions in mass, and then took his place on a slight eminence for the defile of the troops, which was made rema-kably well by 2 battalions of infantry and six squadrons of cavalry of these three squadrons of red huisars and three of chasseurs, the latter in blue uniforms, with spiked steel helmets like the Prussians. The men were well mounted on Hungarian-bred horses, admirably sized, and in good condition. The artillery 10 4 gun batteries was drawn by animals "requisitioned" by the government gov-ernment from private individuals, costiug in some instances as much as 200 ducats or $1,000 each. Last of all came the ambulance train, provided pro-vided apparently with every appliance appli-ance necessary to insure the comfort of the sick and wounded during the expected campaign. This body of troops, however, only bulongs to the territorial army or first reserve, and is not so good, I was assured, as the troops of tho first line, who, as an enthusiastic citizen declared to me, are the finest in the world. "I have seen the Imperial Guard," he said, and tears of exultation actually welled up iu his eyes as ho spoke, "in the days before Sedan; I have seen the legions of Austria, and of Prussia, but they are conscripts, Sir, more conscripts in comparison with our men." I thought he exaggerated, but I was Bilont and ho was happy. Tho truth is that criticism, oxcept as to appearance, ehould be cautious regarding re-garding the Roumanian army. On paper, it can muster about 40,000 infantry in-fantry 2,000 cavalry, and 1U0 guns, many tf their batteries being of tho Krupp model, the rest what wo called Napoleon guna in the American war. Tho reserves and militia Hhow an effectivs of 150,000 more. All the regulars ore armed with the Ptabody rifle, the second line with percussion Enficlds. Their administrative service ser-vice is apparently good, and their Geld aud company ofiicers seem to know their business. How they will prove under fire, no one can sny until they have been tried. They must bo in any case, superior to the Turks, ifiheyhaveas much courage aB they havo military instruction, and, although there may bg the natural hesitation ofyoung lroop3 to face the music in their first engagement, engage-ment, we ought to remember that they are the direct descendants oi those DacianH who furnished the bravest gladiators in the sports of imperial im-perial Rome. But how can I do justice to the officers, except to say that they are, emphatically, a "thing of beauty and a joy forever." At firBt eight the traveler is dumbstruck and ia inclined in-clined to fancy either that the army is exclusively composed of captains and lieutenants, or that the number of privates should be estimated by hundreds of thousands. One meets few private they are being despatched des-patched to the front but is elbowed at every step by some gorgeous creatures crea-tures in gold lace buttons, and aiguillettes, with a little cloth let in to keep the ornamenta together, and give them, as it were, the necessary solidity. I have not seon a general closely, but my eyes ache in anticipation antici-pation of his dazzling splendor. |