The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-16
TO PEK1N BY WAGON TRAIN.
ADVENTURES or Az ANEHiCAN PANTY
WITHOUT Az ESrORT.
Dim cuitie. ~ DIETING FROM Tisnts'n TO the
Capital Groundiess Rumors NJ bose"
uncie sans Fiue Army Transports
ton Facilities Amusing inosden"'

! TRANSFORMATION facilities In China has been
responsible for a great many interesting
: experiences for a great many people. eS-
porir""c' thrt won't be forgotten IN a hurry.
! 1h' d-tano" from IientSln To Pekin ny ronu
Is. only eighty mites. vet the very dnlckest
time In which the journey has been made IL
7 four rnd Il hair days. Notwithstanding inc
fact that the armies ~ the civilized nations
of the world have been in practically nhd's-
putei procession Of the territory more man
, two months one reason for this Is that
when the Chimes" began to destroy thihRs'
and tlcklri ia" railroad they were not ron
tent ~imulv 10 t"lr az the tracks ihey
tore tine ~ AMI then they took Inc rai's
of aud hd-i"i lnrri. aud me hrH' ram Una,
came washed away Ia" dI~iuro"i EARN, m"uo
level the "hoi" country ana r'hiered 'inpo'-
siblc the l"ra'ioh ~ the Duriai piace~' l"o'
burned IN" ties. Ih"y broke up '"e ""
plates ana the bolts mat heIl 'ne rane -
se'her' lhey ieit not q 'h'nu INV W,
any possio'h'F DE usea III reou'ui"S - ~
Inns Journey IRON l,en's'h re-"
scarceiE ever mace "l'h"u' 'he '"'e""'
undergoing more or less in'eiee''hh .Apo'r
ehc's' uu' usually el'her TO ms Nv" o"'
me 1901 car Oh green sotuer' "'o"k '"e ""'
whose inaElna''ohs CONSTANT. '"a'u,e UP
l'nE inc w boSerS ,hrs""f . o'oou -
OF mo irch'h Les''ioh' ana Mme ',ua'
were returning from ieh..'n a 10" oay'
ago WI" '"eir u"ush''r' MAJOR ana N'he
Nnal were on p"nle' ana ,heir oaush.eI. a
RlrI "i L. WIS Iid'hV III " f'A'n arr WIN
RUSSIAN 'au' ihr' Nhu c"ihl"n over "sn'
u" o., Wv -" m. -. Lan
hy a German officer. who was riding furi-
ot,slv and who shouted at them:
" 1910.
What the mattery" demanded Major
Vidal
Come barki coma bock," roored the Ger
nan "1ho-e ora ooo Boxers inst beyond
Nv God, a pus.Ian lodv and n li,,,e Girl went
nm thi. r,od I'm n cart, only baIf nm hour AGO,
God holm theu,,"
Now tho feclings ~ Naior md Mine vidal
m,v hs i,r,oin.d For n ,,ona,, thev xere
srcocbloas Tho, tho Ma ior amid 10 Nine
vida, $40 hncl, oricL,y 7 wiu 90 an - and
~. s,nrrad his nonv Il, , gallon IN the rcsc,,e
az bs douch,or tho ,o,,o, f,uouin, hin,
az, o,or. Nro yiaol hvrr;.d h,or 20 m
,r.-io,, 80, ,ou r,tos dovn IN. road
ana ,eror.d vho, bad h,nnor.d IN an Amer
ton oooar Ita ,oL, 10, 40, ,ho r.nor, u..
,no,,sb and ,hs, he h,s,Isd o,t a g,ard and
,o,d b.r ~ come Win him u there v.rs snv
povors N. ,u,rd ror,d oni.h ,hsr At.,
a dorh,,-orIoL n,roh ,hov orar,oor ~.
Major and o.. pail, o,r, rnh,rnod Tn.
Gorr,, oe,,,, nod disonn.,rod N.~d,os.
W s,r ,hars . No p,yer. and ,boro had
b,en Mono or ,bo ro,4 from TIs,,sin ,inco
tho ,u,od forces l,id yo.,o ~. country ana
Luuo, oil ,ha ,,i,o,,,r !, ,hoi- no,h
'N'Lh MANS 'Hh''" MULES
Practically all the land transportation
10 Pekin a. tho present time is being done
-. tlA y#rt.al Ata asl A, H.
though it is. Is three DAYS quicker than water
travel, so most Passengers who have to make
the journey do so by courtesy Of the Quar-
termaster's Department Of the United States
Army THE SIS correspondent went to
Pekln on the first OF the American army
transport trains that made the journey nm
escorted by anv guard ana he had some OK
reriences Uncle sans lack OF transporta-
tion facilities nj the time his first soldiers
landed in China has been the subject OF more or
loss continent. but his transportation facil-
tiles at IN" present time are the envy and the
admiration OF III" armies OF all the world
that are gathered here And he has enough
~ them, so that in an emergency he ia able
to help the Others out. az for Instance when
sir Claude Macdonald started on hi, Jour-
ney 10 his new post in Japan and the English
didn't have proper transportation for him
and his family and his baggage they sent
to the American Quartermaster's Depart
ment and Sir Claude and his family were
taken 10 Tung Chou in an ambulance and
their baggage was transported in eeven
American f"lr-muie baggage transports
And again when Count Won Waldcrsee. the
German whom the representatives of all the
other nations delight TO call commander
IL. - ~
pitv he sen, "a tho ouartermaster's Depart-
mont md was drawn here by four American
mules which stiu draw his on,ciaI carriage
Rut 70 procced 10 the story OF the trim ~
tha fire, unescorted ,rapsport train Thi.
train was made M of ,yenty rour-nule vap-
ons loaded with winter supplie. for the , mn
man who are 70 srend the winter In pekin
nro,ecting in. American leuntion Resides
tho sunrli,s ,bcre vero four p,sseppsrs
IN whom had hoen ax,cnded tho courtesies
NJ tho Ouar,ormos,er's Denor,mcnt One
was a cap,ain IN the Fnrlish army. n nonber
NJ tho stan ~ Con Gaselee who had found
! himself In Tientsin with orders 70 no 10 pesin
and no WAY under tho sun 10 ge, there The