Logan Republican | 1904-01-16 | Page 3 | The Multi-Tongued Austrian Army

'llio fultl-Tiiii;uoil Aimtrlnn Arinj. V The Huiigarlan crisis which threat- l MM ens the Integrity of tho Austrian Km p H plrc has risen solely from the demand i jj MM of the Hungutlans tlmt the Hungar- U H Ian hmgiiuge should be used In giving j jj B commauils to Hiingarlnn troops. The M MM Aiistrlmis nbsert that tho Hungarian H language of commnnd would destroy il H the unity of the Atistro-Hungarlaii i H nrmj. The lliingiirlau lejoludcr Is ' H that Geriiian should bo used lu com f U Mm muiilcatioii between regimental com H maiidirs mid their superior ofllccrs, 1 11 H but that from the colonel downward J Jj jH Hungarian should be used. This Is tba I M H custom now lu regiments with a mn- 'Ulrl Joilty of Mngjars In them, ns It Is the , I (M custom to iifo 1'ollsh lu tho Polish 1 f ''Il leglmeiits nud Croatian lu the Croat r iU regiments. The point Is made by the i M lliingarlans that an otllcer cannot j i H cheer on his men lu n language they j 1 H cannot understand, but he must be f.ll able to uso the language of his men, I farm be It German, Huiigarlan, Czech, ''alii Croat, Iliitheiilon, Slovak, Itoumanlnn , 9 ,U or Italian. Of such dlveise elements ttjtfl Is the Austrian army composed. i IJ II