The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-11-18
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Newspaper Enterprise Association.
~ VIII II. Brill.


~ VIII II. Brill.
LILO YANG, Sept. 23.-Although
there has not been a shot fired for
nearly three weeks, at least not one
that we heard, we have seen a great
deal of war, a great deal Of that
part of war which people seldom
think of, the merchant side. Few
people stop to think that the actual
fighting, the long artillery duels. the
slow infantry advances. the cavalry
reconnoisances, the final exciting
charges, are but a small part Of mod
ern warfare. The most difficult part
of war in these days is not the act
ual deploying of troops and the taxi
ing of positions on the battlefield, 1t
is not even the strategy by which one
maneuvcr the other. These are, Of
course. the telling matters when 1t
comes to the actual clash of armies,
but there is another thing on which
all these things depend, without which
the infantry soldier cannot charge.
my's batteries, the strategist cannot
work out his plans.
If you could sit in the window Of
my room in the pretty little Russian
house in which we are quartered here
you would find much to interest you.
The main road to the north passes
within 20 feet Of this window, and 1t
is alive every minute of the day.
Mail Bags in the Van.
Just at this moment there are go
ing by half dozen Chinese carts,
each bearing the flag of the Imperial
Japanese post. They are loaded with
great bags which are filled with mail
for the soldiers who have already
gone on to the front. Before they
have passed they are hidden from
view by the procession of carts COM
ing back empty from the front. They
are low small two-wheeled carts, and
we have seen enough Of them to know
that they are for the transportation
of small arms of ammunition. They
are empty, having deposited their
death-dealing loads at some ammuni-
ton station for to the front. There
are literally thousands of these carts
used by the Japanese army and this
line is a very long one.
Before the carts have passed ones
attention is called to a half dozen
horsemen on the opposite side of the
road. The soldiers eye them curious
ly, for the uniforms they wear are
not those Of the Japanese army.
The Foreign Attaches.
The uniforms are not alike, but the
broad red band which the riders wear
on their sleeves denote that they are
foreign military attaches, sent by
their various governments to observe
the operations. The tall man in khaki
and cap with brilliant scarlet
band around it is a British colonel,
the one with the tall white cap is an
Austrian lieutenant, he with the fiat
cap and the gray-blue coat is Ger
man colonel, the one with the dark
coat and the sun helmet is a French
captain, and the one in plain khaki
and SLOUGH hat it a major in our own
army of the United States.
Close behind the foreign attaches
come four Cinnamon bearing upon
their shoulders a stretcher upon
which lies figure wrapped up in a
red blanket. This stretcher is fol-
lowed by another and another and an
other. There are half a hundred Of
them altogether On some of the
stretchers the figures lie very still,
on others a foot or an arm moves as
1t passes. on another a face, almost
hidden in bandages, peers curiously
at the house. They are wounded be-
ing transferred from the field hospit-
ais to the general hospital.
Great Guns Are Next.
With rumble and plenty of yell
ing, eight straining horses come into
view. dragging behind them a field
gun. 1t is hidden under canvas