Evening star., 1905-11-11
RUSSo-JAPANESE WAR.
illustrated Lecture by Robert L. Dunn
Before Geographic Society.

very large audience was at the Ma
tional Rifles Hall last night to hear and
see the first lecture of the Geographic
Societys winter course. 1t was illustrat-
ed talk on the Russo-Japanese war by Rob-
ert l.. Dunn. correspondent for Golfers
Weekly on the japanese side during the
fighting in Manchuria. Mr.. Dunn was for
tunate in having at his disposal pictures
taken on both the Russian and Japanese
sides, though the majority of the views
We're pictures made with Kurokps army to
which Mr. Dunn was attached
Leaving the quality of the lecture out OF
the question, 1t was a. wonderful series of
pictures. In fact, the pictures would al
most have spoken for themselves without
any other talk.
Mr.. Dunn was able to show the whole
panorama of the war from the sinking of
the Variag and Korietz, at Chemulpo, to
the signing of the treaty OF peace at Ports
mouth. There were many interesting pic
lures showing the hospital arrangements,
where both Russians and japanese were
cared for and the funeral pyres where Rus
. sian and Japanese cremated side by side
to prevent contagion in the army. One
trench captured outside Liaoyang showed
one dead Jap to every five feet OF the
trench, and the losses running as high as
10000 dead in a single battle, made the
story one OF the most gruesome that could
be told in the annals of warfare.
The Japanese war office, like the Russian,
gave out no names of enlisted men killed.
and thousands OF families in Japan are still
waiting. In doubt as to whether or not
their loved ones will return with the deci-
mated battalions from the front. One very
striking picture taken after the battle OF
Mukden. showed a battalion OF Kurckfs
forces drawn up In close order ON an open
plain
The lines of companies showed like the
broken teeth of ill-used comb. Some
were long, some short and some missing
their losses In the great battls, and perhaps
the only record that will ev.sr show outside
the files OF the Japanese war office.
Some of the pictures taken during the
progress Of the many fights showed shrap-
mel exploding and indicated the immense
area covered by one OF these deadly mis-
siles. Another graphic record was OF
captured Russian battery with half the
shells unexploded. The speaker said that
all the shells unexpioded had missed Are.
what they were filled with was mystery
known only to the Russian army contract
ors, but they were responsible for many OF
the Russian defeats.
A number or the pictures in lighter vein
showed the trouble the correspondents had
with the money of the country, 200 coffer
cash going for one dime when the cash was
at par. Later when 1t had begun to depre-
punn's coolies transporting s2.75 on a big
hand car piled high with the cash strung
on corn husks.
The Shaggy little horses OF the country
Mr. Dunn said were the smallest beasts OF
burden In the world. but for toughness, en-
durance and ali-round viciousness they were
at the head of their class. 1t took six men
to throw one down. tie and shoe him. And
the six men were on top about half OF the
time The ponies were fed exclusively on
boiled beans, and 1t was one mans work
TO keep at least two hours ahead Of the
pack train and boil beans enough for the
horses meal at the next camping place.
The pictures Of Port Arthur were vivid
In their realism and showed what awful
havoc had been wrought in the doomed city
by the accurate long-rango IRE Of the
Japanese heavy guns