Show RUSSIAN ARMY nearly ive mea armed for battle european stations their MU concern ing the tactics and armament 0 the great army the recent gigantic maneuvers of the bussian army on the western boundary i chave directed anew the attention of all Euro peto the great eastern colossus the endurance willingness i and irona discipline of the one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers who met the capacity of the officers to handle great bodies of troops easil yand especially the morale of both officers and men were so conspicuously displayed that alli Austria and germany have been lo inga good deal of hard thinking and exhaustive the rus sian since the exact size odthe russian army in europe on aawar footing jeays the chicago times is rather problematical the active army is estimated by the german authorities to contain one hundred and ninety two infantry and fifty eight cavalry regiments fifty one of field artillery and one hundred and forty five cossack regiments the reserve troops one hundred aad five regiments the militia two infantry regia orients theia i four infantry and fifty one aind a all liese together tog ethar with the batteries etc shelf ake grand four million five hundred thousand men athe european russian ysa ano pasa fie hun 1 and four esthe cost afi this establishment last year was reclaimed rec lamed in currency 1000 OW meant a manoma mandr in european russia sin ce has had the universal obligation toa services the time of service inthe standing army is five years inthe reserves which are in camp twelve weeks every year thirteen years in the militia till the soldiers forty third year the buying of substitutes or exemption is toot allowed the infantry is ar breech loaders berdan II 11 model 72 with a caliber cali of 1067 centimeters ahlf S ball wel shing about an ounie the field n has agnns of and others bf artl llory these kattef the maximum range of the caliber is meters and of the 87 caliber meters for grenades the range of the riana S what kind of men stand behind these arms the opinions of all who have more recent russian uniform ath e soldier they say is the most willing obedient and robust in the world he can live contentedly from what a frenchman or german would starve on t lie ican march distances without losing abe most trying hardships needs faly a word from his superior to make tam forget all his troubles and rally to any effort A german officer who after his recent return from russia published his observations in the cologne gazette says the maneuvers showed that the russian of men and horsek and i and loyal bove soldie s every of lottey to its ability best illustrated by policy of late year the energy of i to ent in the of railways during the last been truly wonderful 1 says max lunan in the still fh e distances to be overcome yvere so tre the of her iron net are at great i as those in germany and arance erance Er ance the railway russia years has been dished most rapidly ion boundary so that a y germany and austria might be was forced to do this by the Pan slavs this party has its advocates in high military places and through ihen ihas spread its ideas throughout the army it deserves mention too that the forces arp being steadily shifted to the western sixty aper cen een three cit the are abc present in tha military i departments warsaw wilria kiew and almost the entire army is garrisoned alongi he lines 0 o the state gica arall ways last year sixty two battalions fifty eight squadrons and been trans ferreL to tie western departments thereby the landing russian army has fifteen thousand binen anthe german border and sand amen on the austro frontier 1 BURMESE WELL DIGGERS abe mabrier ot oil wells la indru the native kofl digging oil wells in burmah is fi d in very interesting manner by dr of the indian geological survey in the first placer shaft is tho sides about tour feet each over this placed a crossbeam supported on stanchions at either side and in tho center of the beam a aniau wooden drum or cylinder which with its axis ts laade ot of 1 A leathor rope running over this drum is used to lower tho workmen into th as well as tho earthenware cart pot in walls of abo shaft are wood and tim ber is used to support them on two liggs formed of running be eti shoulder to prevent rope runa down from the krati across the breast underneath the right shoulder where it is fast ened to the akings A rope for the samo purpose is ened round the hips vo can be ath I 1 bre ointa hea naydee belll conia 0 1 more than teet and abe apet the manner of drawing up the also Is 1 alo lcou tel tell l sha law low the ellla 1 latter are on a cart fr y |