Show I The Immense War Engine Controlled by the Czar CzarI I Unique Peasant Soldiery and Wild Riders of Russia f III IK outcome ou of or II a i war wars nr s between Russia fine and i Japan has haa long bee I eon el n 11 rootlet matter of or Interest 3 to students or of if the sit alt situation nation In ht the till fur far east cant That t until such u tt I v come corne sooner or later laler has ban been oun pre pro predicted dieted for tor many On Its it I would depend not only the of or tho the countries Immediately Involved hut hili also thit Illat of or Chinn most of Asia contiguous thereto liy by the Ih peculiar p terms of or the tho 11 alliance between Russia mid nud Franco Treace and the similar In III the agreement of or with the probable Involving of or these two tsie nations In III tote the struggle lids lias also been beell Hitch finch n contest there toro tore Is III not nol the Dimple III pie matter that w would nt lit Hint first appear as us KB Its outcome would almost t the Iho destinies of the chief ehler nations both of Asia Ash and Ku liu rope In III n discussion of till possible result of or such snot a context content n a of or ortho tho ties character of or the to Uvo peo peoples leo pies ples most Immediately lIntol concerned IH Is In Interesting On the tho ono one hand the tho Jaw llIpa none uese II SI lire die progressive hank flunk k and II 1111 open partaking more inure of at lr tho characteristics of or n a western nation titan litIn of or the 1110 very er extreme of or tin the orient which IlO featly they thuy occupy Sot ct OUI Ilg tills this lack hack of conceal meat ment on of the tho of uC the Ilia Jap lap Is the air IIII of nt secrecy that toil rounds all things In the empire of till the czar 17 lr Russia IH Is tile the mystery of or lur i e the them m unknown In the tho world equa lion Peculiar In lit her goy gov government o her lIer Ii or religion hOl 1101 literature lit over oven In the very jY structure of or her 1111 M to w clety clot clel y she slie skalds HIt It from fm in the HID rout of the win odI Id not of ot II It mid nud IIi III yet ot to 10 a n great groat mat extent controlling Its Ln VII conquered In a II physical way 1111 the Ito spirit 1 of her hOl IB III h Her diplomats dI lire are In la the tho art artof artof of concealing her ht lined hand even oen Ill bore moru than are most east diplomats It Il 1 IH is her hOl apparent relit policy never to 10 announce any 1111 pint part of her until hut It II In le accomplish accomplished u ed cd illie Is III thus a II constant enigma 1111 l to the remainder I of lIe the Ilse powers I thin veil of or mystery extends over Ol her affairs AH As 1 a result her army am I while tilt the largest In the Iho world Is III tho the least IllI t known of or time the spy liP HS tern loin extending to every purl part of oC her hor ln hl o and the close of or ortho the tho nets acts of or nil 1111 foreigners It has been Iwon for tor outsiders outsider to lo learn aught ht of or her Ii rr military establishment excepting ox rout big things of o the 1111 most general and super Russia Hussla has the greatest army mill on onearth earth It consists of over men In hi times thees of nr n pence which may easily be 11 Indented Increased to In the tho event of or orWill war Will The nCI of oC the tho czars cars mill iii III airy tary tar establishment may mar bo he h If Ir one considers the fact that the thu Russian army lINI on n a 1 peace rooting footing contains more morr alone than tho the American array army hall of both hot Ii tad and mOil mien It Is an as condition that this Immense engine of or war Is the tho force rOlce that actually act maintains tho Ito peace of or It IH III the tho uncertainty In Ill regard I Ito to the possible attitude of or Russia that holds In check other ether nations Czar Nicholas whatever may many bo hn said Hild ms 1111 to the genuineness of his peace pence I tlona thus la is I the In III Instrument 1 strument through t h which pence penco Is main maintained mini ln I I On 11 a peace p Me fooling us at nl present con the armies of or the Iho czar II up 1111 U I of about 6 61 pur 1 c 1 cent Infantry y yI 12 I per fler feat cent cavalry 14 H 1 4 per 1 cent lery lerr 3 per cent engineers 3 per Iler cent cant and departmental troops mid and 0 tj per cent Cossacks CO lackl These proportions linns give but hut little Idea III en however of or the relative tan cc of or time the various vu I arms army of oC the service While by II no nomans mans the largest numerically the must mast conspicuous effective portion pardon I I of ot tho the army Is the cavalry together during the black horrors honors of or the tho retreat from v tr ec ow s Ho Ill h gathered up IP tho the ill all slier fr er and gold l had hul been oell tucked Hacked from front that hut city elt when thrown aside by lIy the Preach French because LeC uHe too loo heavy to 10 tobe be longer r carried rI These 1 hee Cossacks COl are 1110 stationed All nil along tho the frontier In III Hu Iu rope and HIi mid and In the tho event ent of or u n war Will In III the Iho fsr list east would Lo Le prepared to la swoop scoop down on China ChInn creating In Indescribable Indescribable describable In her thickly peo peopled pled provinces for Cor these fierce and physical disability second when the tho candidate