The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-30

Ihere are both Cossacks and foot sold
lers, and all fine looking fellows. max
ing splendid show in their white
olouses and black trousers tucked into
top boots.
Next in number are the Japanese. and
mere again not even a rough estimate
can be made OF their strength They
appear, regiment after regiment and as
last as one consignment arrives from
Taku, those stationed here are pushed
forward The Germans are also active
and are not slow in getting men in and
to the front.
Americans and British Quiet.
Meanwhile the american and British
forces are qUiescent in camp. and do
not seem inclined 10 press matters now
that the legations are safe. The Amer
lean forces are camped in the extreme
eastern portion of the city, on a fat ly-
ing along the south bank of the river
and are, with the exception of some
Russian troops, the only force living
under tents. The other forces are quar-
tered in buildings in the foreign con
cesSiOn.
Colonel Mohl of the Fifteenth infant
ry is the ranking American officer in
the absence of General Chaffee, and
his headquarters are in the home of a
wealthy Chlnaman who was also an
undertaken. The low oncSz tory struc-
ture, full of quaint courts and passages,
was full of collins when the Americans
took possession. In one courtyard were
a number of bodies of wealthy Chinese
enclosed in handsome lacquered cas-
kets. Here also is the Headquarters of
the cOmmissary and quartsrmaster'
officers. On two sides of the building
lie the camp of the American army,
while the river, yellow and sluggish,
winds along the north of it. 1t is not
an ideal camping ground. The treeless
plain is inches deep in dust; there is no
yestige Of shade, and all the water must
be carried some distance to the camp.
The sun beats down pitilessly, even so
late in the season as this, and the mos
quitos are a plague.
Marine Corps Better Of.
The marine corps has Jared better.
Like the Europeans and English troops
the sea soldiers are chartered in airy
comfortable buildings in the English
concessions. The men occupy several
large structures with big courts or
compounds, while the officers are quar-
tered III series Of private residences
IN Victoria Terrace. The Americans
are Kept pretty close TO camp, and
there is very little attempt at frater-
nizfng with other armies In fact it is
almost prevented entirely by the in
! ahlty OF the various forces to COM
munlcate- Practically none of the for
eigners know English, and the battalion
OF welsh F'uSilliers are about the ONLY
comrades the bluecoats can find. on
the whole, the nations keep pretty we'll
TO themselves. noticeably so in the case
OF the Russians, who are seldom seen
IN company with any other nationality.
Inc Americans without exception
are behaving splendidly, and their Of
ncers have been much complimented
on the discipline and police of the force
NO grave charges have been brought
against them, and in the past they do
not seem to have been in the same class
with the others, especially the Rus
SLAMS Many grave stories are told
OF the cruelty and ruthlessness of the
Cossacks during the fighting, but it is
naturally impossible to substantiate
them at this late day
Russian Looters Shot.
An English resident found some Cos
sacks or other Russians looting his of
fee. He snatched the shoulder orna-
ment from one of them, reported to
the Russian flagship, and few days
later the unfortunate offender was
swung from the yardarn. Here in
Tien Tsin an American found a party
of Russian soldiers lOoting his house.
He followed them up, and meeting the
Russian commander stated his grieV-
ance. The men were lined up along
the street and searched and consider
able silver brought to light Without
the cumbersome formality of a court
martial, six of the offenders were
placed against the wall and shot to
death.
However, whoever did the Iooting
did it thoroughly. for of the many
beautiful residences in the foreign con-
cessiOn few escaped, while the native
city was stripped.
The big shells from the forts swept
down the Victoria road, flew over the
river and left devastation in their path
Grim, desolate, blackened walls are all
that is left Of this once beautiful sec