Show ARZT ABUT it to be a somewhat ome what prevalent in buniat that the greeks it allowed to go go to war with the turks would pe edily lw be beaten and aad this thi view appears reasonable when the gitary tb of the two countries compared pared but bat the fact Is that the a are tarin forces fore both as regards regard quality and ad quantity are re considerably lost leac formidable than appears from official adorf A german military journal we gave gate some ome illustrations relative to this sub joet in 28 juit is pointed out jaben troops were VT being mobilized on account Dt of tee me disturbances in armenia sun io of 01 we tb fourth army burps and SO of the fifth failed to respond to we aji ana nd of those that thas met or roam driven together 00 do serged from the fourth and from the be fleth corpa of twelve bat bsh that were to te be used need for a mil buy expeditious eight were almost by desertions those that remained were ware in a condition for weeks week the soldiers old lere went without uniforms not only was waa we the P pay m y withhold withheld but pro were distributed only at irregular Irre Ine cular gular intervals interval the men had bad to live by plunder and add many of them sold old their arms to obtain broad bread it Is ie that the condition are esob improved at present the turkish of floer BB as a rule are entirely without we the education noose necee sacy ry to conduct a modern war it Is ie supposed that about fifty per cent are usable liable to read and write they are therefore fore almost barred from a thorough theoretical knowledge of modern aud and consequently fam pable of rendering effective ser er ties against ft a modern army the soldiers are in ID a similar condition the rement knowing the general ten thoney y of its lt servants ervn tt dares not ir 1 tam I of peace entrust the costly mod wis r arms to the care of the sol ol dlen dion rang they would be tolen stolen the therefore are allowed to bani du only old worthiest werth lew blunder bumm aften BO called upon for active service rare armed with rifles rifle with which vady r s af not na familiar and their useful awful non ne as a infantry Is 1 by this fact oon ider sider ably reduced what a small mall energetic country oan can accomplish against a large nation was wa recently demonstrated demo nitrated in eastern asia aela and the proportionate strength tb between greece and turkey Is i not far from similar amilar to that between japan and china |