| Show yr FIGHTING MACHINES The Dost Latest Information on That S Subject g 5 5 Russian empire m possesses the tho THE biggest lighting machine In the world In the shape shap of ot HB army and navy na there Is no other mill tiry If force orce of which the tho world knows so little EIen the numerical strength of ot the tho army Is largely n II matter r of conjecture conjectures s nearly Marl us con can the force ble for tor carrying on tha tho earlier of ot n II war amounts amo to nearly In III case of ot national emer emergency gency this forca could be swelled to about lighting fighting men by h tho tailing ailing out of ot tho territorial reserve and the or This vast army arm Is moro more than twice as aa large luge ns nt the population 1 of oC New York City more than twice ns as large Inne as the tho army which when mobilized la Is estimated d to have n 1 total of trained men Under the tho order of ot Oct 1 1902 the Iho strength of tho United States army was ns nt men lors than Ihan of ot the tho Itus Hua fan ilan I Hut Hu Russia In does not depend upon I thin army alone Bho has hns ono of at atthe the biggest est navies na In the tho world or 0 rather three distinct diM navies each with IK Its separate organization separate One Is II In the tho a 1 second In the Baltic and a third In tho tea It In I considered bad for tor the service to allow the limelight to full upon ullon par 1 mon men however heroically they may ma have acted And It Is III considered con to 10 he bad harl for tor tho Iho men too In which belief bellet the Iho administrators show a 1 pretty good knowledge of human na nature lure ture tureA lureA A may mil Jump overboard rescue rt rUt his captain from III shark Infested Inte waters or a IL stoker may dare appalling dangers to tho Ufa of ot n 1 comrade In III ti h engine room ro lII accident In due course ourse ho will bo lIo rewarded and promoted throughout his career hit his superiors will remember r the tho deed In his hl but It will never public promotions promotion distinctions ore announced only In war time or In tines Reps of ot very et exceptional merit and ten even In those casen no reference what whatever ever ler Is made to tho occasion of 01 tho re reo ward of oC special commendation comm In III any uny published reports or orders No of anything connected with the army and navy Is allowed even CVen though It be Je of ot a I commendable nature No or 01 enlisted man Is Iso permitted o to tl criticise a 1 brother or enlisted man iliA II except In th strictest line jf qt duty dut of oC this rule am arll most strictly punished to o It arc uro largely dUb the harmony and good tel fel fellowship of the The fhe naval and military ser services vices are compulsory leoy tho rule hel that every ee male milia df t sound jut shall enter ono service or the tho other nt the age aHe of ot JO 20 lurs nut Hut the tho recruit tile is II allowed to 10 choose which service ho hll will enter It might be supposed that this would lead to ns nil there might bo more moru men choosing ono service than were ere needed and fewer t choosing tho tM other Hut it Is not so The system works well lell and helps to c the men mert contented Enlistment Is IB for tor years with the privilege of oC reenlistment upon condition COli tho candidate been l promoted during his term In III respect the service differs from rom most other services This peculiar provision has the merit of insuring that nil all tho veterans are picked men mell while soldiers and sailors of o only average quality aro eliminated In III duo clue course courso The Tho recruit for tor the Ih naval nn Il service Is 19 usually received after passing his phy physical 1111 examination nt lit ono of DC tho Iho great naval Bt HI Petersburg Port Arthur or llIdo Vladivostok stok After n 1 brief term t In barracks there ho hn Is II sent Hent to n training ship shill and nil II promoted tn to n battleship crul nor or other vessel e tho class of ot ship to tu which he Is sent living determined by b his proficiency a II peculiar feature of ot the service The navy li III modeled rnO elcel very ery closely upon that of oC The Tho army AWl Is I modeled on the Ger German man In both holh cases the examples cho chosen choen sen en ns oa the best hest have been copied to tho minutest detail There Thero Is III hardly difference In the days IlnI on a II lIu and All an nn Tho duties dulleR of ot men and IM omeNa tho arrangements the stations lin tho drills the regulations nil arft practically tho same Discipline Is administered under arti cleft cles of war formulated by hy Imperial ukase It Is la stricter than the Brit British ish service which again Is far nr strict stricter er than thull the American All 11 government In Is ItI of course essentially CS and the spirit Is II nowhere stronger er In tho and II nil military I Lr Yet tel there Is 18 no discontent in the Iho army urmy and nn navy nil V however much may ma be bl ng some grades of civil lans The reason reo son Is that the man mAil In the tha enlisted ranks better betler dresses bet het better ter und hus more money to spend than the peasant