The San Francisco call., 1905-01-06
Prisoners

PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 5.-A meeting
between General Stoessel and General
Nogi took place to-day at Shuishi vii
lage. Noon was the hour fixed for the
meeting, but owing to a mlsunoer-
standing of the time General Stoessei
arrived at 10:30 o'clock and was re-
ceived by lieutenant. General Stoes-
sci remained at Plumtree cottage until
IL o'clock, when General Nogi arrived
with his staff. The two generals met in
a. room of the cottage and after an eX-
change of greetings held long con-
ference. When they emerged from the
cottage they shook hands and General
Stoessel mounted his horse ana re-
turned to Port Arthur.
LONDON, Jan. Especial dispatches
from Toxic say that the Port Arthur
garrison was marShaled at O'CLOCK on
Thursday morning at Yahutsul In ac-
cordance with the terms of the, supple
o mentary agreement.
The Standards Port Arthur corre-
spondent reports that the town appears
to have been little damaged by the
bombardment. Carriages and ricka-
shas. he says, are moving about with
well-dressed persons. who apparently
are anything but Starved. The ruined
forts resemble hills shaken py
mighty conVulsion, and in many cases
every trace of the works has d1sap-
peared.
TOXIC, Jan. "a report from Cen
eral Nogfs headquarters, which was
received to-day, largely increases the
figures of the surrendered garrison. and
e. intimates that the force handed over
10 the Japanese will I've o.. coo, exclusive
of $4,000 or 10000 sick and wounded.
making a rough total of $4,000. The re-
port is as follows:
AS previously reported the transfer of the
,},iects mentioned in article 2 of the capitula-
ton compact took place on January and the
transfer of the forts and batteries has been
The prisoners will be assembled at the place
appointed on January .. but the investigator n
relating to these prisoners is so complicated
that the result cannot be reported at present.
: Reports received up to date are as follows
Eight generals four admiras, ffty-seven col
pnels and majors. 100 captains and command
ors 531 army captains and lieutenants, 2oo
naval Heutenants and naval officials, ~ army
officials 100 surgeons 90 chaplains of the
rank and file of the army. % 4S4; OF the rank
and file of the navy, 4J00; army non-com-
hatants 3e45; naval non-combatants, 800;
Resides these there are abo, $4,000 or 10000
sick and wounded in the hospitals. The vol
unteers are chiefly included in the list OF non
eornbatants. 900 -.
horses were surrendered.
examined the sunken warships at Port
Arthur, and nothing is known of their
condition and possibility for further
use The japanese are keenly anxious
to know the condition of the sunken
ships, and it is believed some of them
are salVable. The Russians ingenious
ly blocked the drydock. They towed
the transport Amur inside the dock,
blew her UP so that she partly turned
turtle and sank sidewise. and then de-
stroyed the dock gate. The Russians
turned over to the Japanese ten small
steamers available for immediate use.
All the other craft had been sunk.
The work of clearing away the mines
commenced as soon as the Russian
charts provided foT in the capitulation
agreement were delivered TO the Jap
aneSe.
The official figures giving the Rus
sian and Japanese losses at Port Ar
thur are not yet available.