GRACHEV NAMED HONORARY COSSACK COMMANDER.

Now that BorisYeltsin has issued preliminary rules allowing Cossack units tobe incorporated into the Russian army and border guards, the Cossackshave begun to organize themselves to take part in such units.One indication of this was a decision by a group of Terek Cossacksto name Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev as honorary commanderof their unit and to announce that their first campaign wouldbe in Chechnya, Russian television reported August 18.

Russian Officers Given German-Built Housing.