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 of discipline, and the reorganization of the army.

This evolution is, of course, only in its infancy. The stage of maturity at which it has arrived apparently varies greatly in different parts of the Russian army. At the time of our mission in Russia it presented a strange spectacle of a provisional amalgam full of surprises and contradictions, a mixture of the old iron discipline and the democratic and fraternal customs of the new régime.

We had an amazing example of the curious contrast that this transition offers during our last visit to the Russian troops at the front. We had reached Roumania, after having said farewell to the 6th Army Corps in an open-air meeting at Tarnapol, and visited at Czernowitz General Korniloff, Commandant of the 8th Army. After two days spent with the Roumanian army we saw a review on the front at Tereth of two regiments of Russian infantry, the 57th and the 59th, with General Tcherbatcheff in command.

The review had taken place with a