The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-04

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shortest. and had to march several miles further
than was necessary. The result was that they
did not make camp until almost evening.
RUSSIANS COULDN'T KEEP Up
This WIS the morning when the Russians
and Japanese came most sharply into contrast
Gen linievitch arranged with Gen. Samaguchi
TO send a battalion of men and a battery with
the advance guard They were TO be under
the command Of the japanese. simply lent 70 m"
advance for the day by the Russians. Yaua-
gichi and Fukushima must have foreseen the
result when they accepted the proposition. Tho
big Russkirs cant march witt the little Japs.
No troops in the expedition can make the speed
that the Japanese can and keep II up. AID the
advance guard work Is always done AZ top
| speed The Japs will log along AT four miles
| an hour over these heavy roads and xear It w.,
This morning the Russians began to lag behind
right away. They were not used TO marching
| so fas, The pace wos unusual and very great.
The Jape would ret ahead and tell the
| Russkies 10 hurry up After a while they would
have 70 wait for tho Russians 10 catch mp.
Three or four times that happened. Finally
II got 40 that the work Of the advance guard
a. such was prnctically worthless and the
japanese Generals ca He'd n halt They politely
requested Iininvitch to withdraw hs battalion
and battery and he agreed Their place was
taken nv japanese troops that could do the
work. and after that the advance guard went
on at the same old clip
DISAPPOINTING DUCK RAID.
Just ut the south edge Of the town. where the
frs. hrts stand outside the wall. there's a pond
OF pretty good size. long but rather narrow.
As the advance marty came along this pond was
fun n dncks and ducklines WINNING about
as merrily "a n they never had heard Of the war.
The soldiers kept straight on about their busi-
ness along the road, because with three Generals
IN the bunch there was too much rank TO go
duck hunting, hut there was a falling ont OF
corrnSnnndents and bv the time the Generals
had turned the corner and were well into the
town n chase was going on around and over
that pond such rs nothing else In the war has
produced. II was attended with great slaughter
md there was no quarter. No prisoners we're
taken, although II would have been easier 10
handle them alive than otherwise, Al last
almost the whole nock was externtnated and
there were dreams of an extra square meal TINT
night. But when the cook came he turned
NJ his nose In great scorn and threw the whole
catch away. NO blong good" he said; mo
fat lie was right.
KICKED TO DEATH FOR SPORT.
As N" troors were moving through the long.
Morrow street Of tho city somebody caughr n
lone hinese who had stayed. perhaps from
curiosity. to So" what was going on. He wasa
sound. lusky-lookinE fellow who might have
been nut 10 work nccertahly. but It was too
.-,,k ,.-.ltz uL-. .ial ALL . -. -. -,
ouo'e md left him TO be observed Of those he
had como out 70 see. He soon got tired of
Standing M and st Town on his heel. slipping
his piGt7il down tho post g accommodate the
new motion That was fatal. for il invited
some soldier 10 step ou' of line as he passed
and civ" ~" cody one kick. Just for fun. The
id"l seemed - BE- sporadicqlly popular. OF the
battalion with which | passed the poat probably
hnfa d. zou m n Kicked the cody. When I
came back, after n couple OF hours, ne was
dond quito imrcrsoi ally kicked to delth. No
particular kick had seemed 70 be malic ous.
Thy wore no, even hlrd II the troops had
been Russians he wouIi have been prodded
with havonets and his he'd split omen BY
rl1rcirg blows, which the Russkies are very
'lever about do veriu9 r. ey can use their
long b1yOu et almost Hs handiIv as lther men do
A. ave.
We made ann in n fne old temple Just at
tho edge OF town.. on the pond where we got the
ducks. II look. hundreds Of wears old. but has
he"n in cons ant use. There is an old bell in
the Yard wh'CI a man | know in Minnea polls
would give n thousand dollars Just to look Mt.
and 7 " ~h b" were her" 10 see Il and | were in
Minneapolis. la = nlGht wa we're too tired 10
sleep B.~li'~ il raiuod ard wa had 10 huddla
M in 'l'tln covered pit"" that was very hot
an S'unv 7 might under the huge verhang
. It --.t. -
horses With a pair or Chinese doors on them.
Each door ~loI ei toward the inside. II makes
a I'm" h.llrw that lust takes up an extra
| llnnkct. nd not even mosquitoes can keep mo
awaEs v'rv long
CHINESE RAN AWAY ~ THE MIGHT.
T%UNGcHor, SUNDAY. Aug. i2-Thc Chinese
did their old tick and ran nway IN the night.
Al 3 o'clock this morning, when the Japanese
engineers GOT m 10 the Tungchou gate, they
found II undofcnded. They blew It open. but
sent back word that It was oul- a. a salute.
II being only four miles in advance Of Inst
nights camp, the men were IN their new quar-
tors comparatively early in the day. and there
WAS n Chanoa 10 rest after the desperately hard
work Of tho last fcw DAYS. The Japanese
occupied the town but all the rest camped out
side on tho south In a very good position. This
was m" first place We have been through on
tho way whore many Chinese had stayed in
their houses. II IS a big town with a tremen-
dous wall. bigger and In better repair than the
one n T"nt-in. They say that Prince Tuan
himself wa- here and that II had been intended
80 make 4 regular last-stqnd defence ~ tho
place. hu' the Chinese We're rolled M so steadily
and 80 fast bv our persistent advance that they
were too hadly frightened bv tho time we rot
here In DO ANYTHING hut run. When the 200
troops can" ont in front Of tho citv Yesterday
afternoon, which made the Japanese think
they melut 10 fight to-day, they were really
tho lost ~ Tuan's men running away. They
seem 10 have no fight left In them.
FIRST sfoHT OF THF WRECKED MISSIONS.
Here in Tungchou we got our frst indioati ms
of the trip Of whai tho Chinese have been doing
70 tho property e the missions and christians.
The fine college buildings are simply n heap OF
bricks and stone. Not a single thing OF any
value has been left. Everything that possibly
could he destroyed has been ruined IAN
through the city. wherever a native christian
lived his house and often tho houses of his