The age-herald., 1900-08-31
SCENE WAS ONE
 OF REJOICING Reception Given Pekin Relief
 Force Was Brilliant ENTRY MADE THROUGH CANAL Imprisoned Foreigners Looked
 Lot of lnyalids. STARS AND STRIPES CHEERED Bravery of the Women of the Legations Was Notable-Medal Be Struck
 Commemorating Seize ofPe-
 kin-3,oo0 Chinese Killed.
STARS AND STRIPES cHEERED

Pekin, August 14-By Post via Tien Tsin.-A medal will be struck commence rating the siege of Pekin. It will bear tho legend, Men, not walls, make city, In the grounds of the British legation where handful of men withstood the mil- lions of the Chinese capital for fifty-six days, memorable celebration Is in pro- gress tonight in vindication of that prin- ciple. Missionaries are singing the dox- ology. Rockets are blazing. Soldiers and civilians of all nationalities are fraterniz- ing. The women are applauding the sound of the cannon that are smashing the yel- low roofs of the Forbidden City The tired Sikhs planting their tents on the lawn; and the American and Russ sian contingents are lighting camp fires along the stretch of turf extending beyond the Tartar wall.
 Through the ruins of the foreign set- tlement an eager, cosmopolitan crown is jostling-Indians, Cossacks, legation ladies, diplomats, Americans from the Philippines, and French discpunarians from Sagnin, who kept discreetly to the rear while the fighting was In progress. but came con- spcuously to the front when footing be- l gan. Only the Japanese, who have earned l eigners welcome the luxury of walking about with immunity from bullets. The l new corners are anxious to inspect the 1 evidences of historic defense. These barricades are, after all, the most won- derful sight in Pekia. The barriers heds- ing the British legation are a marvel of stone and brick walls and earthworks Sand bags shield every foot of space. The tons of the walls have niohos for Ina men and the buildings are their porticos and windows have armor boxes, bags stuffed with dirt and pillows, too.
 Back of the United States Legation is a work named Fort Myers" which the ma rines held, completely screening both sides of the walls with steps leading to it. There Is a loopholed barrier across the wall which faces similar Chinese work few yards away Another wall bears Legation street in front of the German Legation and con- fronting the enemy's barricades within those limits are yet more walls, enabling the foreigners to contract the areas of de- fense if pressed.
 Bombsrdment Was Terrific
 The tops of the American and British buildings were badly torn by the Chinese shells The rest of the foreign settlement was almost demolished. Two thousand eight hundred shells fell there during the hrst three weeks of the bombardment, four hundred In one day. Buckets full of bull lets were gathered in the grounds
 Four hundred and fourteen people lived In the compound through the greater part of the siege Three hundred and four ma rines, assisted by eishty-five volunteers commanded by the English captain, Poole defended the place. Eleven civilians were Killed and nineteen wounded, Fifty-four marines nd lxtlI wounded. The American loss was seven Killed and eleven wounded.
 MT. Gilbert Reid, who was wounded in the feet, was the only American civilian injured. Two foreign ladies were wounded.
 The reception which the survivors gave the army was worth the hardships the troops had undergone. The entrance was not spectacular. Sir Alfred Gazelle with his staff and company of Sikhs, waded up ped or sewage into canal under the Tartar wall. The besieged removed the barrtcades and when the gates swung in- ward and the British colors appeared there arose great continuous cheer on both sides
 Generals, soldiers and correspondents scrambled up to the banks through the filth, ebowing to be first Men and women surrounded the rescuers and shook the hands of the Sinks, batting them on the back. Everybody was hustled excitedIy along in the Legation grounds, where the
 
 rounded the wall, which had been the sai- vation of the besieged. The Ministers de- manded the latest news.
 General Chaffee's Arrival
 An hour afterward General Chaffee. rid Ing at the head of the Fourteenth United States Infantry. marched to the Tartar wall. An American marine who was on ton of the wall shouted:
 You are just in time. We need you in our business"
 Where can we get in?'' said General Chaffes
 Through the canal. The British entered there two hours ago." was the response.
 The American general looked disappoint- ed.
 Although the Americans entered behind the last of the British forces, their recep- tion was just as enthusiastic as if they had been first. When the Stars and Stripes emerged into view Mir. Tewksbury, the missionary, cried:
 Americans, cheer your fag!'
 Ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and the soldiers cheered the ladies.
 On entering the grounds of the British Legation the American troops stared in amazement and inquired if there was a