APPENDIX 
No. X. 
FIELD-MARSHAL COUNT ALEXANDER VASSILIAVITAH 
SUVOKOFV 
“ Discourse under the Trigger ; a ” 
(most literally translated FROM THE ORICINAL RUSSIAN,) 
Being a Series q/TNSTRUCTIONS, drawn up by himself, for the Use of 
the Army under his Command , after the Turkish War ; and since 
transmitted , by order of the Russian Government, to every Regiment 
in the Service. — It is commonly called Suvorof’s Catechism. 
“ DISCOURSE UNDER THE TRIGGER.” 
[The General is supposed to be inspecting the Line, and addressing the Troops ,] 
Heels close ! — Knees strait! — A soldier must 
stand like a dart! — I see the fourth — the fifth 
I don’t see! 
(1) This is the proper method of writing his name. The Russians 
frequently pronounce the O as an A ; hence the cause of Suvorof’s 
name being often written Suvarof in English. Some, more errone- 
' ously, write it Suwarrow. 
(2) A Discourse under l he Trigger, is the harangue made by a 
General to his troops, when the line is drawn out, and the soldiers 
rest on their pieces. 
