The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-25

the thuuSaud - soldiers are working.
rapidly eXt" ldlHg the lines OF defense and
bu!rowins into tn" ground for bombproois
and duguut> before the frost gets Il real
grip on things and the ground freezes like
granite, seven feet down.
PREPARING DINNER.
Toward noon We came 10 an extensive
intre7ichment and encampment. where nu-
| merous little fires We're burning. and hig
kettles swung from cross sticks showed
that The soldiers Were preparing tea. Here
The General commanding and a group of
staff officers welcomed us. and in addition
to the tea one OF them actually produced
A lemon to 90 with il. How lemon
ever got into that part of ManChuria was
q mystery that the Lieutenant refused to
sclv-.
Ahead OF us "a the reverse. face of the
cliff We're scores of what looked like gi
santc swallows, nests. They were Simply
h"ics in the cliff. each hole matched
around with q woven tunnel OF mao.in
stalks. Here the mon live Il dozen to the
dusout packed like sarCiines at night for
warmth but comfortable. Some of the Of
| hcerS' dugOuts are fairly luxurious.
IRE Men have plenty of tea and are fair
y fed hut fresh meat Is a luxury that
is not to be neglected at any juncture.
and suddenly while we were talking BY the
lire some fresh meat made its appearance.
| There was row toward the forward line
OF trenches that might have presaged
Japanese attack. and we rushed TO a knoll
that commanded view. There from a
seemingly deserted Chinese hut. rushed a
half-grown pie. stlolt of the Manchurian
razOrback variety.
CHASE PIG TO JAP LINE.
After it went a Cossack in hot pursuit
Other Cossacks Joined the chase. but the
pig threading the trenches. gained the
open ground and headed for the Japanes,.
| lines. less than +c0 years away.
Reckl less OF death or ANYTHING else. six
,-esSaSkS dashed in pursuit with their
long brown coats tucked about their
imaginary dividing line and charged ths
japanese position. The opposite hill slope
70 all appearances, had been vacant and
s,,eat si,eat,; as the grave, but hidden trench
dTiy they Went after the pig
ne Cossacks stopped and the japanese
eaIsn tSe RS,ss. me RiS , g2nally back toward
it uut a ifesh relay OF Russians took up
me chase and the pig veered over again
~ ~ si'g -. japanese Not shot was fired all
, Ss"ud within hundred PAGES of each otbc,,
IN the open. laughing at each Other. non
success success and hurting mutual maIedction.;
me last we saw of it. the pig was keen
ths Fftrlstly fy 10 the neutral strip between
ijrecii6,; iGIGes ana heading Westward in the
Inc General laughed. though h. also
signed at the thought of the vanished MIG
% ana invited Us over TO have more tea nj
GENERALS PALACE
i don't patronze anything but pslaces
he explained as we mounted to fellow him
and there being none hereabo,rs / ,,ad
one built
was down steep trail. whore the
nofseS fairy sat down and slf1 ., t,,o
aioHSh ground. Overhangiilg the edges of
d d narrow valley was the palace. A more
nan nan usually commOdious dugout, and in
vail waII d 49, stofe was cunninEly built into the
S, Gai win homemade bricks. It had had a
& .iS IN 1t the day before aud wac shut no
.smn sTni,,,t ana 10 SUI warn Before it ON the
from scout and warming his red hands
a;,alflst the bricks. There was a table and
d tlily window. letting i'll little light from
q 1 suLIiei on one SIDE. And hot tea without
ing. u ''s-
we turned back later along the route we
@ naa come. The opposite hillside was va
cultt ana Silent as usual. But from dis-
t ,aht crest cams wink of light almost
IKE heiiosraph. and a few seconds later
pig Byzantine shell burst with thun-
| oefous noise and a cloud of smoke and
| arr close TO the trench where We had seen
the big race in the morning We climbed
20 heliograph station on the cliff above
binoculars We could see Poutilofts S tinv
mirror winking In reply.
New battery" said the officer Jerking
his head toward where the shot came
from. while Signal Sergeant. through a
transit was scanning the hill crest
Poutiloff and l have both got his angle
| approximately" he explained and We
know the base line from here to Poutiloff
| Hiii. SO that next time he shoots we can
| range: We will make things interesting
for him a little later he added. signif.
| cantly.
IS So we rode slowly back to our dugou,
| leaving the signal officer trying to beat
SOME circulation into his mittened hands
| There may he a fight tonight or there
| may not but that is all there is to tell
| Just row of a day along the front