Show sketch of the Pled pied montese army la the crimea BY ily onn ONE gln WHO WAS vas during daring the period that elapsed from the fall of the southern side of sebastopol sevastopol Seba to the spring of the year says a writer in Col coi Colburn colburns burna burns 8 united service magazine I 1 happened to pass a considerable time on terms of close intimacy with oin oln allies the and BO so far profited by the opportunity as to be enabled to give nive give some description of their most complete and admirably organized army I 1 found upon first making the acquaintance of the Pied pled montese montess officers that ia ir each ree reg regiment 1 in spite of all the difficulties attendant oil on campaigning there existed an a n excellent mess at which all the officers from the commandant of the battalion downwards dined and breakfasted anything more perfect than tha n the gentlemanlike tone of the whole cann oSbe imagined the most perfect freedom of intercourse inter cours existed between the superior and subaltern officers ficere of but was never in any way taken advantage e of the t by juniors the fare was wag excellent although the subscription to cherness mess only amounted to about xa 1 los loa a month while at our messes at the same eime time we got execrable dinners and it generally cost us from io lo elo eio 10 to 15 per month tue the i poor anor discipline of the drici co aoud id not be surpassed the great respect ial pai bv b the noncommissioned commissioned non don officers and men nat not only to their own officers but also to those these of the allied armies b bre re a pleasing comparison with tinoi chalance of the rr french freach ench each and I 1 am sorry to say in a great many cases of our own mn mon A sardinian re ie er or passed an officer without saluting him if you asked a question you were sure of paling a civil and intelligent an answer sivar siver the private soldiers w eted arvon n n their non noncommissioned commissioned n n a is s they did chesi of superior rank the ilie u infantry were cud in a useful and soldat r like ilke gre grey coat costanti coa tandi tanti ana anz bir b ir knapsacks were light and well put on lu til manoeuvred with the tie quickness of the fri b h and at the same eeme tin time 1 u with the accurse accuracy aid a d solidity of nf air tm aps of all arms the bersaglieri so called frol i bels beis bersby ailia la a target meaning thit VIA they are e parijs d marks marksmen men mun n seemed to me uie the must mi dt perl peek th fht acu active P figures of the th men their thear thi r beer ber i g p uniform uni forni forDi NN without am ann us less encini brant brunt P their aida able ible arms mil wil an I 1 equip mell meil caum those who s scitt ax them tc t consider them tho the b ii i a i ideal ol 01 ight 11 ht infanta tr tofu to much pra cannot li IP gi len ien en to their tal tai talented eniel eniet ur delia della marmo a thir rifles ivere vere light 1 short no equal certainly Enfield rif ril r the best beat m military tari tark rifle of 01 the ther dl di v but the w we must taka tak into consides consi dei del a ti tion th tl the bei bel beitt beilen ig golieri n have had hid the same bame rat P er since iki irl 18 IS th vw heel plat 01 ou the butt of these rifles was pro puo pi 0 I 1 longed tr tro t 0 a sort sott of luke juke to assist the tho bolder solder in ascentia ascent la any step steep eminence by ahr i i g it uto into we tue ground and wid sup supports g thereby the tile method tn thod of ciar charging ging was also most simple ana aro conven convent Uit fc t it sas was vas eif acted by of a i poder ashl antt ak thit with a cpru p from which the pi jorch lorch oer charge aige was poured into the rifle and th bullet was then dropped 1 in one smart tap or ot the he I 1 fixing tins it at the bottom ot of the piece it b ii g somewhat on the prin i aloot of he ene carabu carah a ti tle tige tie e of the Chass eurs de vinc Vino niles 71 P whole N hole hoie oper i tion of loading occupied as dittli if ir not less tune time than our n ethod method of loading diw W ti h a cartrie tle lle the bull buil bullets ets xv vere opre ere carn card carnel carnei e i il ff it in i ii a por pot ch fixed to the abe waist wait walt belt ani and the r nl ter er flask flaak was slung by a cord over th the tle e 1 r ti I 1 ammunition was therefore thereto carried in a raca i leiter loiter and moie mole moi mol e manner th thui n tylo 1110 byoir b 10 ur system ot of box neich any oie ole 01 e 11 anio has bas ever woi wol a it must knon kno is most incon venno D ly placed to be got at th 71 marching p pi ice ire re of the bersaglieri z was a kopd rud step the fhe men T go 0 o 0 o or er the graur d nari narl nearly v AS quickly as ours e i at the double but if it w as is not at all al fatiguing I 1 LL 0 keel keep up the h contrary contrady several i ers have a assort mp that upon having fa I 1 to L larch arch a certa corta i dist distance ahee abee with their infantry ini of the hi ille e what jhc i t archi larch i at ata q m much tich lich slowed f in L e they were alvra s rn much uch less lebs lbs les tai tal gued sued th jhc thc i n i tb the e rn infantry fantry h they got gob over the same space of grou drou ill m two thirds of the ahne til ie I 1 ltd aw e frequently watched the bersaglieri Bersa gheri it at thell i t practice and must mum sav say si they made cap cay di shots wili wi h their choit rides rifles at yatfa ta T 3 a countin some rne measure for their greit great aag act 1 v and captai cap tia walking pc er when ii 11 cam cato or garriston par gar d t home they pass more time at tl in in athletic I 1 exercises i than they 0 40 o at actual drill and a capital arrange ani ir is I 1 wi now notch not cf another branch of the pipa pip pin mons moss se so service ui 11 aich which thi v greatly g elc axce el 1 i and tb at is one which of all others ethers c is the mos most fleches iry to ta tile the well being vf i an army in in th e flad i tf nely tb th land transport corps ai amt ami d it V 0 a believed ene erle erie enc rally raily