The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-22
SOLDIERS WERE
HOT IN PURSUIT
Exciting Chase Of a Pig Be-
tween the Lines.
P0RKER FINALLY ESCAPED
RUSSIANS AND JAPS LoNGED
FOR FRESH MEAT.
PORKER FINALLY ESCAPED

" Tense. Below Mukden. Nov. %
The Thermometer is . below zero
Ihere has not been much snow yet. hut
II is reri'9ins cold. and fuel is almost
al prohibitive prices.
Ne GaNe just come in from a ride
around the front. Ii was nearly mile
10 the extreme front through fields of
cut kaolin, the giant millet Of Man
churia, which is being rapidly burned
Tor fuel. Whole villages of Chinese
nuts have been Quilted Of every particle
o. woodwork for the same purpose.
Nearly the whole of the amy is living
underground. where body heat has u
serve instead of fires
Visit to the Trenches.
1t was a desolate ride To the trenches
We caught up with the officer of the
day visiting his outposts and accom-
panied him alons miles of trenches
where the ground is already frozen q
toct deep and the thousands Of soldiers
are working rapidly extending the lines
OF defense and buTrCWing into the
Sround for omb-proofs and dugouts
BEFORE the frost gets a real grip on
things and the ground freezes like
granite, seven feet down.
Toward noon We came to an extensive
entrenchment and encampment. where
numerous little fires We're burning and
big kettles swung from cross-sticks
showed that the soldiers were prepar-
ing tea Here the general commanding
and group Of staff officers welcomed
us, and in addition TO the tea one Of
them actually produced a lemon 10 go
with il. How a lemon ever got into
that part Of ManchUria was mystery
that the lieutenant refused 10 solve.
Nests in the Cliff.
Ahead Of US on the reverse face OF
the cliff were scores of what looked like
gigantic swallows nests. They were
simply holes i'm the cliff. each mole
matched round with woven tunnel CT
AaOlin stalks Here the men live 4
dozen to the dugout, packed like sar-
dimes at night for warmth but COM
Portable. Some of the officers dugluts
are fairly luxurious.
The men have plenty Of tea and are
fairly fed. but fresh meat is a luxury
that is not to be neglected al any juno
tuTe. and suddenly while we were talk
ing by the fire, some fresh meat made
its appearance.
There was a row toward the forward
lines of trenches that might have pre-
saged a Japanese attack. and we
rushed 10 knoll that commanded a
view There, from a seemingly desert
ed Chinese hut rushed a half-groWn
| pig. a shOat of the Manchurian razor
/ back variety. After it went a COssach
| in hot pursuit. Other COssacks Joined
the chaSs but the pig. threading the
trenches, gained the open ground ani
/ headed fer the japanese lines. less
/ than AGO yards way.
| Reckless of death or anything else
! six Cossacks dashed i'm pursuit, with
! their long brown coats tucked around
/ their waists But the pig headed cross
! the imaginary dividing line. anC
| charged the japanese position. The
I opposite hill slope. to all appearances
/ had been vacant and silent as the
| grave, but a hidden trench suddenly
! save up a party of japanese. and away
| they went after the pig.
Pig Got Away.
The Cossacks stopped and the Japan
| csc headed the pig diagonally back TO-
/ ward the Russian lines. They did not
catch IT,, but a fresh relay of Russians
] took up the chase. and the pig VeeTeL
J over again & the Japanese. Not d shot
| was fired al this time. and the Japan
| csc and Cossacks stood within 100 pace,
| of each other i'm the open. laughing al
! each others uOn-suCCeSs and hurting
/ mutual Waledictions after the pig. The
| last We saw of it, the pig was keeping
! strictly to tho neutral strip between
{ the forces. and holding westward i'm thu
! direction of Lao river.
! The general laughed. though he ais,
/ sighed at the thought Of vanished pig
! and invited us over to have more te'
! at his palace"
II DO not patTCniZe anything but pal
| aces, he explained, as We mounted t.
| follow him, and, there being ncn'
/ hereabouts had one built liz va
] down a steep trail. where the horse
( fairly sat down and slid on the fr eel
| ground. Overhanging the edge Of
narrow valley was the palace. "A NOR
| than unusually cOmmOdious dUgout
and inside a stove was Cunningly buil
into the wall with homemade bricks
/ It had had n fire in IL the day beC ere
and was shut up tight and still warm
! Before il On the ground sat Prime
| Radzivil. Just come IN from a scout
and warming his red hands against IN
bricks. There was a. table and a tin
| window letting i'm a little light frou
a tunnel on one side. And hot tea
without lemon. this time, added to tn
joys Of living.
Shell Came Wbizzing.
| We turned back later along the rout
we had come. The opposite hillside wa
I
far-distant crest came a wink Of igh
almost like a Photograph, and eT
seconds later a big byzantine she
burst with a thunderous noise and
cloud Of smoke and dirt close to tn
trench where we had seen the pig rae
i'm the morning. We climbed 10 a hello
graph station on the cliff above an
found the officer in charge flashing
message TO POUtiIif hill. Through IN
binoculars we could see P0utiloff's tin
mirror winking in reply. New bat
terry" said the officer Jerking his hea
toward where the shot came from
lwhile "A signal sergeant, through
| transit. was scanning the hill crest.
Had the Location.
"P0utioff and I both have got hi
! angle approximately" he explained
and We know the base line from her
to Poutiloff hill, so the next time b
shoots we can triangulate on him an
get the exact range. We Will max
things interesting for MIN htt
later" he added significantly.
So we rode slowly back TO our dug
out, leaving the signal officer trying
beat some circulation into his mittene
hands. There may be a fight tonigf
or there may not, but that is all theI
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