The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-26

One of the soldiers suddenly turned UP
his face toward the girl and exclaimed:
mo more Irritation, my dear lassie!
oh. no. none of your jokes!"
The third class bluejacket koma
Shinowara of the Full, q youth of %
years was serving as an aide-de-camp
to the chief gunner having stood in the
front bridge. A shell came whistling
and carried his right hand off. The
young sailor however stood calm STOP
ping the gushing blood with his left. ''I
am wounded as you see" he said seeing
his superior officer approach him. MAY
Ileave my post?" he asked quietly. He
saluted his chief raising his left hand.
and quietly walked down.
A fragment of the shell flew past the
breast of Yasuo Minamisawa, third
class engineer of the Kasumi. the
blood instantly began to flow. But the
to become conscious of the wound. He
was deaf to the rolling sound of the
guns. Nor did he notice the shells
bursting close by him. All that made
him suspect something was wrong was
a little choking sensation he experien-
ced at the moment. After a while a
sailor noticed his wound and cried:
What? Look You are struck"
The engineer seemed not to hear the
remark. Your honor, you are
Wounded!'
The engineer remained still silent.
The sailor approached him and re-
peated: You have been wounded, sir!''
The engineer turned his headan said:
81? Oh no."
Yes sir; your breast"
my breast?"
He touched his breast and saw his
hand stained with blood.
Soon after there came the officer who
was to relieve the wounded engineer
and he was accordingly made to retire
into the officers room.
Am | to be treated as wounded
man when the wound gave me no
pain?" he exclaimed with indignation.
A while ago a second torpedo which
the Russian warship sent out struck
the Inflated transport KinSu Mara
near the engine room and split her
in two. Sergt. Okano. who had his
musket leveled at the enemy all the
time and continued firing. seeing that
his ship was sinking, dropped down
on deck in despair, and exclaimed:
'All is overt" The next moment he
unsheathed his Japanese sword. and
holding it with it's point against him.
cut himself in the stomach crosswise
How shameful of you to destroy an
Russian wretches! Now, look and see
how a Japanese fighter meets his
DEATH" he exclaimed.
The Susanami succeeded in captur-
ing the Russian destroyer 'Stereg-
schii.'' She dispatched some of her
crew to the captured vessel to have
our battleShip flag hoisted on board
and to bring her near the coast. But
as the sea began to rise higher, the
Juggling cord was cut off and the poor
ship began to sink. The captain of
the Susanami said to himself; THE
ship may be allowed to sink but
not our naval flag, never!" He sent
a boat to fetch the flag back to him.
The following letter was written by
hatsutaro Tsuchida to Lieut.. Satio,
entreating to be put among the mem
bers on the occasion of the second
sealing of Port Arthur:
80 While I had been at home my
father told me that it is said in a prov
erb the one who does not die when
he ought to is liable to disgrace more
bitter than death. l will not behave
like a coward at any cost. l expect
to die for the sake of our country. A
rumor is current that in the near flu
ture the second calling for the Re
solved to die PARTY will be announced.
If this be the case l solicit your favor
that you would do me the honor of Sc
lecting me for the party once more.
In case the announcement is formally
made l, of course, would apply to the
captain chief engineer and divisional
lieutenant. The uncertainty of the APP
pointment makes me so uneasy that
have not been able to enjoy sleep many
a night. AS you know have resolved
to die under your command, and
would like to follow you even to the
world next. Please pick me up by
your special influence. if the selection
comes to be a fact. AS l have already
resolved upon dying I should not be
satisfied till l am dead. 1 am fully
convinced and am thinking night and
day that now is the time to give proof
of my devotion to the Emperor"
After the battle at Chiulienchang the
Russians were in full retreat, and our
soldiers were pressing forward to oc-
cupy the heights which the enemy had
abandoned. Sub-Lieutenant Inouye
found under heap of dead soldiers a
Russian officer, apparently a captain,
still alive, though mortally wounded
and tormented by a burning thirst
which he was trying to Stake by suck
ing the blood which trickled down his
face from a wound in the head. Inouye
at once went to him, and spoke to him
kindly in Russian. And he gave him
drink of water out of his flask. The
Russian tried to thank him. but in
vain. All that he could do was to un-
buckle his sword and take out of his
bosom photograph of his family, and
to offer them to him as token of his
gratitude. Inouye took the photo
graph, but returned the sword, saying
that he could not deprive his soul of
1T. CThe Japanese proverb says that
the sword is the soul of the fighter
bushi in Japanese.') And he hurried
on to catch up with his company.