The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

5 Costs
Soldier Who Real,
sums IN Cable loll..
nept Of his profession--abiityt to describe and pic
ture graphically all that he observes. This is the
typo of newsgat who .has been here before
He knows full we'll tho hard and risky ,lndertakn
Whether ordered TO the front by his paper
there personally by the spirit Of adventure he
knows when he starts that he will run across officers
he met on other campaigns and over old times
and he expects to make friends wi IA lot OF
stsyoungsters who have the xmum schooling and
the minimum perience--j iors Jlst al. eager TO
serve the colors and ofa brevet
or decoration as were tho good men before them
The second kind Of corresponcl is the man
who knows the mi camp, Wit scrubbed tent
floors and cotswith clean Sheets and slop pals
til1lling pitchers Of and all that--the
man who knows the regulations and dcscrip-
tive familiarity wi til tactics but never has been
under more serious fire than that sham battle.
~ ct he is well equipped to write d. good story
perience in the Twill round out the res tgof his
4capability. Sy 5# S .s
word might Be- id5about posi- third
kind Of correspondent. lie is the lunio office or
enlisted man, who picks up Bit money as chance
stricted iglborhood The Japanese and Russian
newspapers may have service, but
doubtless no Engl sh, French
has bothered with them on account Of the necessity
of translation But ii the Spanish ~ al nearly e7erS
regiment, regular and volunteer correspond-2
e1lt in the ranks. Most Of these men wrote letters,
not being allowed liberty they attend to-
the fling of elegrams 5s
NTO the chief business of the regular war cor
s- respondent, asd from ing and hearing
5everyt hing within reach, is toskeep being hit
for ifhe is wounded his illness at once
paired, and lis paper public at home no longer
obtain the service paying
If is killed, the chances are nine out ten that
both.the paper I'D its renders are the dark,
star as special %, press
association SERVE would keep the paper
from being ped, but that essentia and timely
1nainstaY would not comp or tho esidcra
tu1n--- ss & From own cor RESP dent
"a ty lIIlp0fta1ls tenure VI Inc NEWS
paper mans job IN the field is g him
the saying goes This calls for good health
cool head an amou Mt Of discretion
far in excess of tina usual deman ded Of oiicer5
Yet with these and with dauntess courage W boot
some Of the best men profe met
their fate carly5i the campai gn. Sc S
or instance, Louis Ezel of Penllsy yania, and
Harry ohm Mdd Teton, london recently filed
their aststori ocular Of the neWspa-
per Office gave Good night
Etzel was shot down By Chinese soldiers who
boarded Whic carving hinand Ernest
Brindle, OF the London Mail up he Yiao river
was at breakfast With his comrade WhenSh heard
shots upon tho deck. Harushcd up the companion
way rcvolvc iii hand, to see what MI tho trouble
was about Brindle following at his heels. Brindlos
tells the ryssinply
81 wenty shets were fred at Etzel, ~ Says
81 stumbled then fell back into my arms, dying.
Its no use,' he whispered #I I'm done for And So
he was .$}lSS S 81
Middleton was well into tic feld-jjlllst ready
to send in the srenl W. vhcn that enemy Of
every military camp time of var, worse than
bullets enterc fever--ca uglltl and lied him.