Gunners Pray Between Shots

Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 22. - An English drill sergeant in the service of the sultan has given the following interesting details of the composition of the sultan's army. He say the imperial forces total about 25,000 men, including a Shereefian bodyguard of 2,000 picked men, all of whom are armed with Martini-Henry rifles. According to the sergeant, it is almost impossible to train natives to handle artillery, as they believe cannon to be the invention of the devil. The gunners spend much time in prayer between the firing of each round.