The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-31
.FORnTUDE OF
THE WOUNDED
SHOT TO PIECES WANT
TO GET BACK TO THE FRONT.
The Way Injuries Heal is Remarkable
Out of 1900 Soldiers at One Hospi-
tai Not One Has Died-Many Would
Go Back on Clutches to Fight Rus
sians-what Russia Is Up Against.
C1aValan6 T,oa6ar

j
torney Theodore M. Bates, from his
brother-in-law, Rev. H. B. Newell of
Matsuyama, Japan, which well illus
trates the manner in which the hearts
Of the Japanese, soldiers are in the cause
in their war with Russia, as well as
their spirit and pluck under disadvan-
tageous circumstances. The letter fol-
lows:
Instead of returning home from
Kioto, after spending two days in Kobe;
I took q boat headed for home, but
stopped off at Marugame and spent
four days in company with two of our
Shikoku workers in work in that vicin-
ings in Marugame, and spent tie days
in visiting the hospitals there and at
Zentsuji, a few miles inland, where are
confined about 5000 Of the sick and
wounded soldiers who have been sent
back from the front. r.
."We three went as the representa-
tives of the Shikoku association of the
hosPtais os the
more than 100 wards, and distributing
several thousands of tracts and Scrip
ture portions. We were received every
where with the greatest cordiality and
allowed every. privilege desired. The
tracts and books were received well and
even gratefully at times.
..DuG IL 10 d. LII Iva SOuS dAN A4OAA
to see those thousands Of poor fellows,
in all states of vivisection, struggling
to get back some of the health and Wig
or that had been shot out Of them at
Port Arthur or Liao-yang or other
places. 1t was a wonder that they had
sRsgm sP %ss as left ve1 e sHs last 3ns Of
cricket, and looking forward to the
time when he could get back again to
the front and follow his colors.- And a
large proportion of them will get back,
they say.
"The way wounds heal is remarkable.
The physician at one of the hospitals
they had not lost a single case so far
among the wounded-every one had
ecovered-some had died of kakke or
other diseases, but none from wounds
simply.
.t0ne man :wiggled the fingers Of his
he told me that he once thought he had
lost the use Of that hand-it seemed
paralyzed from bad wound in the up
per arm (and he showed me a most
unsightly arm) but now he was begin
ming to get the use Of his fingers again,
and they, said be could probably soon
scratches, but they didn't count, he
"Here a bullet hit him in the cheek,
coming straight from the front, passed
through his ear inside and came out at
the back Of his head behind his ear
(ansd. you could trace the whole route
teeth te ii ana Totally destroyed his his Hearing
in the left ear, but his other ear was
all right, and this would not prevent
his getting back to the front again. He
YES, he ala 3aSe a pretty bad
flesh wound in his left leg (and he open
ed his kimono, and showed wound that
tire me on pension), but that was all
did get. hit with a piece Of she'll that
tore his back pretty badly and broke
one bone, but fortunately that was all
right now, and he was on his way to
Dogo to recuperate for few days and
shortly. .... j.,
"He felt that he must do something
to save his face,' for on that last
charge on one Of the forts at Port Ar:
thur, his company was in the lead, and
he himself almost got to the fort, but
was dropped about one hundred meters
before reaching it. .,~ !,
said, .but, oh, if I could OILY have got
over that last one hundred meters. I
would have been willing to die then,
but to lie there not able to do anything
while the others went on and took the
fort, and Z :hearingzit it all and knowing
great disappointment of my life, and I
am going back this time and try to &C.
complish something:' -
"Well, that is the kind Of stuff that
Russia is up against these days, and
there is whole lot of 1t left in the
country yet. -