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and the fourth for company officers. The order is conferred directly by the Emperor on the recom- mendation or " presentation " of the recipient's ser- vices by his commanding officers. The orders of St. Anne and St. Stanislaus are the lowest of all. They are of three classes, according to the rank of the recipient when received, and are conferred for gallantry, but also as favors»at autumn manoeuvers, for several years' good service, etc. Not much consideration is attached to them. In addition... to these orders and their classes, every campaign against the enemy, whether a great war like that in Turkey, or a small expedition in Central Asia, has its own medal, which is worn alike by every officer and soldier who took honorable part in it. In full dress an officer wears all his decorations, in undress only the one which is high- est ; but the possessor of the St. George wears it on his coat and the ribbon on his overcoat on every and all occasions. As an officer of fifteen or twenty years* experience is sure to have received a few of the minor crosses for faithful service, as he invariably receives one or two foreign decorations when sent abroad on a mil- itary mission, and as he has a medal for every cam- paign, and probably one or two decorations received during it in addition, it is evident that when he has seen active and varied service, and attained the S/.
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