cru t Is hi the breadwinner for or a n fatally family third men mica chemists teachers members of learned professions s In technical tech studies etc elc tills lids applies only In III tines times of or ponce peace of or course j fourth those exempted be lIe because because cause of ot special circumstances All those these causes eH servo serve to lo disqualify nearly of or those thoo that apply It If the remain remainder der cler amount to more mOIo than the dis districts choice Is made by 11 lot lut of i 7 1 ii i 1 r rf f CAVALRY ANT AND INFANTRY 2 fo J ON OUTPOST DUTY TYPES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS I fearless semen know not 1101 mercy They Ihl killers ts who love their trade livery 1101 year jear a n million in men become ell eli eligible gible to enter time tho Russian AH As 11 only about ru 1110 me o required over Oel of or the must bo he exempted or excused lvery wI district has Its 1111 recruiting load and makes up Its 1111 for tor the Iho arms amts or of it time the service Cl Exemptions 1 from Crom entering tho the army merry many nud These are bout About 7 j per por cent of or the tho male popular population lion lima of or each ouch t district Is thus thull taken token each year car This Is not the holiday affair It proves proc to tn to bo lie with our own national guard but hut Is rather serious business Tire The men are conscripted mad u n wooden lock look Is III placed d on tho the leg log of or each elch Amid Amici L the tilt lamentations of time the Ih con conscripts scripts are loaded Into wagon vi taken hiked to 10 the tho nearest recruiting station Arriving there each roan min last passes Into the hands of or tho thu lie doctor thence to the time military harbor barber If It successful ful In ht the lie medical ordeal the tho top lop of or the applicants I cants hurl heed IM Is shaved It If unsuccessful tho time buck back Tho The rejected candidate Is III truly unfortunate He lie Ie In Is thrust out without any uny clothing his hla apparel dumped out after him timid and lie he Is allow allowed ed ell c l to drew dress In lit the thu cold lold Then Jhen every eor sol 01 Is IB privileged to 10 kick and mill cuff cufr him as n 0 mark murk of ot contempt for foY his physical disability Inn with those these Indignities ties however tho the rejected uro are happy happ enough for Tor have havo they not escaped the i 1 A r r r 1 1 ji J if DRILL R with the th kindred cl though Irregular body holl of it troops known as the Coss In hi fact Russia places cell dller reliance on n her Jar Will war horses ell Of ot U Ihl 1 hero are uru In Itt time tho enIto t that thul have hav had bud I training III In time Ihl many army mud and that an ran be ue il In III case cuso 1181 of enoy geney for Cor cavalry ca vii Iry duty duly It Ii Ito the Thu walking Will war del and ami agitator of or the Hit empire who aid sidd As Ay 11 depends on oh her gi 11 gigantic gantic 1011 II tic vessels of or war no so dc lie lends upon her horses It Is Impossible for Cor time the m mind lad to con conceive conO teho what a II cavalry of means The Isle American 1111 war the till most gl gi gigantic gantic 1111 II tic struggle known to modern times time only nil Involved men lumen yet yut lt here hotels Is Isono ono mw nation to 10 on a II single side nearly twice that number In III alone And 1111 the hue They fh have hae no noo o equal In III the tho world these will wild rulers riders tit of Russia HUlls In It Is lx probably lime due to the great plains pitons aul the vast instances ii to tn tolie lit lie traversed that the Muscovite mite ale veritably reared 1 In hl the saddle Certainly err r tinny t them hero Is Ie II no other othel at lieu p people 1 et p In who s so C Cloo love loo the tw horse who so cultivate him and who win have such mimicry mastery over aver him AH Ax 11 n it result the Slavic empire him al nl almost almost most half of ur tin the horses of ur tho time As 1 another result tho time molt men ride like Ilk cowboys The horses hornes hon lire are till nil swift Huft the common cab horses being superior to 10 tho the carriage teams learns of or this country and even oen the thc plow horses huluS rapid trot trotters trot tors ter Of mill all time tho horsemen how however ever the Iho most picturesque daring and the tho mire arc the tho Cassocks White the there thero it mire lire only Jill about of or those In III Inthe the lie army they the tire mire by hy fur far limo thu best known of nil oil lice Iho soldiery of or the tho czar It Il Is 18 said Unit that every elert Cossack Cos lIrk rail cnn ride rille standing like Ilko a n circus athlete lie Ho can call light In It almost any nil pose from tree the IIII back halk backof backof of or his mount or II at lit ml t almost t any all speed Like LII eagle he ho strikes as liS the nod and Is II It was as the Cossack lint tint so harried the slams stal I IlIg and freezing of ur Napoleon Nu i 1 1 I hell of or the utmost most despotic army discipline plume pline on earth arth Those who are accepted accented are the Iho truly unfortunate Tho The soldier 1 In tho the ranks receives only about 51 1 per por year Is le sometimes whipped to death Le th must give unquestioning lag obedience mud and Is Inured hatred to n i 1 life liCe of or privations nod hardships such Much as ns are known In