The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
NOW IS THE Time
FOR Big MOVEMENT
russians Ready for Great Ad-
vance on Japanese
Positions.
kUROPATkIN'S
ORDER
After Having Captured sentziaputze
With Considerable Loss TO Jspa-
nese, Russians vii! Try to
Crush Them.

st. Petersburg, Oct. l1.-Following is
the text Of an order of the day issued
by Genera! Kuropatkin and dated Muk-
den. October 2:
More than sever months ago the
enemy treacherously fell upon US at
Fort Arthur before war had been de-
clared. Since then, by land and sea,
Russian troops have performed many
heroic deeds of which the fatherland
may justly be proud. The enemy, how
ever, is not only not overthrown, but in
MS arrogance continues to cream of
complete victory. The troops of the
M~anchurian army, in u~nvarying good
spirits, hitherto have not been numeri-
cally strong enough to defeat the lap
anese army. Much time is necessary
Tor overcoming all the difficulties of
strengthening the active army SO as to
enable it to accomplish with complete
success the arduous but honorable task
imposed upon 1t. 1t is for this reason
mat, in spite of the reported repulse of
Japanese attacks upon our positions at
Tachekiao. Liandiansian and Lilac
Yang, l did not consider that the time
had arrived to take advantage of these
successes and to begin a forward move
ment, and l therefore gave the order to
retreat.
o left the positions you had so
h~eroically defended covered with piles
~ ~ SiiSiiiS . uSdu ana WITHOUT allow
ing yourselves to be disturbed by the
roe and In full preparedness for a fur
Their fight. After a five days battle at
Liza Yang you retired on new posi-
lions which had been prepared pre-
Viously. After successfully defending
al! advanced and main positions you
withdrew to Mukden under most diff
f1cult conditions.
Says Retreat Was Necessary.
"Affn1l1I H. -
marched through almost impossible
u fighting through the day and ex-
Treating guns and carts with your
hands at night, n returned to Muk-
den without abandoning a single gun,
prisoner or wounded man, and with the
baggage entirely intact.
ordered the retreat from a sor-
roWful heart, but with unshaken con-
fidence that it was necessary in order to
gain complete ard decisive victory over
the enemy when the time came.
The emperor has assigned for the
conflict with Japan forces sufficient to
assure us victory. All difficulties in
transporting these forces over a dis
lance Of 10000 versts are being over
come in a spirit Of self sacrifice and
with indomitable energy and skill by
Russian men of every branch and rank
Of the service and every social posi-
ton to whom has been intrusted this
work, which for difficulty is unprece-
denied in the story of warfare.
In the course of seven months hun
dreds of thousands of men md tens of
thousands of horses and carts and mil
lions or pounds of stores have been
coming uninterruptedLv by rail from
Russia and Siberia to Manchuria.
IF the regiments which already nave been
sent out prove insufficient, fresh troops
will arrive. for the inf1exible wish Of the
emperor that we should %vanquish the foe
will be infex1bly fulfilled. Heretofore the
enemy, in operating. has relied on it's
great forces. and disposing its armies so
as to surround US, has chosen as he deem
ed fit his time for attack: but now the
moment to go to meet the enemy, for
which the whole army has long been wait
Ing. has come. 1t is time for US TO compel
the japanese to do our will, for the forces
of the Manchurian army are strong enough
to begin a forward march. Nevertheless
you must be increasingly mindful Of the
victory to be gained over our strong and
gallant fee.
Determination Needed.
"In addition to numerical strength in all
commands, from the lowest to the highest,
the firm determination must be to prevail,
to gain victory. Whatever may be neces-
sary to this end, bear in mind the inn
portance of victory to Russia. and above
all remember how necessary victory is, the
more speedily to relieve our brothers at
Port Arthur, who for seven months have
heroically maintained the defense of the
fortress entrusted to their care.
"Our army, strong in its union with the
emperor and all Russia, performed great
deeds of heroism for the fatherland in all
our wars, and gained for itself well mer-
tied renown amsIlg all nations. Think
at every hour of the defense of Russia's
dignity and rights in the far east which
have been entrusted to you by the en-
peror's wish. Think at every hour that
to you the defense Of the honor and the
fame of the whole Russian army has con-
fded.
The illustrious head of the Russian
land, together with the whole Of Russia,
prays for you, blesses you for your heroic
deeds. Strengthened by the prayer and
the small consciousness of the impor.
lance of the task that has fallen to us we
must go forward fearlessly with a firm
determination to do our duty to the end
without sparing our lives.
THE will of God be with US ALL"
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