RUSSIAN MODE OF RECRUITING
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At this period there came to Tehornia
two Russian officers, with several serjeants
who were much more like Cossacks than
soldiers. Their appearance was the signal
OF universal mourning-they came to re-
cruit. They proclaimed in the emperor's
name that on a certain day all the men in
the district, whatever their age might be,
were to assemble in the public sqnare, there
10 be inspected. AT the appointed day eve
~ one was on the spot; but it was easy to
sec BY their looks that it was with the ut
most repugnance that they had obeyed. All
the women were placed on the other side,
and anxiously waited for the result of the
inspection, and some of them were CRYING
bitterly. We were present at this sceue.-
The officers placed the men in two rows,
and passed along the ranks very slowly.
Now and then they touched man, and he
was immediately taken TO little group that
was formed in the centre of the square,
When they had run over the two rows, they
again inspected the men that they had set
apart, made them walk and strip, verified
them, il word, such as our recruiting coun
ciiS did in our department for many years.
a man was examined, he was allowed to
go, and then the crowd raised a shout of low;
or he was Immediately put in irons in the
presence of his family, who send forth cries
Of despair this man was fit for service.


These unfortunate beings thus chained up,
we're kept out of view till the very moment
Of their departure. No claims were valid a.
gainst the recruiting officer; age, marriage
the duties required to be paid to infirm pa
rents, were all of no avail; sometimes indeed
it happened, and that but rarely, that Sc
cret arrangement with the officer for sum
of y,saved young man, husband, or a
father, from his caprice, for he was bound by
rule; it often happens also, that he marked
out for the army young man whose wife or
mistress was coveted by a neighbouring lord
or whom injustice had irritated and render
ed suspected." ."--A1emoirs ofa French Ser
geant.