Arizona republican., 1900-08-15
VETERANS LEAD ALLIES
Soldiers With Records in Command or
 March to Pekin.

The forces of each of the great pow CTS now operating in China as allies are commanded by distinguished veteran soldiers, who have seen hard service and won their laurels in other wars. M. Eugene Thiebaut. first secretary of the French embassy, said. speaking of the famous division general, Voyron, who is now en route to take command of the French army in China: None of the nations are sending boys to command in the east. Voyron is very much such q man and has much such a record as your own Major-General Chaffee." In fact. swords are familiar toys in the hands of the men who have been chosen by the several powers to lead the eXpeditiOnary forces 'on to Pekin. ' They are seasoned by many stirring and hazardous campaigns in all parts of the world. The seriousness of the campaign in China is shown in the character of the men upon whom is placed the responsibility of opening the way to the capital of the Yellow King dom.
 The officer who has immediate com- mand of the largest number of the troops now advancing on Pel1in is the famous general, Yasumasa Fukushima. who leads the forces of tke mikado against his ancient enemies. Fukush- ina has long been regarded as one of the most dashing soldiers of the Japa- nese empire. He was a captain in the Satsuma rebellion and established his fame firmly by a remarkable horse back ride in 1928 from Moscow through Siberia, Manchuria and Mon golia to Shanghai, a ride that eclipsed in length and importance even Burma by'S ride to KhiVa.
 In the Chinese war he was the colonel commanding one of the crack cavalry regiments in what was known as the Japanese first army of invasion. This was led by General NOdzu now third field marshal of the empire. To this grim commander fell the task of driv- ing the Chinese out of Korea. followed by the great march across Manchuria toward Pekin. Colonel Fukushima dis tinguished himself by desperate valor at the battle of Ping Yang. and his knowledge of the Manchurian territory was of great importance in the opera tions that led to the fall of Moukden.
 Lieutenant-GeneralS Sir Alfred Case lee, commanding the British forces. has passed a most adventurous life amid the scenes of Field Marshal Lord Rob- erts' military successes, and has shared in that illustrious officers victories. For forty years General Gaslee has been ac- tive in the India service, and upon his breast he wears a blaze of decorations. stars and clasps, besides the honors conferred for signal ability and daring upon many fields and marches.
 tepant-General Gaselee is a son of the late Rev. John Gaselee. rector of Little Yeldham, Essex. and was born June 3, 1S44. Raised within the Church of England, his father desired the boy to study for orders, but there was little about young Gaselee that suggested the making of a curate. His playthings were soldiers roughly made of wood. carved by his own hand. and the field of his military operations was a small plot of ground back of the parsonage. Here were fought sanguinary battles that changed the whole face of Europe and added territory to his sovereign S Kingdom. Seeing the military bent of the boys mind the father reluctantly consented to young Gaselee's entering the military establishment of the united hlnghom, and at nineteen he Joined the Ninty-thirl regiment in In dia, In 1875, twelve years after his entering the army, he was made a cap tain, and a major in 1885, In 1889 he was appointed a lieutenant-coioneI and ald-de-camp of her majesty. In 1897 he was with the Tirah expedition. and in command of the Second brigade. Second division. In 1896 he was ap- pointed colonel of the staff in the India service, and was raised to the rank of a brigadier-g general, officiating as quar- termaster-general during the years 1S96, 1897 and 1898, and when the order caTe for him to go to China he was con 0aHding the second class district iH inGi1. where he displayed conspicu GUS st:t'y.
 'ermany, too, is alive to the stressful situation, for the 'fatherland' is repre- sented by a rugged soldier and a sD,en- did tactician in the person of Lieuten ant-General Won Lessel. who entered the army in 1866 as second lieutenant of the Garde regiment. He had hardly got comfortably settled in his sublieu