Show IS I 1 alo RUES 0 F character of the bulgarian soldier Is revealed one man tells ot of victory over turks won by privates disobeying an order to retreat soldiers devoted to their officers solla bulgaria in order to explain the phenomenal ex exploits platts of tho the bulgarian armies in their battles against the turk in Adria nople and macedonia ono one must become familiar with tho the character ot at the dulgarian bulgarian soldier says a correspondent it la Is but a short time since tho the balkan war began yet many aro are tho the incidents that tha t have come coma to light which enable ono one to judge as to the tha caliber of the man behind abo gun As an I 1 was passing the post olce on one day I 1 met some twenty men in worn out uniforms several had their arms arms in slings one ona had bad his head bead bandaged and a couple ol at them limped a little I 1 joined them tho the moment I 1 had bad assured myself that they were wounded soldiers apparently cured and just discharged from the tha hospital the men were very cheerful but this Is a str striking IC characteristic of nearly all those who have received injuries in the recent great battles ca 1 I asked it they were all wounded yes all of us ot of course answered three ot of them at the same time would we wa have hava left iett tho the battlefield otherwise I 1 found out upon inquiry that daveral had received devore bullet wounds two showed me the very bullets that had been taken taker from their bodies they ordered us to go home one of them said but we are good enouf enough h tor for another trial with tho the turk it the king wants ual in ono one of the hospitals I 1 have a friend who belonged to one atthe ot the first regiments that took part in the engagements gage ments south ot of Lozen Lazen grad kirk Hilis soh here Is a little story which he told me that la Is typical of the but bulgarian warrior our regiment went too tar far into tho 0 entrenchments monta ments when suddenly we saw ourselves nearly surrounded our commander gave the order to retreat for the first time since I 1 have been n soldier I 1 heard an order from a superior that was not obeyed the order was waa repeated by other officers but tho the men showed no inclination to obey it suddenly a deafening cry of 0 Oo was raised and nd then a platoon ot of reserves led by lieutenant dashed ahead and srboui phoui ed forward boyst A bulgarian eol 60 dier knows no retreat na voje charge bayonets Oo Oa in a the blades on the aka gita ahone he in the light as the man rushed at their opponents who for an instant were stupefied at the unexpectedness of the attack we were wera pretty sure sura we were going to bo be killed for we were too few in number but god was good to Us the turks though bloodthirsty and fierce with tho the knife are exceedingly afraid of 0 it at any rate they were afraid of our na voje charge their right flanks gave way before our attack and after leaving a third of our men dead in th tho e field mostly killed by the turkish rapid thus remaining in trenched themselves in an evacuated turkish fortification 1 I never believed I 1 could be so brutal tal with tho the knife one does not think of it ft when engaged in battle A man never thinks of death under these dr cir um stances our disobedience to the adders was a very grave one indeed but bet there la Is always an exception to the rule had we obeyed the command to retreat our comrades back of 0 us would have thought we were cowl cow ards and we would hare haive caused do moralization among our own men th the other day I 1 root met a wounded ocl greatly interested in the tha war I 1 requested him to tell me something about his experience the only thing I 1 can tell you ja a this that we omeera all tar li taw our aur soldiers old lers la in point of at courage and bravery tue the men would often stand in front of us or would pile their knapsacks knap socks in order to protect us ua from the bullets our hearts melted at this touching tenderness tender nesa on the part of our subordinates |