Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-03-23

Ina their dead and wounded Nth them
The, overlooked one Of thelf wounded
Who was left lyinE whore h. had fall.
IN by The wall \ Boxer started down
10 capture the man when n soldier ~
the 9th = Infantry saw the Boxer
about to run him through with his
spear Raising HE gun quickly, he
shot the Boxer dead nnd. rushing for
Wnrd In tho face ~ 10000 bullets he
picked up the wounded Japanese aud
carried him TO safety. A great Japa.
nese General saw this act Of daring.
sought out this soldier, learned his
name and soon afterward he received
a beautiful gold medal from thu EN-
peror Of Japan. That same night when
u was found necessary 10 blow mp one
Of the gates Of the city In order to cap
ture the place. a japanese soldier vol
unteered to blow II open with gun cot
ton. Creeping forward under cover ~
darkness he reached the gate. lgnitee
the explosive aud blew the gate into
atoms and was blown into atoms him
self But his death was avenged. Tor
the allies went in, ami 10000 Boxers
persisted and the city was taken.
The japanese loved US Americans.
for they said the Americans never
turned their backs TO the enemy. but
slways rushed forward TO victory or
death. as all soldiers should. We
Americans all loved them for the sane
qualities they ascribed 10 us. Such are
the Japanese finest army OF SOL
diers have ever seen.
Russisus The Russians--Peste!
Were can see and smell them
cownrdiy still In their filthy white
uniforms and their sfeat. lubbery
boots; their faces aud hands encased
In an inch Of dirt. and their shaggy
beard and hair reeklng with lice.
Their beastly. hoggish faces leer at me
yet. Cowardly to the core. they would
never be found on the firing line. but
after the fighting was over they would
go into the houses and rape and nur
der the helpless women and children.
I have seen them cut OFF the heads aDl
shoot men. women and children more
ly for the qualification ~ their beastly
appetites. They would catch up lot
nj annlIag WORK than all aa,. aud shn,,
them at night, and then dump their
bodies into the Peiho.
The officers treated the men like
dogs. have seen a Russian officer
kick and cuif one OF his men and strike
him In the face with his sword for no
cause whatever. They had no food III
10 eat and no sanitary rules. hence they
died by the score. while other soldiers
around them were healthy.
II all the buns Of the earth were
boiled in a huge caldron. the skim
mings therefrom would make better
men than the Russian soldier. They
remind one OF the "YabOos" described
by CULVER In his book of travels.
Cerw,, The German army Is
Army certainly a splendid or
Splendid ganizatlon. They are
well armed. well fed aud well clothed.
They are thoroughly disciplined; in
fact, there Is too much discipline. as
their maneuvering is too much like
n machine. II they should lose their
leaders they would be like sheep--li-
able 10 run away.
They have handsome uniform OF
blue and gray. wear large boots and a
helmet all covered with brass. There
were about 10000 OF them here, all
strapping young fellows from IL TO 81
years OF age. and all OF them overflow
ing with self-esteem. They imagined
themselves to be the whole cheese I'M
til they ran amuck some English and
Americans, who gave them few les
sons In the manly art, ffter which they
came away with broken noses and
blackened eyes and less self-esteem.
Each soldier In the German army
does his own cooking, and ! suppose
that Is the reason why 20 many Of them
sickened and died here. Every day
that was In China four or Ave OF them
would be carted away to the cemetery,
while there was no sickness at all
among us. They were great drinkers
always drunk and dlsorderly. hence
this might account for 80 much sick
ness.
French The French had dark
Great uniform with a red stripe
bonsters down the leg OF their
trousers, like Corporal In the u. s.
Artillery, and cork helmet. They
were drinking and disorderly army OF
men and died here as fast as ! could
eat hot cakes.
They are the greatest boosters ] ever
saw. and TO hear them tell II they have
done II all, when the fact Is they have
done nothing at all, as they never could
be Induced to fight the Boxers. But
after every fight they always came up
at the double time" to loot the living
and the dead.
They hated MS Americans, and we all
felt the same way toward them. When
ever a French and American soldier
met, there was sure to be fight, and