…discussion in the Russian periodical press in the state of the army and its logistics.
"It is well known that during the last Russo-Turkish war surfaced many shortcomings in the organization of army rear, in General, of the army and of warfare. All this could not pass the public opinion. Wrote prominent Russian researcher O. V. Orlik, "In the course of the war destroyed jingoistic sentiment inherent in the first large part of the officers, the army increasingly began to manifest oppositional and even revolutionary views." The public mood was reflected in the pages of periodicals.
For example, monitoring known domestic AA Alapaev in the articles of the correspondent of "Herald of Europe", E. I. Utin, aimed at the Balkan theatre of war, armed conflict with Turkey was portrayed not as easy as it seemed to autocracy. Obsolete weapons, lack of ammunition, lack of organization of headquarters, the lack of secured rear, theft quartermasters, poor performance of technical services, communications, mail, Telegraph, the negligence of military medical administration, the incompetence of many commanders, the numerous and senseless human sacrifices, etc. – all this found reflection in the publications of duck1.
Publicists of "Bulletin of Europe", journal traditionally part of the liberal press, he has stated manifested during the war, the overall lack of order in the army2, bad connection between parts of the military, overall, a bad system of military device3. E. I. Utin, in the midst of troops besieging Pleven, also wrote about the absence of "head case", the overall coherence and coordination in the army…."
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