Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28

"Mukden Is a very important place
II It not?'
POLITICALLY yes, strateglcally no." re-
Piled Capt March III Is important az
the capital Of Manchura, and IN that
n It falls into the hands OF the Japa-
nese It win impress the Chinese and the
Manchurlans, and they may think that
the japanese are tho more likely 20 be
victorious AS 20 rs advantages as a
war base. they are comparatively little
The most important point is Hardin, at
the junction Of the Chinese eastern rail-
way and the Transslberan railway,
where one branch runs Oft 20 Vladlvos-
tok Hardin has n rich country sur
rounding IL, which raises enormous
quantities Of grain.
There are Touring mills there which
are supplying the Russian army and
also the great warehouses Of the Rus
SLAMS Not FAR away is a rich cattle
and horse country, so that altogether
the place Is exceedingly valuable. IL Is
toward that point that the japanese are
working. If they could capture Hardin
and dsconnect the two lines OF railway,
shutting of eastern Siberia from the
west and. at the same time, get pos
session OF these enormous mills ana
supplies. they would perhaps be much
nearer peace than they are now"
Put is there any possibility that
they can do thatY'
I'm war everything Is possible said
Capt. March. II am not prophet ana
! do not care to predict You must re-
member however, that the campaign
OF the japanese as their armies move
toward the north. becomes more diff
cult while the campaign Of the Rus
SLAMS Is TO n great extent less 80. The
Japanese are moving away from their
base. They have 20 carry all their pro-
visions, ammunition and other supplies
farther on. whereas the Russians are
falling back 10 whore their supplies are.
1T is something OF an undertaking
70 carry the food and supplies Of 300, 900
men, to say nothing Of their arms ana
munitions Of war; continued Capt.
March. you must remember that the
Japanese have ms many men now sta
toned along the sha.ho as there are
men, women and children In Washing
ton. Every one of them has TO have
his three meals a day, and good ones TO
withstand the cold Every one has to
have warm clothing, and II possible n
place TO sleep az night. In the winter
the thermometer gets down TO or below
zero IN Manchuria, 80 you see that a
war like this has other problems than
those OF mere fighting. The same prob
lens confront the Russians
WHAT THE SOLDIERS EAT.
"where do the soldiers get their food,
captain" | asked.
"The Japanese are living chiefly on
rice and meat. The rice Is In a raw
state lust as You find Il In our grocery
stores, and It must be cooked before II
4. 10 lot nt a Tar
and fire. and makes Il q bad field RAJ
ton. / think the japanese are dlscov-
| ering this. II Is not like our hard tack,
| which can be carried to the field and
| eaten at any time. In addition to this
| the Japanese have canned meat, put
| up with n kind OF sauce, IN Japan The
| soldiers eat II out OF the can, and seem
| to relish Il, but a foreigner does not
like Il after two or three meals, II Is
| not so bad when cooked as Il soup"
what Is the food Of the Russlans?"
"They are better able than the Jap
! anese TO live of the country. They can
! get a deal OF fresh meat In the north
4 and their -four comes from the Hardin
| mills. Those mills are large enough "a
| supply the army The Russian cons
| mlssary Ia well managed Each com.
| pany has a great cook stove on wheels
In which big boiler Of SOUP is always
cooking The men put everything they
can get I'm the way Of vegetables and
other edibles into this SOUP and there
Is a hot bowl for each soldier at regular
intervals In this respect the Russians
are better of than the Japanese"
ARMIES IN FURs
How do the men keep warm there
In mldwinter2 They cannot have fires
when under armsV
'No, the most Of them rely upon theil