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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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work they had to do. They were small, but thick-set men,
averaging about five feet six inches in height, fair in com-
plexion, thoroughly European in appearance, and resembling
very much our English country labourers. They were clothed
in khaki jackets, tight pantaloons, and high boots reaching
above the knee; over this they wore a long brown great-coat,
and at night a heavy sheepskin coat reaching to the ankles.
The arms consisted of a rifle and sword. On the whole, the
term "rough and ready" would summarize the general impres-
sions left upon me by them.
Captain Grombtchevsky expressed his opinions freely on
many subjects, and was enthusiastic in his description of the
Russian army. He said that the Russian soldier went
wherever he was ordered to go, and did not think about such
things; that he looked upon the general of an army as his
father, who would provide all that was possible, and if at the
end of a hard day's march he found neither water to drink nor
food to eat, he would still not complain, but would go on
cheerfully till he died, and when he died there were many
more Russians to take his place. Grombtchevsky quoted many
instances from the Central Asian campaigns to illustrate this
statement, and it is undoubtedly true that the Russian soldier
is brave, enduring, cheerful, and uncomplaining; but it is equally
true that Russian generals and their staffs have often shown
themselves incapable of organizing large forces properly, and
that the knowledge that there are always plenty of men behind
has caused them to be so negligent that many a Russian
soldier's life has been sacrificed through want of necessary
arrangements. This may matter little in wars close at home;
but in an expedition where each man has to be transported
for hundreds of miles through countries where nearly all the
food for him has also to be transported, a general cannot afford
to have his men dropping off from neglect.
In the afternoon Captain Grombtchevsky asked for an
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