Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
KUROPATKIN'S ORDER
HE ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS
ENOUGH TROOPS.
Meanwhile Two Armies Are March
ing Northward With View of
Thanking Him on East and West.

Inc Russian FORWARD movement los pC7
gun and Bentsiaputze has been captured
with a small loss
Nemiroavich-Danc in dispatch TO
the Associated Press, says:
Gen. Kuropatkin's order to advance,
which was read to the troops after church
service October 2, evoked wild enthusiasm
1t was beautiful autumn day. Officers
and soldiers were packed around Gen.
Kuropatkins train, the steps of which
were used for pulpit, from which Father
Golubeff preached to a multitude that
stretched farther than his voice could carry.
Father Golubeff uttered a fervent prayer
for victory, and raising cross aloft and
turning to the general said:
THE ancient commanded their sons to
return with their shield or on it. say to
you go forward with the cross, trusting In
Christ
His words were received in solemn ex-
pectancy by the men, who did not YET
know a forward move had been determined
upon. though there had been period OF
preparation that had aroused strong hopes.
The crucial moment came after the service
The St. Georges cross was distributed, the
Usseri Cossacks and the men greeting the
names of Skobeleff and Adzloff, the great
Russian heroes with loud cheering. Then
came the march past before the new wear
ers of the st. Georges cross.
Order Received With Cheers.
"Kuropatkin who meanwhile was stand
ing behind the newly decorated men. smiled
grimly, and, stepping to the front, read
personally the announcement of a forward
move This was received with deafening
cheers as far as it was heard and under
stood but quicker than printed copies of
the order could circulate the announcement
ran from camp to camp and from blvouac
to bivouac, the men acting like schoolboys
thew
in the wind.
TT is true that the army is now fit to
measure itself with its japanese foes.
Kuropatkin has gathered up reinforce
ments and welded an incomplete army into
a compact whole, and is ready to advance
against what we have reason to know is a
brave and clever enemy.
..Viceroy Alexieff arrived from Hardin
October to say farewell to Gen. kuropat-
kin, in view of the latter's departure for
the front and Viceroy Alexieff's probable
return to Russia.
Departure From Mukden.
Eve left Mukden the afternoon of the
same day. amid the cheers of the soldiers,
for the purpose of overtaking the regiments
on their way to the front. The men are
now thoroughly rested and equipped, and
there is no trace of the fatigue shown at
Liaoyang There is very different spirit
abroad than that noticeable on the retreat
from Tatchekiao.
Regiments are arriving from Russia in
fine condition. The men are In better
spirits the nearer they get to the front
Now is our turn is heard everywhere In
the ranks. The veteran who fought with
Skobeleff we left at Mukden in fine trim
The gray-haired old Turkestan nghter
seems to have grown quite young out mere
The Russian Advance Movement.
The Russian southern advance began on
October f. with the occupation of Shakhe,
a railway station. The next day the sta
ton, which had been dismantled by the
Japanese, was restored by the railway
brigade following Immediately behind the
fighting line, and the same brigade also
restored the bridge across the Shakhe river.
On October 6 Gen. Mistchenko advanced
almost to the Yentai mines, driving in the
Japanese outposts with heavy loss at the
expense of only one killed and five injured.
The most important action, however, oc-
Cured on the Japanese right at Bentsla-
putze. Here the Japanese held strong
and important position, but 1t seems they
made the inexplicable omission to fortiiy
a commanding hill, which was the key to
the whole situation. portion of Gen.
Kuropatkin's force made a strong attack
on Bentsiaputze, and, taking a leaf out
Of the japanese book, occupied the mn
from the east and fianked the Japanese
out Of the town, causing them serious loss
in a rear guard fight The Russian casu-
altIes are reported to have been incon-
siderable.
In Heavy Marching Order.
The Russian forward movement is be-
ing made in the heaviest marching order,
and one sees everywhere whole companies
Of which every man carries large KNAPP
sack on his back, rifle on his shoulder,
and a large kettle or teapot slung to his
waist, while hanging from the belt is the
cartridge case in front and big wooden
water bottle, and an AK, pickax, or spade
on either side. Altogether, with overcoats,
the equipment weighs 100 pounds.
The soldiers move steadily and cheerfully,
though the column looks more like a pack
train than an army. First-aid stations OF
the Red Cross are being organized, and the
nurses are working untringly everywhere.
Doctors and Sisters of Charity are going to
the front in Chinese carts at the rate of
two miles an hour over heavy roads, but
are cheerful and devoted as ever in spite
of the imminent propect of more of the
difficult and dangerous work under fire
which won them the undying gratitude of
the army at Liaoyang.
Japanese Flank a Movement.
While these operations are progressing
south of Mukden 1t Is reported that two