by ii in in the crimea that c f r own u as reorganized so as to be sou BOB v hat on the s ime plan I 1 ie re are in the arny army a certain a agn ain t of e equia q uit uil aps s and tran traD port animals at twee ture i 1 to bac each VI i ivison VISIon of the army arm armi ani I 1 tb ib alic carriages carrial carni carri ai s were v pre ere somewhat il si superior to ours oars it 11 asmuth AS iney were r i re P solidly built for oi 0 r flan flab i i 13 a wagons though om oms rb bah r b for orl ort or i lary nary iary purpose bt came orten often baroa keo u when i y V heavy m mi canals such as a 9 aho abo or shell were ere pre convey conveyer edl eel eu in them as was vi as aft a i avoid avold arif l the tho case 1 I f fitiles i n ies les ajl aji art t berseg belor ig to the pied pled rm nim cl c l corpo di dt Ireno treno were weri always alas in in capi tt lilon a i I 1 fancy tha that tile the privates of ta thib this c ii were it a ai aly thing picked e I 1 men inen wilo who aror thi tour ir s g pursuit pursuits sw fre ere ore accustom accustomed eu to tot kot t 3 par ticul i ki ri of duty I 1 officers 01 tip tie eie corps wre chiefly well cob coa ebed ed ex uon tion commissio officers of ca cavit vr or artill arti artl iri eri irs rv who were this rewarded to ba a promotion 9 officers oili cers iio ito Hovi ever in th the e ow 0 branches ol 01 the tiie service I 1 here were very feta wiio wilo bad risen from the i anks and anil those ah had bad appeared appear rd fo 0 o be chiefly mei itie i of f sl wi perlor ka ssta and adv who had eti eji ehilt ted ed in th v Ts 3 of 1847 let and 1818 from patriotic mc me UI ir a z the c ers era a as g a body I 1 never met a r g i tle ile manlike frank abd hospitable siet alet et il nor did I 1 ever avel see regiments in which u a di b U armony existed amongst the officers V I 1 y quarrel did take place it was either maue mawe i at once or they resorted to a which cery aery ery one in england would certainly cry ailt out against I 1 mean they bad it out at once wat wit lim liw their broadswords broad swords it then ended in it a good shush stub on the face fuce or arm which was waa eoon hoon boon eoon baled healed li the combatants shook hands and all was waa over they became just as good friends as evev ever and I 1 thin this thia tended more than anything to keep tip up a high ht h beelin feeling g amongst them for if any one would feel stift bufil i taftt y ill lii illais dib dis obed to try and bully or annoy onnor 1 another i I 1 u tural tur pl the fear far of having 11 hs h a beauty apoi spoiled ed by a s face or some such other contretemps was very ery likely to deter him the was oas you never li har liari arv ari any adv of that ill lii i ti t rp ro 1 bawd mi i chmir ely ily i call cail d chaffing cha fling i a bov fellow which WD ch often otien ems aws ei rs in sei genous senous ious rov ros rows s court courts s cf of inq nry ury an and lord knows what else nor dor nor were two officers to be seen dining at the same table and not on an speaking terms which is I 1 arn am afraid too often with us the result resift 0 im gorn s ST ich h a ab td ird q lit iti i eel aei ei ei it is 13 ro no ase ise i se talk tair i s z tbs abs tb s sort of thing tung our en lish ideas and prejudices are ire I 1 are con completely I 1 plemely at variance v inal inai ce with those of other nations nat hat ons and our social habits will not perhaps bear much comparison with those of the sar din ians who appeared to amuse themselves unar r s in the mot m dav I 1 think wilh mr mark alark tal tape ley they had some cielia cie cle lit in in being beli bell jolly under ui dei del 1110 ille circum stances stai sial lles iLes for certainly very jolly they were some ot of the most peasant evenings I 1 have spent have been at their musical soirees at the camp at kamara and I 1 have there heard parts of d efferent different opi operas erast sup bup I 1 in a ways wax that would v ouid not disgrace alfr H r 1 I 1 some of tie tle ti e P comic songs loiis bolis ver were ner perfectly pe factly arifi a ible ibie even een to those who did wot not not rot understand the language from front the expression of the singer bi ci and often the ridiculous cos tame he improvised kaprov isad in a few seconds A more happy li and contented set of fellows I 1 never met foi every very one appeared to make his regiment ins irs b s home horne horneland and particularly the bers illien baglieri eri erl beina being ben athe the most popular corps appeared so proud ot of their rei rel regiment 0 ment that it was qui quite ft e a pleasure pleas ire lre to hear them the m talk with such affection of their corps but I 1 think they were rather disgusted that they did not see any more fight inq ing in in the crimea C amea and if they had they would have gone through it well as they showed shored in tiie tile small snail specimen of the aya having vv written ritten this sketch of what I 1 sanf sam sav and learned myself of them rather hastily I 1 I 1 have not been able to enter so much into the detail of their discipline and organization as I 1 could wish but hut perhaps at some future period I 1 may be able to write inore fully upon the I 1 subject I 1 sometimes went but shooting on the hills near vernot vernoi uka ika with veith officers of this army and found them much better sportsmen than foreigners are g generally ene rally considered with us A good mp lutov ny were capital shots some would alk aik a sc so ironed grouse shooter and though generall generally metto geTto with very bad tools they generally managed mana maha 0 to give lve ive a much better account of the little game that was to be found than the english a great greit matter too where shooting for the pot war was as not to be adeep despised ed many diany of us will long remember the pleasant days ila tia s spent w lih i h 1 annata and wherever they go tho will carry with them the good wishes of ai ily lly v of the english army who had he the pleasure plea picas sire ire lre of their acquaintance in the cri cn mpa lapool albion |