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

HE suo-Much Of the Heavy Gear OF the
Americans Left by the wsy''de-C Camp
, Making by the Various Nations Incidsnts
a, the Msrch-A Chinese Who Was Wan
ton,y kicked to Desth-Onwsrd Rush Of
IN. Allies 20 Save the Legations.
tx CAMP. Wednesday, Aug. 1T isn't Tor
fack of n name that the place OF this camp II not
oall,d by IL, but because there are so many
names that 1t isn't worth vhfe 70 try 10 give
them oil. one name j., Just exactly ms gooh a.
another IN this part ofIlini, ANYWAY ana even
II he Woodworking sigualin"n OF Major Scriveh
and Lieut.. Stamford could I leerapN IRON ISL
En- straight into New York without the lea,t
Aslov II wouldn't be- much OF AN addition 10
your know edge OF the location tonight OF the
Pekin relief column. The co umn it,'li, how
aver. ha. a very dis in e idea about it, although
On. march to-day wa, not 50 extremely hard n
no., Twply, mile, does not seem TO be 80
S,u,b ground to cover until YOU get ~ on the
toad with the troops and do II; then the niles
Nav a way Of stretching out that is amazing
Ind iisgusti1g.
Rleles we're & ing earlv in the camps along
~. river a, yang-,sun. The japanese were
away well before dayl ght, and when the others
beron to turn into the road their Wagon trains
uero already in motion. That meant clOgccd
,oads. of course. because il l. no easy business
getting by a Jap train. For some reason nor
Clearly understood outside OF Japan. all TIE
horsas IN the army are stations, eNcent those IN
ose bv the cavalry. They ar always kicklnE
and striking at anything or anybody In reach.
and II il almost rs much as YOU are wort 10
fry (, get bv one of the trains when the road ia
80 Al rr,-a Etsts "a train a "A for
tunn'elv low average.
Jus, A. TIE north edge 81 Yang'sun tier"
wa a bridge OF boats T. cross. " was simply
Constructed bv running the boats alongside one
~, thcr until the river IS fun of them. and
than laving plnnking over their fiat decks,
Once ours de Of the V Mage the roa rose a'mo-f
Immediately 10 a broad highway a hug wal ~
mud thirt y-iva or forty feet 1cros- AT tn base
and fifteen feet o. mor' hlgh. II had raIned
di-mally during the la yer part 81 the night, ard
n heavy mist was - II drifting over the VII age.
Despite the fac' that troops of IN" allies were on
the move all about he place the Russians W re
Ia ing their usual morning fun tn any stray
dogs or Chinese they mich' happen 10 ind. and
there was a constant mapping of rifles with the
ecc sional singing Of a bullet overhead.
The americans had thrown away 50 much Of
their gear in getting to Yorstsin that thew
nam ' llll'Il Wv hli l'TluN NV l'u' VIC i''
% clearly marked by cast OF blankets and
ponchos. The ,worican supply column for
other arnies." ~ some 81 the officers called II.
WINS running very s'ort Still the American
soldier is n haupy-gp-luCkv sort ~ clap. with
large faith in hi~ own ability 10 got along some
how, and he doesn't take things really very
eeriouslv, even when they cause him much
discomfort.
AMERICANS C,Ur HrAv1FsT BrRDFNs.
No other soldier l. asked 10 carry as much
or his back ~ the American. The British
colder IL n lighting man and an his camp opui-
page is carried for him. When he hits the
rood" no carries only his little haversack with
rations, his water bottle and his rife and amml-
milton. II he belongs TO n white regiment
The Army Service CORPS looks out for getting
al HE baggage forward to camp for him NJ
nirr, II he Is In m Indian regiment the fol
lovers" who number usually about 0rc-third
as many as the fighting men, E"t W tie plumber
with the mack trains. Tho Frruchman has a
mack that Is brutal in size and weight, hut 10
doesn't have 20 carry II cyCcut for short dis
tances. Tho Russian carries n shelter tent.
but no pono'lo or blanket. tn" NAL square
OF Win cotton cloth that he rolls over his shoulder
form onc-siyth ~ n dog tent, and apparently
ttcy count on Keeping warm hv %crowdiDc the
tent. each toni, all complete. being about eight
feet long hv six wide-vcrv close sleeping
quarters for =iy bic men.
The Iapau.," odd ior %carriesa lightweight
blue overcoat. which docs for storm coat and
blanket. Ho ha~ two dav-' cooked rations Of
rice. dried fsh and rcd h"an~ Each DAYS sup
ply Is hacked in a l'tln BASKET. and the two
basket, he swing. under hi -houllrr In a light
oloth sling. which l. very handy Resides tina,
~ carrie, practicable th" same voicht ~ gun
and equipment that all the others do. The
American j. A. u d~i-3ivtu'agr rh"ra. horaugn
~ has 20 carry Ton ruund more than any ~ the
Others. In marching VA" Jan ha- a character
istically quick, short -tra. IN" Russian -huN,ns
along "a II he wished h" didn't hay. 10 wear
such hi. bnri..
Tn" avcrag. american hn- 4 rather long
swinging strlin, bl' u soon ~ ino d,v gets
hot there l. n good deal ~ -lnlchiug in the
American column. for the American l. a kicker
by natlr" u" has 700 many individual rights
e. he y soldier. Il" know too much and j. too
Intelligent. A. consequence. whenever things
d. nov 20 TO -uit him he discu~-,~ his condition
s"d circumstances. hi- officers aud hi Govern
mont IN larruag" which according "a r"gula-
t"'- would send lnu t. prison for many Year.
III talk ~ tho mon IN one regiment NJ Yang
t-u0 vaS simply muf'nous. but after th.v got
INT camp 'ha' evening and had a little chance
C. r'~' pee, began 80 'ccl bolt, about il
II w0s Jrr''v hot marching his morning
f"i"r" W" had gone very Ear IN" dri22la
chopped aud 'h">kv cleared II waSa beautiful
dav. The country which We had been told
was a barron i".'r' les -prrad out in great
folds ~ AL 'Nl1". ~ ru and fertile a. a chosen
land. Villages ""r" r'v"r very far apart and
a. each one NJ" m"u hld q chance to stop and
trv a fresh w"l l-IsiIy mi, water l. fairly
GOOD ~ ,bs t4.t.. .rl .