The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-19
RUSSIANS HAVE THE FINER ARTILLERY
BUT THE JAPS WORK THEIRS Bt ! TER
Mkado's Soldiers Garry Fans and Fish Hooks and Can
Fight Like Boil Doss--Every Brigade Commander
at the Front Connected Up With Headquar-
ters BY Means of the Telephone
Russians Cling to Old Ideas.

| Russians Cling to Old Ideas.
The generals of the Japanese are
directors while the Russians cling to
the old Skcneloff tradition of n COM
mander at Il head of his men leading
the iightin. From the Japanese
lines we cal. ee the white coated
, Russian officers riding conspicuousl!
before their troops. while from the
Russian side must be hard to dis
cover the Japanese Ohicers, because
their uniforms are so like those OF
! the rank and file and because General
Kurok and the lesser generals usu-
ally are somewhere behind the fight
ing line, managing their battles by
! telegraph and telephone. Probably
electricity has never played so great
part in warfare before as 1t does
with the Japanese. Every general OF
brigade in the field is, like a modern
ambassador, "at the end OF a wire,
which his divisional commander CON
trolls, and the generals OF divisions
are in touch by telegraph or tele-
phone with the corps commander.
The engineers run wires after the
columns with marvellous rapldlty'
Firing Is heard somewhere at the
front. A detachment of engineers
emerge from headquarters, pack po'
MES carrying bundles of light bamboo
poles, while coolies and carts follow
them with coils of slender copper
wire. The poles which have pointed
ends are u"i,niJ pianted, the wires
spread out as fast as men can uncoll
it and a field telephone is at work
No evidences have been seen as the
army advances into the enemy's coun
try that the Russians employ the tel
eeraph exclusively. There are nc
traces of wires or poles except the
old Chinese line from Antung tc
Pekin.
Russian Generals Spectacular
The Russian generalship is more
spectacular and perhaps inspires the
soldiers with greater courage. but
the Japanese is more business-like.
The censorship which they enforce
tends to deprive them of their JUS
dues in reputation. Often correspond
cnts are forbidden to mention the
names of the leaders in daring ant
important fights because the names
might give the enemy a clue 10 the
identity and therefore to the strength
ening and the characteristics or the or
ganization.
General kuroki.
Gen. Kuroli is a quiet and unas
suming gentleman rather OF Moitk'
tyne His type IS apparently TN
e nreyailing one in the Japanese ser
| vice. Sometimes it appears that NJ
! has worked out his plan of battle s'
: perfectly before the event that n,
can sit down confident OF IT'S iulillI
ment and takes little further lnteres
in the proceedings.
5 July 81, when his infantry was ad
yancinC across the vale yto charG
/ tho Russian entertainments on IN
, heights he sat in the court yard ol
Chinese temple chatting casually VIII
: members of his staff. Gen. Kurokl
force partakes of his character.
Russian Bands Play.
The Russians have their regimenta
bands which play at sunset hours
a time. and during march. and pa
/, lies the soldiers hear their sound 9
, drum. But in this campaign.
p Though the infantry carry bugles b
, wbose notes they march in peac
/ times I have never heard the SCUM
z 'uf trumpet neai the front 20 "a
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{ pcrial guards has been at h5adqual
= fers occasionally and the magniilccn
+ service i'm memory oi the dead
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+ with q ringing benedictiOn Oi trumpet
r but music has DO part in the soldier
+ life Nor is this a cDnyiNlal arml
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I enco near the frplf is sanctioned ?
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