The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-05

not before it has done the greatest harm to their cause. The Russian gem erai goes among his men, encourages them by his presence, and sometimes dies in doing so, taking away the di- recting brains when they are most needed. The Japanese general stands on hill safely behind, where he can think out his plans coolIy. If there is no special need for his interference, he will take a nap in the fiercest hour of , battle.
 The Japanese is a sanitarian; despite the excellence of the Russian Red Cross, preventive medicine seems un-
 known in the Russian army. Doctors preceded the. first Japanese army, de ciding before we arrived where we
 should be allowed to stay, what water
 We might or might not drink, the
 drainage of our camps and many oth- CT usually neglected things. Our sol- diers were regularly served with Rus sian invasion medicine" pills consist ing of some form of creosOte, which they were obliged to swallow three tN-At'So o AOst A0dAAlA5 lAS hAAN
 doctors argued that mosquito bites
 would be bad for us. and might spread
 malaria. So portable mosquito cur
 tains, adjustable around the neck, were
 served out to every soldier. Odd hours
 would be employed in giving sanitary
 lectures to the soldiers. E The state of the deserted Russian camps was the best proof to us of the
 neglect of sanitation among the enemy.
 These camps were filthy, and the occa-
 sional dressings of chloride of lime
 which the Russian doctors had put over
 them did little to improve matters. If
 the Russians did not lose many men
 from disease during the summer, they
 were specially favored by fate. 5..
 The Japanese runs his camp on tenn perance and on strict moral principles. The common idea of the west that the
 Japanese is an especially immoral race
 is, so far as my experience goes, wrong.
 Chance tourists who have done the or
 thodox tour between Yokohama and
 Nagasaki, may laugh at this Doubt
 less the experience of many of them is
 to the contrary. But they do not see
 the real Japan. While was with the
 first army there were no camp follow
 CTS. and the Chinese women in the vii.
 lages around were as safe as at ordina-
 " times. only knew of two cases of drunkenness throughout the campaign With the Russians 1t was notoriously
 different. Camp followers. crowded cer- tain quarters of Newchwasng and of
 Liao-yang and probably also of Muk- den. I exclude it. Whenever a China l man had to tell grievance against a
 Russian, he would usually precede 1t
 by declaring that the Russian was
 drunk. Port Arthur had almost enough spirits sent to it last January to float
 a cruiser, and champagne poured in when men looked for cargoes of ammu- nition.
 At Newchwang, in the early months
 of the year, it was the same, T laid
 down stock of special military sup-
 plies when war became certain said a lNewchwang store keeper. II secured quantities of prismatic field glasses and of special officers extra equip ments of the best type. My military
 goods remained uncalled for, but the
 Russian officers quickly bought up my entire stock of confectionery, of per fumes, of toilet articles and of spirits" !" The Russian Is handicapped by his Hack of individuality, The soldiers
 move and seem to think in masses; evs cry Japanese believes himself an army | in himself. At the battle of Tensul- tien heavy s force of Russians was sent out to guard the right flank, A much smaller force of Japanese went
 out to drive them back. The Japanese scattered by tones and tWos. Some wriggled up gullies, some slipped from | tree to tree. Soon from three hundred points rifle fire broke out. The Rus sians believed that an overwhelming army was attacking them and retired, I The Russian advances in too close | formation and retires in set ranks; the
 Japanese spreads his forces out as much as he can. Much of the heavy | losses of the Russians has been due to l teir packed ranks. ~ | K The Japanese at the beginning knew his business as a fighting man thor
 oughly. The Russian did not. That
 has been the great handicap of Russia.