The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-13

been sent from affair at great expense 10
their papers, trained TO neglect patches VI
local color. however offered or wneyeseal.
found? With one voice came our Yes.
Moreover we were ready TO go ABOARD 1T
any moment. and we said so.
Now that we are started we M Non, 81
what lies in store for in this campaign OF
an Oriental power in hermit land. vi,
ficially, we know little of where we shail
disembark as We do or General huIop"s
kin's plans. The time OF our return Is
shrouded in the mystery of the vlcls-
STUDIES of great war whicn mas
scarcely begun. The departure from
rah broke the long record or pan
zais for departing troops, the parting OF a
dozen foreigners from their American ana
European friends. reminded us again OF
the romance and picturesqueness of our po-
sition. There was never war at all COM
parable to this. and never war when
uncertainty of our position, the uncertainty
of the conditions under which We shall i've,
brought a havoc of buying at the last
moment on the part OF men VINO nane
they waited. We have everything, from
postage stamps done UP in oiled paper 10
tool chests the size OF pocketpooh-ahu
now are in the hands of MIR. fokoyama.
Whether we bring profit or loss praise OF
blame, to Mr.. Yokoyama, we shall make
him famous. Mr.. Iokoyama has mace a
contract to transport kits. from tents
to extra buttons and shoestrings, ana TO
give us three meals of European naVor a
day. He has in this harbor four-hundred-
ton steamer, the character or whose cargo
and whose passengers adds the flnishing
touch of the unusual to our departure
In one cabin are twelve hunks The first
arrivals have staked out their claims with
posted visiting cards and baggage bestowed
Below decks are ponies which are TO bear
the specials to the victory or the defeat
of editorial decision. In the hold are the
outfits. Never before was there such a pile
of baggage as that-bags and rolls and little
Japanese officers trunks, but nothing out
side of the hold-all unconventional in con-
struction to suit the owners whim), which
would make the baggage smasher or porter
feel at home. We need no longer discuss
the relative merits of sleeping bags and
open blankets: they will be put to the test,
leaving the discussion as warm as ever
for future campaigns. But in that neon
gruous pile are furs and thick woolens for
winter campaigning Qt was In Fepruary
that the first very SOON was sounded
and we provided for the cold OF northern
Korea and southern Manchuria) Every
separate piece is marked with the CORE
spondents name in Roman and in Japanese
lettering; and "soon, very soon." we hope
that all will be deposited on the beach,
and we shall raise our tents and saddle
our horses and go to work instead OF to
official dinners.
Acting as quartermaster of the dumpy
craft is a serious japanese (Mr. Yokoya-
mas representative who has 'Canteen"
embroidered on white circlet on his arm
We, too. must wear white circlets with the
name of the publication which we repre-
sent. Thus shall not be taken for Rus
slams. though the Russians may take us;
and l doubt if the japanese would mind
much if the Russians did. For every cor
respondent there is an interpreter and a
servant When we are not dependent upon
Yokoyama we are dependent upon them.
Finally we are in the hands of the all
doing. never talking general staff, and
bound for unknown destination. At
Moj we board transport and Mr.. Yoko-
yama's ship, with the horses. the kits, the
servants and the interpreters. proceeds at
| eight knots to the rendezvous at Chemulpo.
| After that it is to be hoped that the cor
| respondents may write about something
besides themselves.