Salt Lake Times | 1891-02-28 | Page 15 | Chased Him for a Year

C hased Him for a Year. One of the chief complaints made by army officers in the United States is that desertions from the ranks are numerous. A soldier wh runs away and is caught is punished by imprisonment. This is comparatively a mild penalty, for in Russia desertion means death. Thirty thousand enlisted men were assembled near St. Petersburg the other dav to see the execntion of a former comrade. He fled a year ago and traveled 4,000 miles to dodge the authorities. It cost $3,000 to capture him, but it is said that the government would have spent $L'0,000 rather than let him get away.