The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-31
TO COMMEMORATE
SIEGE OF PEKIN
A Medal Inscribed Men
Not Walls Make aClty.
CELEBRATION HELD.
The Soldiers and Citizens of All
Nations Fraternze,
MARVEL OF STONE AND BRICK.
Handful of Men for Fifty-Six Days
yyi.bstood the Attack of Millions
of Chincse-Bucke Full of
Bullets Gathered in tho
Grounds OF the Brit
ish Legation.
MARVEL OF STONE AND BRICK.

fronvr;eht 1900. bv the Associated Press.)
PEKIN, August 1s.-By Post via lien
Tsir-A medal will be struck commemor-
atins the siege Of PeFin. 1t will bear the
legend. sMen not walls make a city.
In the grounds of the British Legation,
where handful Of men withstood the
millions of the Chinese capital Tor NIFTY
six days. memorable celebration is IN
progress tonight in vindication OF that
priuciple. Missionaries assembled about
Bell Tower, are singing the DoSolosy
Rockets are blazing; soldiers and civilians
of all nations are fraternizlnS. Inc
women are applauding the sound of the
cannon that are smashing the yellow
roofs of the forbidden city.
COSMOPOLITAN CROWD.
| The tired Skahs are planting the tents
| on the lawns Of Russian and American
| legations and are lighting camp fires on
| the turf extending beyound the Tartar
walls. Through the ruins Of the foreign
settlement cosmopolitan crowd is jost-
| ling Indians, Cossacks, legation ladies,
| diplomats, Americans from the Philippines
and French discplinaries from Saigon, VINO
| kept discreetly to the rear. while the
| fighting was in progress, but came con-
spicuously to the front when lootjng
began Only the Japanese, who have
earned the first place, are absent.
| Resident foreigners welcome the luxury
| OF walking about and immunity from bul-
| lets. The newcomers are anxious TO IN
! spect the evidences of an historic defense
] Ia, aft a hp
| wonderful sight in Pekin The barriers
| hedging the British legation are marvel
! of stone brick walls ard earthworSs
! Sand bags filled every foot of space. The
| tops of the walls have notches for the IL
! flemen, and the buildings, at their porticos
! and windows, have bags stuffed with dlrt,
| and pillows, too.
| THE DEFENSES.
Back of the United State Legation is
work named Fort Myers which the ma
| r;nes held campletely screening both sides
| of the walls with steps leading to 1t. Inere
| is a loop-holed barrier across the Waii
| which faces a similar Chinese work fe"
| wards away Another wall bars Legation
| Street in front of the German Legation,
| and confronting the ,enemy's barricades IN
| those limits are yet more walls, enaoiius
| the foreigners to contract the area or de-
! fense if pressed. The tops OF the Anerl-
! can and British buildings were badly torn
| bv the Chinese shells. The rest OF the
. | foreign settlement was almost de.noiisled'
$500 shells fell there during the hrst three
| weeks of the bombardment, f'V tatAnS III
o,a S1sy Buckets full of bullets were
| gathered in the grounds
| Four hundred and fourteen people ilVed
| in the compound through the greater part
| Of th, siege Three hundred ana iour ma
! rnes assisted by eighty-tlve volunteers
| commended by the English captain, Poole,
Eleven
! killed and nineteen wounded. fltty-ieur
| 0Iarines and sailors were Killed anu
~ wounded and the Amer
cans lost killed and IL wounded. NJ.
Gilbert Reid, who was wounded III tsie
foot. was the only American CIVILIAN III
jured. Two foreign iaaies WEE
The reception which the SURVIVORS sase
the army was worth the hardSalps the
+roons had undergone The entrance was not
snactatcular Sir Alfred Gaseiee Win MS
staff and a company of Sikahs, Waieii up
| a bed of sewage into the canal uiluei me
! Tartar wall The besie2ed removed lhe
| b,rricades: anu when the gates swung
inward and the British colors appeaed
| there arose a great continuous cneet On
| hoti, sides Generals, soldiers and CORE
| snondents scrambled UP the banks, through
the filth, e!bowing to be first. Men anu
| women surrounded tho rescuers and snooh
| the hands of the sikails. patting tAehl on
| the back Everybody was hustled eX-
] ctedly along into the legation grounds
/ where the colors were planted. The SOL
! diers surrounded the wal. With had been
| the salvation of the besieged. The Min
listers and officers demanded the latest
news on both SIDES
/ An hour aflerward General C.laffee, rid
/ ing at the head of the Fourteenth United
/ States Infantry, marched TO the Tartar
| wall. An American marine, who was on
1 sVo,I iIlCf N m
! need you in our business.
| ..Where can we get in?" said General
! Chaffee Through the canal; the British
| entered there two hours ago" was the
| response.
The American General looked d.sap-
| pionted Although the Americans entered
! behind the last Of the British forces, their
/ reception was just rs enthusiastic as if
| they, had been first. When the Stars and
| Stripes emerged into view Mr.. Tewsk-
| berry, the missionary, sad:
/ Americans, cheer your flag" Ladies
| waved their handkerchiefs and the sol
| ders cheered the ladies.
| The British Minister, Sir Claude Mac
| Donald, was shnven and dressed in I'M
/ maculate tennis fianues. Mr.. Conger. the
| United States Minister. was equally pre-
| sentabe The assemhlage of ladies was
| fresh and bright in summer clothing. Only
| few civilians were carrying GrmS. On
! the other hand the rescuers were haggard
and rough bearded. They dragged them
selves along as if ready to drop.
There were several caves, rooted with
tmbers. heaped over with earth, which
| served as bomb-proofs.
! When a proposal was made to petition
| the Tsung Ii Yamea for vegetables. some
| said they would rather starye than take
help from that quarter. The Yamen's food
supply was only sufficient for one
day. When meat was asked for. the reply
! was that this could not be furnished, be-
cause state OF war existed In Pekin.
| mhS shrdul shrdlu shrdl ushrdl ushrdlu
The Tsuns Ii Yamen placarded a procla-z
nation exhorting the people to kill all