The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-13

ure. An army Of 10000 men Is t.
oeraised by order OF the Express ii
each of the twenty three provinces O
the empirs, an6 thase armies, also BY
imperial eaict, are to be oficered an6
drilled by Americans or Europeans
OF by Cinnamon. who have learned
thoroughly as the japanese haVs
learned, the best methods OF the ar
nies Of the Western world.
These things DR.. Tong told me,
but 1t was not all, and IN my opinior
not the most interesting. of all that
he said, You remember that follow
ing the Boxer rebellion in China the
United States eXacted from the Chin
ese government an indemnity OF s0,-
600, 900. 1t has been proposed that
We should return this indemnity to
China. DR.. Tong spoke Of this pro.
prosition and amszsd me by saying
that Ctina would appreciate it if the
United States did such thing. On
the contrary, he said, the thing
which China would like best would
be for the United States to invest
that twenty million OF dollars in its
own government bonds and with the
Income provide scholarships at various
American colleges and universities
for the free education OF Chinese
students who in the years that are to
come shall be the soliiers and states
men and tradesIen CT China.
III the Flowery Kingdom isn't al
ready sitting up and taking notice,
then I don't know what a real wide
awake one is."
Dr.. Seamen was asked about the
methods Of the medical corps Of the
greates5 and best Of any army In the
world The history of the worlds
vars shows that practically five sold
isrs have Gied OF preventable disease
where one has died from bullets. 10
the war Of the rebellion about 6O2, 900
lives were lost, and Of this number
102 900 were killed on the firing line
or died from the results OF wounds.
balance died from disease, most cases
OF which could have been prevented
with proper care.
The surgeons OF the Jaganese
army received something more than a
half million well men. The medical
men directed their entire attention
after the war began to keeping that
army we'll. To accomplish this the
army surgeons did that which ha5
never before been heard Of In any war
Of the world. They went forward
with the first screen OF SCOUTS thrown
out. They were away ia advance o.
the main army. With lightning-like
rapidity they examined every well and
every stream OF water over which the
army would travel. Over one well
they would place q placard with this
legend: This water must not be
drunk except after boiling" Owe:
another well they would place anoth.
or placard which read: THIS water
must not be used for any purpose ex
cspt for bathing
Except in battle the surgeon In
the japanese army is the great mogul
Els orders are obeyed implicitly, and
when a japanese soldier is warned
not to drink this or not to drink that
he would no more think Of disregard
ing the mandate OF the army surgeon
than be would think OF disregarding
the command OF bis general-in-chtef.
"Tne result was that the msn who
7on the victories for japan were as
well nigh physically perfect as it was
possible for men 10 be. II had to be
30. Had the death rates in other
vars prevailed in this one the Japan.
3se army would have been wiped out.
Therefore in tie main, preVentable
disease was prevented, and the sold
ers OF Japan were not murdered In
jhe cause OF war"