The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-09

! Admiration Bestowed on Cavalry
and Infantry Japanese soldier.
splendid Fighters.
About so members of the LOYAL
I Legion sat down 90 their annual din
ner % DelmOuicO's the other evening.
I General James H. Wilson who late
[ Is returned from China. was the prin-
/ cipal speaker. says the New York sun.
/ General Henry L. Burnett. who at the
/ yearly election prior 10 the dinner was
reelected commander. presided.
we bad bot q small force in Chi
ua,' said General Wilson when be was
introduced, "nnd there were repre-
EcutItircs from 900 branches of the
service. ] win not forget what q Rus
sian officer OF high ruui. said 90 me as
our battery of artillery swept by.
General hc said. whenever ] see that
artillery OF yours swing into action. I
taEe on nay hat And then as 10 our
Infantry well. / recall when com
pauy ~ the Fourteenth, under old
Dogectt. was close mp under the wall
poor private said. Colonel. ! believe
can scale that wall' 'Go ahead. my
man. said poggctt Aud be 1ld go
ahead. aud the others followed. and
they were 40 soon on top " the wall.
when they swept into the sally port,
they found u FUN Of Russians. The
Chinese were firing pretty briskly. aud
II was not very comfortable going
through 10 the other side. but then
Rcllly's battery came up. and they and
our fellows went through, aud Il was
all over
"As 20 the cavalry, our six troops
were mounted on big, splendid horses
The English officers said they did not
believe those big horses would do, but
there was a review long after all was
over, and when our cavalry came up
every horse lu harness and the line as
true as q die an English officer said
be never could have believed we could
do Il.
But we must not be vaiuglorious
about the American soldier. lie is not
/ the h'et disclplluarian In the world.
| His blouse Is often unbuttoned. his
| shoes are not always laced. his CATERS
| often have dropped loop or two. lie
| puts on very few frills. but when II
comes down TO business hc is right
there every time. lie is the best killer
/ Ia all the world
] There were some little fellows there
not much bigger than the guns they
| carried. the japanese. Don't ever make
the mistake of thinking It will bc a pic
nic 10 have racket with the japanese.
The Japanese soldier wants 10 do but
one thing. aud that is the thing his cap
tain wants him TO DO And he viii go
right along doing it until bullet ia tho
head or the heart stops him.
AS Tor the English, splendid, fine
fellows, the English officers; but their
contingent from India. all natives. an
Asiat.cs not q white man among them.
DO not lose any sleep worrying about
the native contingent of India. Eng.
land has sliced ont more Of the worlds
work 10 do than she has white men TO
do II with. and England knows IT,
They are very poor material There
was n very high mountain &c climb.
The commander of the British troops
came TO me and said: You had better
put the Afghaus In the front going up
there They are mountain climbers.
you know
80 | put them there. They may be
good mountain climbers hut compa-
ny Of our troops which started 30 min
utes after they did reached the summit
20 minutes ahead Of them. one Of our
lieutenuuts In speaking OF this TO me
afterwnrd said: We expected TO see
them lightly jumping from rock to rock
and, Ike the young gazelle, from crac
TO crag Take my word Tor IL. they
didn't do single biz OF jumping OF
lcapIne. for we saw them sitting on all
the rocks and crugs as we went
along
The speaker paid tribute 10 Gen
eral Chancc and told story, witt
apologies TO the ladies' present I'm th,
galleries "Wc were walking IN Pc
king street Chancc and |. There hat
been a good deal OF talk about the en-
o press coming to the city. I said TO th,
general ~ you were emperor aud YOU
country had been invaded and youl
chief city stormcd aud you driven int,
the interior would you come back {,
make trcaucs|
I D." Not by "a - sightr
I That's Chalfce an over. lie is ,
brusquc, clear headed. blue eyed sol
dier who looks you straight In the fac,
p and says what hc thinks ia spite o.
% anything