The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-12

ahead 10 anothef fhlloch uhu "'"f
ping into the grass, empyt their mas
azines again. Their uniforms III
khaki from cap covers to legglni
made them as ineonspicuous as pos
sible. On the Picking relief eNpedl'
ton Japanese regiments took the
field dressed entireyl In white duck
which presented n cleaning target
across the corn-covered plains oi
Chilli within any reasonable rine
range. Since that campaign. IN the
evolution of this most modern OF arm
les, economy of lives has come to be
reokoned with. So far has the spec
tacular deferred To effectiveness IN
uniforming, that even the reglmehlAi
numbers ON shoulder straps are
abandoned, that the enemy may ma
no distinguishing marks about prison
ers or dead To give clue To the luch-
tity of the organizations which OPP
nose them. The occasional CLINT pf
an officers sword scabhard when Tho
sun struck II was the only guide for
marksmen few hundred yards dis
tant. The officers yet retain their
swords in the field because at close
quarters they weld them with the old
fury and skill of the Samurai fighting
before their clans. How perfectly
khaki fuses with an culinary back
ground was illustrated later in the
day when the Russian battery with
an uneXpeced burst of energy, dropp-
ed half n dozen shells over hill 70
the right of the temple. No one no
ticed soldiers there until, after the
dropping of the shells, II suddenly
seemed to swarm with men, and two
or three companies scambled down
the slope running for shelter. one
of the shells fell short almost on the
crest of the hill where the attaches
and correspondents had been group
ed until q few minutes before, when
they withdrew thinking that the
fighting was practically finished Tor
the day.
The Japanese for some erason re-
Trained from making thE most or
their guns on this occasion. The
Russians retreating in large compact
bodies presented splendid targets.
A few shells now and then might
have thown them into confusion,
but after the retiremet began the
Japanese artillery was silent. The
spectators with this army have yet
to see it engaged in impromptu field
work for all its action, as at the
crossing of the Yalu, has been shoot
ing at distances and elevations pre-
viously kown, Between the meth
DDS of shooting of the two armies
there was as great contrast as IN
other essentials. Russian firing is
almost all by volleys with quite me-
chanical regularity. Even in the
use of artillery they follow plan OF
dlschaging one gun after another
rapidly and with precision. Today
four Russian guns saluted the Jap
anese for an hour as regiment OF
the latter was moving into position
before the Russian front The man
ner of il was zone. two, three, four,
again. Their infantry work is on the
same ODER three Or four sharp vol
leys and then a rest. Occasionally
the Japanese use volleys but most
of the time they fire at WILL the
enemy less information or their po'
sition and gaining the advantage or
individual craftsmanship. They lie
for his game and when they see it
they blaze away.
"Boer tactics" their oiAcers e&'
plain.
For the Russians it is as though
as the Boer war had never BEEN an
English officer exclaimed, while
watching the fight of the 18th. The
Russian soldier has not the head to
be trusted to use his ammunition OF
his own free will, is the general eX-
PLANTATION. Moreover it is the opin-
ion of all who have seen the two IN
battle that the Russians are much
poorer marksmen than the japanese,
although the latter are not rated as
high as certain other armies.
No one who has seen this campaign
questions Russian bravery. The great
superiority of the Japanese lies in
the head work of officers and men.
The scene around the temple nearest
the pass when the correspondents
arrived on the field bore witness elo-
Guently to the courage of the patient
Slav. Through four terrible hours
1.-THE thirty-fourth European regiment
held their ground under a fierce fire
from the japanese radoubts above
Them. The temple consists Of one
stored gray brick buildings forming
three sides of a square with brick
wall in front. The compound Is per
Ihaps a hundred feet square, and look
ling in through the gates one sees the
monster scarlet and gold painted
mud efigies of grOtesque deities OF
war. who by their spells kept back
the Japanese from the MOuen-Lang
ten years ago. This month their
shrine has sheltered many Japanese
struck down by Russian bullets, the
Red Cross hangs In lis gateway and
the telegraph ticks on its altar To
the right of the temple. facing the
pass. runs a road which, there. is
about 1000 yards from the main
Japanese rcdoubts on the top most
ridges. and which gradually descend
istruntches 10 the right for half a mile
or more at an angle nearing the
trenches which are separated from IL
,by a wide deep ravine most Of the
distance. For four hours. from ; "a
. the Russian attacking line held the
itcmplc and the road above h. TO the
corner where it turns toward the
mouth Of the pass. and for four hours
the Japanese in their trenches pour.
led continuous and deadly FIRE
across the intervening chasm. The
.tcmrie Itself became voriiabi'
'glaurhfrr house. Do the Rad and the
bushv field beyond o.. the Russians
.Iaff more than a hundred dad and