Show OLD SCHOOL SOLDIER ER Career of New Commander of Third Russian Army St Petersburg March 29 a in 10 General Bat janoff the new commander of the Third army arm of which General has been tem tern temporarily in command since the trans transfer transfer transfer fer of General Kaulbars to succeed General as commander of ol the time Second army is one of or the old school Russian army commanders hav haN having having haNIng ing commenced his bis military militar career in 1863 1853 He has served with distinction in the and Crimean wars in the In the Asiatic cam Jai s in the GOS and in the Russo Turkish war of or 1878 He was com corn commander mander of the Twelfth corps from 1893 to 1896 then commander of or the Six tenth corps and his bis promotion to tobe tobe tobe be a full fun general in 1899 was made a member of the council of war tsar He Rd H Is 70 years of age but active and ener crier energetic energetic getic It is noteworthy that he lie does not belong to the general staff starr as is also do not Generals Linevitch and Kaulbars General probably wilt will re resume fume sume command of ot his corps though he hc has hus been blamed to some extent for forthe forthe the tho defeat at Mukden by b defective dis dh dispositions dispositions positions of the Third army during the retreat from om the tho river and per permitting I mittin the Japanese to break through Fu pass just lust at the moment when Ku l u personally leading the atm stra strategic reserves of battalions was rolling rollins up right flank anc arid and threatening to sever the Third Japan Japanese Gao ese army from Oku This destroyed tn t last hope of ot winning inning the battle and ne no necessitated n the quick retreat in which the Second and Third armies suffered so 50 heavily The Associated Press Pre s correspondent ith the Third army arm partly excused General on account of th the blinding dust du t storm which came up ui during retreat and the failure of subordinates subordinates to occupy positions to which they had been assigned leaving th the crossing of Fu pass pa guarded by only three V companies The Associated Press learned from the general staff stuff that after aft r the battle severely severe censured ten gen generals generals generals for failure to execute ex uto orders I It now that was Avas in included eluded in the number |