The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-20

temples contain no idols; its priests
wear no splendid garments; the only in
centiyes to worship are the mirror,
which symbolizes perfection. and the
white strips OF paper, which signify
purity. Despite the absence of inspira-
ton, OF a code OF morals, and of theo-
~ of destiny-the essentials Of all reli-
gions-ShintO is still the national reli-
gion Of Japan and every Japanese from
his birth is placed under the protection
OF some Shinto deity.
The bugles sounded the general sa-
lutte, and the shrill notes fingered in the
sunlit air like dying peals OF thunder as
the solid lines Of khaki in the plain be-
low came to attention The ceremony
has begun. On the left Of the sanctua-
~ We're ranged the officers of the first
army-Major General Matsunaga, Ma
jor General Okazixi, Major General Shi-
buya, and Major General Kodama-not
the assistant chief Of the general staff
with General Nishi commander of the
Second division. at their head. In this
group We're the foreign attaches, Major
General Sir Ian Hamilton and Colonel
Hume having the place of honor. On
the opposite side stood three priests.
In ordinary times the Kannushi are not
distinguishable from laymen, but to-
day they wore their sacrificial robes
long loose gowns, with wide sleeves,
glrdled at the waist. Upon their heads
were black hats shaped like the biretta,
with a widows cap and strings at the
back The high Driest-an old and
bearded man Of solemn and dignifed
bearing, who looked more like Parsee
than a Japanese-wore sword in a
velvet seabbard, and his gown was a
red and black silk, closely resembling
the old-fashioned dimity. The gowns Of
his assistants were of drab Watered
silk worn over regulation khaki trous-
ers and regulation army boots, that
compelled one to the conclusion that
they We're private soldiers, clothed for
the nonce with sacerdotal authority.
Advancing toward the altar, the
priests stood before the shrine. clapped
their hands three times, placed them
reyerently together bowed their heads
and uttered the invocation to the dead
It was an invitation to the souls of the
departed to rest upon the white strips
Of paper or ''go-hei" Returning to
their original places, one of the junior
priests took from the table in front OF
the altar the branch of pine Raising
1t aloft In his right hand, he waved the
branch over the heads of his fellow
priests, over the officers and attaches
and over the sacrifices prepared in the
little inclosed space. Then moving to
the front of the sanctuary until he
stood on the edge of the terrace, he
swept the air thrice over the heads of
the multitude far below. This was the
act Of publication, in which the pine or
evergreen signifies sincerity
Theshigh priest thereupon drew near
to the altar, and, bowling before it took
from his breast a scroll from which he
recited In nurmuring tones these
words:
Il, Hirokage Shimizu shinto priest,
reyerently speak to the souls of Lieu
tenant Jiro Takuma and other officers
and soldiers who died in the battle Of
the Yalu and elsewhere, inviting them
to approach the altar, which we have
erected at the foot of Mount Teisen, be-
You'd the walls of Feng- Huang- Cheng.
When friendly ties were broken and we
came to the Russians with weapons in
our hands, you Joined the second divi-
sion and marched to the front with the
first army, knowing that this was the
hour of sacrifice and of duty. Brayely
did you endure hardship and privation
on sea, and land, on mountain and in
valley But for you the fight did not
end there.
ION the first day in May you came to
the Yalu, where the enemy had all the
great advantages that nature has be-