The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29

y. PEY ON g. MARc Il &
ana their flour comes from the Hardin
mills. II I Those mills are large cnough3Eto
supply the army. The Russian commits (
sary Is well managed Each company has
d great big cook stove on wheels, IN which 4
d big boiler or soup IS always cooking
The men put everything they cnn get in 4
the way of.vegetablcs and other edibles
into this soup, and there Is a hot bowl
for each soldier at regular Intervals In K
Z this respect the Russians are better off
than the Japanese. g Il.
Armies in Furs.
s!How do tho men keep warm there in I
midwinter? They cannot have fires when
under arms r. NJ q VA II
mo, the most of them rely upon their
clothing for warmth Both armies wear
moro or less furs. Tho common soldiers
sof Japan have long thick overcoats Of
skalsi, with high fur collars. which they
can turn UP about their faces, land tho
Officers wear fur-lined coats. AS TO the y
Russians, some or them are clad lin furs
and some in5Esheepskns The Cossack8
uniform IS almost all fur, including an
enormous fur cap. $84 tliia{T & " f{t a gg
'.As Ito fire, one Of tho most serious
questions is that .of fuel The march OF Z
Kurokis army, with which II was, has
been largely through a wooded country,
and we have cut down the trees for
wood AT times charcoal has been sent 1
IN from Japan for the use Of the&soldiers
and just now they are doing all they car
4 to pump out the Yental coal mines. These
mines are not. very far from Mukden.t
They were used by the Russians, but they
flooded them before they left, and they
5ure still full OF water The Japanese
arc doing all t.ey can to get pumps and
empty the mlnos.''S II gEss ls5
Railroads and the War.
Those mines arc reached by the #rail-i
roads, are they not VII Ell s i. a X
Yes. The Japanese now have the SOUTH
'ern end or the Chinese Eastern Railroad.
EThey have changed 1t to asnarrow gauge
in order that they may be able Rto use
Japanese engines and rolling stock. on
may remember that tho Russians have
broad guage. For this reason II The Jap
ancse could not use the road until It was
changed 555lfi z
rs the Trans Siberian road working
Ewcll?" HI &. is S{ H. II.
Very we'll, indeed, Understand, ]" said
Captain March. The government ha 8
taken charge of 1t and they are pouring
soldiers into Manchuria8 over It. There
lis steady stream Of fighting men moV-
ling across Siberia day and night, and as
fast asSthe soldiers die or BECOME dis
isabled they are replenished by others It
Is wonderful how little the Russians seem
I to regard the loss Of men, You would
a have thought that the 1000 soldiers who
yi wS,e killed in the last great battle would
have disorganzed the army and dlsar-
ranged its plans. 1t did not seem to affect fta
Y the Russian policy one iota. The officers
/ took 1t as a matter Of course and also he
men. This fact, 1t seemed to me, made
n serious impression upon the ~ Japanese
4 Before that battle they had no doubt
\ or their ultimate success. Since then theY
have begun to wonder whether atter az
X they can wear out or conquer a foe like
X this 14 "a S 375 s. S59 NJ A 35iis XII 81 Fl
/ The Russians as Soldiers.
-"Whut kind Of soldiers arc the Rus
s They arc brave and viii fight ,lntll
athey drop. HI. They know nothing else.
4 We captured many of them and. there
| were thousands dead on tho 8batleheld.
Many of the privates arc ilne-looKlhs.
4 They arc big -boned, lusty follows WIN
surprised me, as expected TO ma darK-
4 haired men, Il had heard many stories
+, Of the yIciousness and snvngery or the
4 Russian peasant. The faces | saw had
no such characteristics, and the papers
found upon the mep conveyed the oppo-
site impression Every soldier had a
pocket testament or ut least N ne Four
Gospels. and upon many OF me ae't l W.
found letters written and ready for mall
ing TO their families attthome, Tho let
,ers were simple, affectionate and loving,
giving the little details OF camp life ana
carrying messages to dear ones, large
and small, In Russia. 1t seemed to me
4. that men who could write such letters
must be more than ordinarily decent.
Speaking about the Iestalnehts' ~ WIS =
curious fact that the names OF the conf
pany- and rcglm nts Of the men were
scratched out. This was to keep the
Japanese fronr estimating the character
OF The Russian army. i3' }2&
from what you say, captain, the RUS
SLAMS must be religious?''}5
"rhey have all forms of religion, ano
.tI do not see why VIC should not glVf
them credit for honesty" said Captain
March. Every set of troops has It's
priest with It, Il high-capped man IN 2
long black gown The soldiers sinE
hymns as they go into battle, and ever
during their night attacks, they charge
singing,
The Japanese Soldier.
"IIow about the Japanrse?"
i "They are just the opposi,es OF th'
!. Russians They make no noise what
ever. They sing no military songs an'
.. in fact you never hear them singing
They are quiet IN camp and on n
, march mid In battle; hut theyYgo steadll.
ahead and fight to the death, Their
arc no braver soldiers known than III
Japanese and none, think, more eff
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fare they well trained?r
: "Thorougbly So" said Captain March
. 1.-THE work they sare doing IN Manehuri
= Is not new work for them They hay
been doing this same thing IN thei
: nanoauyres ;it home year after yea
u for afteen years, They have been move