CONDITION OF THE TURKISH ARMY
TURKISH COMMANDER'S ' TERJUBLE REPORT.
■ OFFICERS SHOT FOR COWARDICE.
(Received November 7th, D.lO ■p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, November 7. Nosim Pasha's report to tho Ministry of "War describes tho condition of tho.Army a» deperate.' The discipline, _/ ho says, is abominable ' Fifty officers '*' vrero condemned to bo shot for various •offonens. Narim Pasha wlmlte that he porsortaliy shot three for cowardice. *•- Many positions, he says, wero abAn- •', doned without the -slightest resistance, * ; ,' and artillery and stores left.to the ' enemy. '[): Many officers refuse to go to the ■;■'-. front, .and aro hiding. The Ministry of 1«.. War haa issued an order threatening \l,. ekvl-tfrswith death,
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14507, 8 November 1912, Page 7
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