Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1912 — MARCHING TO DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MARCHING TO DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

TURKISH regulars of the Infantry division on their long and. weary tramp from Bagdad, the far eastern extremity of the Turkish empire, towards the defense of Constantinople. They are In khaki uniform and in heavy marching order, fully equipped with modem rifles. They have been drilled in accordance with the German army methods, even to the peculiar German march. Their endurance, which is unexcelled by the soldiers of any army In the world, 1b demonstrated by the long “hike" of about 1,200 miles across the hot desert sands.