The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-04
9 o'clock and we had made the best part Of the
days work In very good time.
NEWS FROM TIE LEGATIONS.

The Generals were discussing a most interest
Ing piece OF information. just as they stopped
y IN their little grove a detail had come back from
, the advance guardbringing a Chinaman dressed
as a cody. who was the bearer OF dispatches
from Pekin. having left there on the 4th. the
day we started from T%ientsin. One Of the
messages was from Mr.. Conger to Consul
Ragsdale. In Tientsin. but II was In cipher
and none OF the Americans could read
II. A map OF the city accompanied It. The
mes ages to the Japanese were long and seemed
TO be very satisfactory. Gen. Fuknshina said
There Ia much that is secret. but very good.
We know. however, that the iegationists were
all right on the 4th end could hold ont for some
time, 80 We shall surely be here In time to
relieve them" Fukushima sent back a letter
In which hc gave the plan OF tho column for the
march and said that unless something hap
pened We should be there 10y the i4th Tn"
Chinese who brought the messages took Fuku-
shima's aud started back for Pekin. II ought
70 be fairly easy for him TO get through now.
and earn q a fat reward.
or course. during all this wait. the advance
guard had been pushing ahead a. fast As II
could go and now was several miles in the lead
Fuklshirna and Iamasuchi. with their party
rode on TO the next village the northerninost
one Of the Tsaitslns, and picked out a camping
IIHCe loT themselves IN m Ola ttilple ny
half past 10 O'Clock most Of the japanese were
n camp. The first of the wagon trains had
come up already and unloaded. preparatory.
after Il little rest. to starting back for a second
load. II wa. Just in the edge OF his village
that the Chinese had left one OF their charac-
tNistio signs. the head of a man hanging 10
the top OF a tall pole by the roadside, fastened
up by the queue.
pnNEpAp A CuA <tpynS TRASapppr M Aar
You ought 10 see tho dromedary the RUSSIANS
GOT the other day by Peitsang He Is the best
thing in the Transportation line that the allied
armies have exhibited yet He was carrying
this morning the entire kit except rifles and
water bottles. Of a whole company Of men,
and II only took one man To look out for him.
He walked along Just as peacefully as II that
were his regular business In life and he liked
II. and the haversacks and tent rolls lowered
above him.
After the camp was selected | went back
TO the south edge Of South Tsait~in TO wait
for the cart. Fine big tree, good shade, fair
breeze. basket to sit on. nothing to eat or drink,
but pretty good after all. Comparatively
EASY country to-day. telegraph ought 10 b"
mp this afternoon. won't be a laundering ride
back after II tonight with a message that won't
get through, ANYWAY. for ten DAYS, Two Jap
soldiers came up and discussed the war with
rne. | think that was the subject. Their Ian.
g1ilge was nor quite clear TO me. After a
quarter Of an hour or so they perceived that
fact Somehow they thought the difficulty
was with my hearing They did not. however.
get olo-o 10 me and shout, after the manner
Of 'hc average American irving to make him
self understood by a foreigner thew simply
spread a smooth place In the dust and wrote
Il. oil nnt alabnrotaly In tho o,tviou.l,. ,ptri ,a 70
characters of their language. They we're much
disappointed when ! still lid not understand
Two or three other white men were waiting
| under the tree. Ahig husky chap Of the Welsh
Fu-ileers came up with the sweat pouring from
his lohster-red face He threw himself fun
length in the shade and asked, ANY cold water
w here" The burst Of laughter that answered
him was effective. if Disappointing
SHELTERS MADE OF coRSsTALKs
our fellows went into camp right beside
South T~aitsun. in the Cornhalds. They call
Jack the Handy Man" but when II comes TO
fitting out a home for himself over night In a
cornaeld his farmer friend in the Doughboys
Is as good az half a dozen Of him II IL IA.
tonishing 20 see the 0uickness and ease with
which n man with only a hayonet and the tall
corn-t9lk~ will rig himself n pretty fair sort
Of shelter. n le1n-'o that will break n good stiy
rain There is lust n slash here and a cu'
there. with n handful ~ stalks bent over and tied
together bv their own tips. and II Il all over
The floor l. covered with stalks cut nv the
havnnet and in ten minutes the house j. ready
for supper
CH'PAcrpPIsrrc
The British Indian troops are born camp
makers They accommodate ,homsclv~s 10
circumstnnceI and surroundings with con.
spicInus ease No matter where their camp
e selected IL takes them ONLY a few minutes 10
move in and he ready to receive visitor They
arc great builders Of shack- and SHELTERS ont
Of anything thov may be able 10 get,
and they revel in the long Corns,alks
Tho Russians don't care much about how
or VIII r, hey are cawrod They throw tNer-
.elvc down on No rrou"d auvwlar" n soon
as hoy are released e. N Tho strain f tho
| march and 60 o. slacp The Jana ESQ always
/ car'n in % village and II "a fun n 500 tho litt,o
N % ~so'tinC down. AZ soon as n house J.,
ql,ttrd ~" mon who 1re 10 occupy II drag ont
an thc f%urnifurn thew think ,hev will no' need
| Then 'hey Hrd 4 lot II hrooms and sweep out,
| Cot-iny NJ nlace as C'aen M thnv ran, Thcr
tlov srro7d thor mats, which they aro alwava
able - got In cro'' plenty in tho village. and
aye 1uit" comfortable This method ~ lo7,,
M NV Nv We 'N'I NV 'I'u 'dll " llldl II
krcns A the rain We haven't had such n had
Tim with rain a. Far. though a rcnet'Inn ~
~" storm the ni0ht before Peitsang would
make n lot ~ trouble.
or camp tonight is in n deserted Chinese
compound in North Tsaitsun, ncar ne Japan
eso There l. a good big yard clear inside. 90
that hv sleoping on the piles - corn leaves in
n" front eaiowav We shall not have - mount,
guard 10 500 that he RussEics do not got our
stock. IN" hord rain Just lof0re sundownh has
cooled Nh" afr, and il look as II We should have
a good nigh.
INPS ALWAYS IN ADV aNcF.
NosIvr', Thur~dav. AUG q, Another dav
o. 'crrihln h"1t. with the men falling ont In
Shouts. ar' the advance guard foot racing
with the nroing CHINESE. The work ~ 'ha
| japanese j. something TO see. hu' II is very
hard ~ keen ny with They swing out well
before daylight and by the time they hive
been on tho rad m hour they have nlwnvs
| ri"ked M IN" rear Of tho Chinese. From
that tim" IN il is n running skirmish all dav.
with never nm instant VII YOU are not likely
60 hear som" fellow shooting. either AZ tho
advance or at some chinese lettering TOO care
, lce-!v along vi" wav. tn" pace Ia terrific.
Th" l1rnn"S" - lrht. prepared to do foot