III scarcely may any oth other other other er army urn III ht the world This however IH Is not felt Celt so FO much lunch by the Hla ns as n It II would by h other raced races for Cor ho huts hUll been II en used to 10 these things from rom his hili youth up Tic fIO tae mass maSH of or the tho soldiery Is 18 com cony composed posed of or tho the peasant II or of former serf class cluss the tho of or which are am liter Illiterate II mite ate stolid slavish h hut hit withal handy hnidy tius and mu singular singularly ly I devoted III In fuel fact no tIO nation on earth has hUll tho the solidarity that marks Russia With all mill Its lis divergent dementi It Is II still the most completely knit kl ll together of or any all empire now noli In existence rime Tho Muscovite Is IH taught the of nr self Belr obedience Is iii the tho prone prime virtue It Is III drilled Into the tho citizen that he ex exists ex exists only for the tho czar lr The Is gregarious In a n mark marked marked ed Ill degree The communal lIfo life has existed ex existed isted In his villages from Imme Immemorial mortal morial This sort of or rough elemental altruism m hi Into brio the army and mid andIs midIs Is III In lit fact Its distinctive spirit It marks the Muscovite soldier as min peculiar peculiar lar It gives Riven him n a certain stolid brav bravery ra cry ery which was Ill recognized In the fa tn famous tar moos remark of or Napoleon allol on that It Is hot not enough to 10 kill a it Russian HU lIlun soldier you yell must also mm 1St push him Ida over oer This Ills rill habit of oC personal effacement of or blind obedience of oC almost Is IH shown nowhere moie mure plainly than In Inthe the tho manner of or tho limn private soldier In addressing an Ho Ile stands rigid rigidly ly Iy at nt attention with his Ills hand nt lit his cap throughout tho the entire conversation lie He never neel presumes s to 10 answer ansIer a 1 ques question tion whit wille a II direct yes or no but hut with a n quite so 80 or nr not Inot ex ox exactly so 80 He lIe Invariably uses the time title of or your our excellency or your our s or your nobility or even your high nobility Fran Irom one ammo standpoint this habit of Implicit obedience died makes makos the tho Slav the Ideal bleat soldier sok ler butt but there thero IH Is u ml reverse side to 10 the shield shleM Slaves Hlaves never make mako good rood An army of them thom may many he be n II good military machine to so o lung long ns lIa led but Lut let their general be lie stricken clown down RIFLEMAN CF OF THE THeRUS RUSSIAN RUS lAN GUARDS 0 x att l j 1 v 1 l 1 a L r THE IMPERIL IMPERIAL EURS Dismounted and the men having no self reliance become a IL leaderless mob moh easily slain stam stampeded and 1101 bewildered Into absolute stu stupidity stupidity Is III so o common In III the tho Rus nilS Russian sInn sian allay that It II goes OIS unpunished II for tor forthe forthe the tho most part pari the th themselves frequently shining In the spoils Next to this petty In fact depend dependent ent upon It tho great Illat vice ko of or the time Mus Pubs Muscovite covite soldier IH is vodka n II forum form of or rye 10 whisky of the tho chain lightning variety Boaster Christmas and nud ell all religious rell lou and other othol holidays me are celebrated by Lr pro prolonged longed lungell debauches Hut But the tho drinking Minkin Is II Isby Isby by h no means limited to these theo days It Il ItIs IH Is Indulged etl In on of far tar lIghter slighter provocations provocations lions or even without provocation at atall atall atall all unless limo tho haul 1011 mid and unattractive life Info nay may lIIa be Ic ns us a II sort Oll of or perpetual provocation A long line hide of or soldiers will Invade n a drinking place nud the dust Hist man will n mug pitcher pilcher or else that he lie can emu snatch without being observed This ho lie conceals In his larre sleeves until he can pass 1091 It to the man ilia II In It goes goe to the tho next Wert l of or tho the line 11 lie thus rendering detection end eM well nigh Impossible These stolen aI tides Idles are aro then sold and ami with th the pro coeds more vodka Is Travelers III In Russia HUlsla say HI that tho the drinking I id really encouraged by b the agents of tiN czar One Otte of or these a member of or th the h famous secret service will mingle With a gang of the tho and men taco In a n loud vo call out Lets Lela drunk drink comrades The more store we drink tile the greater may ma bo be bt th Ih the amount of taxes collected by our fa a ther timer the tho czar The more mare mOl money honey y In hu hi coffers the tho sooner Kooner tho the campaign will will be Le opened The campaign of or horse horses tho time campaign of or glory Ilor Wo win rid ride over oler to Berlin and beautiful Vienna a Who will hinder us In lit a II like Ilk vein eln one cite can eln Imagine theN o now urging their heir comrades to drink on tho Limo prospect p ct of or riding to p Pe king null Tokyo The Tho most amusements BM ark amply satisfying to 10 the tho child chillI mind nl ot the average Russian soldier HO lie I Is fond of ot music but It la Is of the m most mOlt rudimentary kind If ono auto learns to II piny two or three of or the tho simplest undo molo dies on nn a 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