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Title: The Russian army from within
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Steveni, W. Barnes
Subjects: Russia. Armiia
Publisher: London New York (etc.) : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ET AND SWORD lasso, throwing it for a surprising distance andcapturing the foe alive, if a trifle bruised, when-ever they choose. In shooting with the carbine, or short rifle, theCossacks are extremely efficient, and often, onaccount of their coolness and their marvellouseyesight, are employed as sharp-shooters to pickoff items of the enemys forces from a distance.There is little doubt, however, that the chief powerof the Russian soldier lies in his bayonet, not inthe rifle, which is rather too scientific a weaponfor the village peasant to handle ; he has not therequisite skill, touch, and finesse which belong toFrench, Belgian, or English soldiers. Militaryexperts hold the opinion that the Prussian victoryat Tannenberg, in East Prussia, was solely due tothe superiority of the German cannon taken fromthe fortresses of Thorn and Gaudenetz, and to thenew inventions of Krupp, which have shown theiradvantage over the Russian Horse Artillery,constructed on French models. LIABILITY TO SERVE
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CHAPTER XILIABILITY TO SERVE THE number of men to be called to the coloursannually is decided by the Imperial Senate,according to the report of the Minister of War.Theoretically, the entire male population betweenthe ages of twenty-one and forty-four years isliable to serve, either in the regulars or in themilitia ; but there are many causes of exemption. Speaking broadly, the term of service in thefirst line, or active army, is three years in theinfantry, field and fort artillery, four years in theother departments of the Army. The soldier thenenters the reserve, in which he remains for fourteenor fifteen years, undergoing during this period twotrainings per annum of six weeks each. Havingcompleted eighteen years in the first line of thereserve, he passes to the militia or last reserve.Service here is for five years^—i.e. until the soldierattains the age of forty-three. The Territorial Army is organised into groups R. A. K 145 146 LIABILITY TO SERVE of Regulars, Cossacks, Militia a

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