. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across by a bullet, andsome of the hats have two orthree holes. The tradition is, continuedthe Doctor, that the regimentonce showed cowardice whenbrought face to face with theFrench invaders during the warof 1812. In the next battle theywere put in the front, and keptthere; half their number werekilled, and nearly every hat wasperforated by a bullet. Sincethat time the helmets are pre-served just as they were whenthe battle ended. When a newhelmet
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across by a bullet, andsome of the hats have two orthree holes. The tradition is, continuedthe Doctor, that the regimentonce showed cowardice whenbrought face to face with theFrench invaders during the warof 1812. In the next battle theywere put in the front, and keptthere; half their number werekilled, and nearly every hat wasperforated by a bullet. Sincethat time the helmets are pre-served just as they were whenthe battle ended. When a newhelmet is ordered to replace anold one, it is perforated just aswas its predecessor. Hence thecurious appearance of the soldiersof the grenadier regiment organ-ized by Paul. The discipline of the Russian army is severe, and there are no betterregiments, either for parade or fighting purposes, than those stationed inthe neighborhood of the great cities. Reviews of the army are held fre-quently. When the Emperor goes in person to the grand rfeview everyyear the sight is a magnificent one. The Russian Imperial family is full of soldierly qualities, which is. GRAND-DUKE MICHAEL. ANECDOTE OF A GRAND-DUKE. 149 not at all strange when we remembet their training. Sometimes it ispuslied to an extreme degree. The Grand-duke Michael, brother of theEmperor Nicholas, is said to have been one of the most rigid disciplina-rians ever known ; and whenever he inspected a division, not a button, oreven the point of a mustache, escaped his notice. Parades were his de-light, and he could ride at full gallop along the front of a line and detectthe least irregularity. He used to say, I detest war; it interferes with parades, and soils the uniforms. He disliked the Cossacks because they did not appear well at re-views ; in his eyes their excellent fighting qualities were of minor impor-tance. The Cossacks carry their cartridges in a row of pockets on thebreasts of their coats, and not in cartridge-boxes, as
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