of his class cInes In civil el elII il II life He has profiled materially by b becoming a II soldier or u In which respect he lIfter differ from the enlisted mallIn man mall manIn In most other olMI services As 8 for tor the UlO rigid discipline It IB IR only what he has always known The Th HUll nim Is la accustomed to the Iron heel from Infancy As 8 n funeral rulo the officers liked by their men mell the tho inert mert fact act that th t every cery und sailor I habitually to war Nar us the little fa father a ather ther will foreigner some Idea of ot tho Intense loyalty which pervades tho Ihu services for the commissioned ranks In III both bolh services upon ullon birth educational qualification It ItIs Is III necessary that candidates be hI well wellborn born Their parents must have been of ot no bio hIe or members of oC the govern Rovern government ment or the tM civil service or In Inthe the tho army or navy nn or to 10 UBO uso the words word of ot tho Imperial ukase on the tho sub Auh ona of substance Who never kept nn on open oell store or market That ThatIs Is III to fa tho Wo pall pon of ot a 11 rich merchant would W lie eligible for or a n commission but buta butIL a IL traders son would not In addition to tho qualification of birth and family candidates must have pa p HIed the final examination In III the gymnasium which Is III about the equiv equivalent alent of ot that for Cor entrance to the tho high higher er clasH of American Amerle n universities or 01 the examination e of oC the tho best beat American schools a The pay of In III both services Is practically nominal That of if n junior In the Iho navy Is IR rubles ft n month about M O In American money nH OK compared with Willi a n month for tor the tho same rank In tho American navy enter the service for fora ot a 11 career never for tor a 11 livelihood Any ny man with lIh social 11 I ambitions In must nn of oC cither tho army or the navy unless ho be iv Il person of oC transcendent ability No father would think of ot entering his ton ron In tha school unless s he ht could give him hima a with which to main maintain tain his rank Mere Mero book learning will not 1101 take a alad lad far In tho service No codet In III II for or promotion to rank of oC lieutenant until ho he has hils made a n trip the worM world In III a 1 manot That Is his postgraduate course cour after ho leaves leals tho naval academy ln The fhe standard of discipline In the com COlli commissioned ranks of oC both huth services Is sim similar ilar to that In III the armies and navies of ot other nations with this differ IIller mice lIce that ore oft duty there lire practically ro 10 distinctions of ot rank among the thc of ut In the tho or at lit the curd table the tho Junior lieutenant dos does not defer Ieter re to the tho colonel of oC his lII nt or to the captain of ot his hIli ship as ho h would woul do In other services On the thu contrary he Is III with him There Is III n 1 1 of ot In n a Kusin Itu me p ono one r stands absolutely upon an equal equality ity with another It Is this feature of military life which most sur surprises 11 foreign oll lIA when thy they din on n Russian or with a garil I They sture In when they hear h nr a n mere boy 00 of oC a II lieutenant call I his colonel by h his name or oven chaff him as ns lie he might have hao chaC chaffed fed ono of at his chums at the naval distinctions In the tho commis commissioned ranks ure peculiar to tho Hus navy and form an Interesting link with the post past A boy Jo enters the service ilK a n cadet and may win promo promotion tion In III the admiralty i One branch of ot the lie Ilu Man army Is la totally unlike any 11 force torce i ell by other r civilized powers It Is I of course courM the Cossack Co levy lIt which numbers 1 2000 men Cossack Is III III hl to service without limit of ot age n He lie becomes tit omes liable nt at 18 and the tho Ha lIa does not cence so M long as IS he Is III Isable able to ride Itlo a n horse horae or carry a n gun Hut only a r portion of or the Cossacks Co servo at one time The Tho rest have unlimited leave Jell or belong to the The eo feels te till the burden of ot mill r service more heavily than other man In tho world At IS 18 he be begins lJ gins years preparatory service In Inthe Inthe the locality where ho dwells elwell After Atter that Is over lIer he ho Is drafted Into Inlo our one of ot three Cossack bands for tOl 12 years calA In any part of ot the empire Ho lie seven years with the colors and five Me with tho reserve rC erve After these 15 1 years of oC service tho veteran might ht he supposed to have done Ilone his hla duty dIll to his hl nation Hut there thero Is a still further reserve which com comprises all 1111 Cos not In Included In the other tore forces The Tho veteran has hall to Join this body bOll and remain In It until ho he Is III 1 by age The fill men of ot the tho last reserve have to supply maintain at their own ox their th lr arms clothing equipment Thus a 11 highly Important addition to the tho army Is kept up lip nt III the tho cost of oC the tho men themselves New York Sun |
