New-York tribune., 1900-07-19

rsY rrLgsRAPH 10 THE rRBuSE.l
--.sni7eron. July 1S.-Now that the Admins
-, has definitely decided on its course OF
- IN China so far as the use Of the Army
Navy 10 protect American lives and inter
& concerned. the military and naval prep
--s,rs are being steadily and rapidly pushed
- guided by the most Trustworthy infor-
tor that csn be obtained II seems at last
settled that whatever may have been the
,+ Minister Conger and his colleagues. the
---a.s states forces viii take an important part
-ss Peking campaign TO be undertaken in con-
-..;7r with the European Powers and Japan.
-. s-stsneut issued by the Acknowledgement
= -ieht after the Cabinet meeting indicates
.-v tany the nature and extent Of the
.,s-s-ions which the War Department is
--.t,-g FOR the part II is 10 play in the lmpend-
=. ,~fira-y campaign. Of which Peking is 70 be
- objective point. OF course. these plans and
--sos-stio-s VIII be modified and augmented as
- information may suggest and military con-
15s-sttons nay require
WAR DEPARTMENTS BIG TASK
-.a 7robIe-n Of the War Department requires
49, sbort ten thousand United States troops
INSISTING q suitable proportions Of cavalry. ar
..-s-r and infantry, shall be landed in North
-rina within The next sixty OF seventy days
INV equipped and supplied for a six months
.sr,7algr = 8 rigorous climate and in q densely
,--.late5 region. from which only uaeagre sup
lies a. subsistence and forage can be drawn
~ he support Of an army as the Gulf Of Pc
-Ai-L5 ard irs harbors are obstructed by ice
s7r several months, beginning with November.
an s-p1-ses for the allied forces must be landed
NJ thsr dare which viii De no light task, con
stzs--g that me exPedIcionary force Is 10 con
ss- Of e. least eighty thousand men The DIFF
s-rlries Of supplying this large force from the
tsse AZ Taku o. the advanced base Of T1en-Ts-n
I'll be considerably Iessened Il II Is found prac-
-.-sbIe = repair and hold possession Of the
-znr3s6 lire extending from Taku through T1en-
7sn 70 within eleven miles Of Peking. Accord
+1g 70 Admiral Seymours official report. g large
2o--on q this railroad above Tien-Tstn has
besu Destroyed BY the Chinese and the diff
rrlries Of -epairiug or recoustructing il in the
yet season which VIII last until about Septem-
hs- ! ana during which the Pet-Ho Valley,
trough which the railroad runs, is ''one vast
bog" 70 use the phrase Of men who are IA
-ri.sr with the country, VIII be great but proba-
bynoC I-surnounta5le- That portion Of the line
extending from Taku 70 Tien-Tstn thirty niles
has already been repaired and communication is
TOW uninterrupted
GOOD BEGINNING MADE
The campaign Of The foreign forces against
Pgk.nE has been susrtciously begun After Two
DAYS of ha-d hghting which assumed the pro
portions q 4 general engagement the allies
hzve taken and are strong enough 70 hold Tien-
Tsin which is a place OF considerable strategic
importance and value, commanding az II does
rwo lines of railway communication, and also
ne lire OF water communication between Pc
kug and Shanghai The capture Of this i'm
po--aut town was a. the cost Of many lives
1,.z ~aav
-ssssve5 br,t the losses ot the 9th Infantry in
t1s first days fighting duly Id foot up as fol-
lJss:
E1ed-Omcers, 1; enlisted men. II.
W9unded-Gf1cers, 5; enlisted men, 2.
NlssinR-EnIisced men, ,
ToLsl-CGcers. q; enlisted men, 81; aggre-
gate, q.
TIE gallant Colonel Liscur Of the 9Th, fell
vhEs leading his regiment II battle, and was
brred 81 TonE-Ku yesterday. He was the first
American soldier Of his rank % fall in battle on
foreig- soil when American troops we're fighting
tide by SIDE with British, German. French ItaI-
tgn Austrian and japanese troops against
cc-rnon foe The United States Army officers
Ehc were wounded the same day were MAJOR
James Regan. 9Th Infantry, serious. but not
dangerous; Captain Charles r. Noyes, 9th IN
1snt-y not serious; Captain Edwin V Book
1IIle-. serious. not dangerous; First Lieutenant
Louis 3. Law-ol. 9Th Intan-ry not serious, ana
Second Lieutenant Frank R. Lang, 9Th Infantry,
EighL
WAITING FOR REINFORCEMENTS-
Il Tien-Tstn The allied forces must halt until
strongly reinforced. and probably active opera
. tons against Peking viii not be resumed until
al the endorsements ordered by the allies
nave arrived IL Northern Chm l. which VIII no.
= much L any. before the middle OF Septem Der
Tth the force ther Il the field there is reason
L expect that The allied forces will be able 70
sivznce on Pekfng without much delay There
sad nor 70 De any strong Chinese fortifca-
-u1s between Tten-Tsin and the Imperial CAPT
e. and such resistance as might be ofered
Eculd have q BE- IN the open fed. where the
-1nese forces would be al q serious olsaCFan-
Sge when pl-CeC against the disciplined troops
q he United States, japan and Europe.
Information received here indicates that the
en-ngerr which Germany is 70 furnish for the
F=k-ng campaign viii be composed Of picked
roops. Z vii consist of q ful ciV1sion-Lnree
Egus6rons q cavalry, four batteries q artillery
elc eighr bs-ralions q Infantry. Ihe total
1gh-ng strength 0f the division viii be SSZo
constituted Is follows. Cavalry go; arJll!ery,
=, infant ia II addition 10 this there
vi De 40 -or-corn baranLs. officials team
Es-s detached service men etc. bringing the
1ggrsgsrs up 10 1O363.
ne German artillery organization dlAsIs
eea-g from that Of the CnItec states, as LAe
--oW.ng statement of the composition OF
a'rse bscte-y or = war footing viii show
Ammunition
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