Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-04
Will be Guarded in Bar.
racks on Pigeon
Bay.
OFFICERS MAY GO HOME
Are ESQ Captives of Whom
10000 Are in the
Hospitals.

Headquarters Japanese Third Army
at Port Arthur, JAN 3.-Delayed.)-
The flag of the rising sun floats to-
night over the captured citadel of Port
Arthur. The entire garrison and all
noncombatants will march out of the
city Thursday to- the village of Yahuth-
wei near the shores of Pigeon bay,
from which place the Russian officers
will be transported to Dalny, thence
to wherever they may desire.
The prisoners of war will be detain-
ed at the Russian barracks in the vii
lage. until they can be transferred to
Dalny.
Get 25.OOO Pri.oner..
tured $4,000 prisoners at Port Arthur.
The total number of inhabitants is 35.-
900 of whom 10000 are sick.
Give Aid to wounded.
Headquarters Third Japanese Army.
Jan. 3.-tDelayed.)-The request of
the Russians for food. medicines and
physicians for their sick and wounded
has been granted.
Itse. Wantse and Tayangko forts
were taken over by the Japanese at
noon today.
Mny Give Paroles.
Toxic, Jan. f.-The emperor OF Rus
sia has cabled to Gen Stoessel saying
that the giving of their parole or the
alternative of imprisonment is option
nj with the officers.
Taking AFer Property.
rekfo- Jan 4-Neer-7cports that
on Tuesday commissioners of both
Japanese and Russian armies conclud-
cd their conference and that from
Wednesday morning the actual trans
fer Of war materials at Port Arthur
as the property of the Japanese gov
crnment commenced.
Admit Their Id~atity.
Commander Pelem and the lieuten-
ant of the Russian torpedo boat de-
stroycr Rastoropny. who were cap
tured on board the British steamer
Nigretia. have confessed their identity
before the naval court and been de-
clared prisoners of war.
Point It A. Object Lesson.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 4.-The press
here contains absolutely no additional
news of the war, but the papers with
one accord praise the heroic work of
the Port Arthur garrison and say il is
a record which furnishes an object
lesson TO both the Russians and Japa-
nese.
Postpone n banquet.
Moscow Jan f.-The annual muni-
account of the fall OF Port Arthur.
Prospectus Of New Loan.
Berlin. Jan. "A prospectus of a
new Russian loan of sS1 900 900 will be
issued tomorrow or the next day. Sub
scription lists will be opened in Ger
many, Russia and Holland.
Jap- on sumatra.
Batavia Island. Java. Jan. A du-
ties vessel which arrived here today
reports she met four Japanese war
ships of the east cost OF Sumatra
Tuesday
Amsterdam. Jan. A dispatch
from Batavia says two Japanese cruis-
ers are cruising of Java and a flotilla
OF Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
are north of Borneo. 4 Dutch naval
force. il is added. is cruising on the
western coast of the archipelago.
Fleet mt Madagascar.
Tamatave. Island OF Madagascar,
Jan 4.-The division OF the Russian
second Pacific squadron. commanded
by Rear Admiral Voelkersam, which,
after passing through the Suez canal.
sailed from Jibutil. French Somaliland
Dec 10 for the island of Madagascar.
anchored yesterday in Dassandava
bay. in the northwestern part of the
island.
In Hospitals Many Times
Toxic. Jan. 4.-According To Russian
officers who arrived at Chefoo on boats
that escaped from Port Arthur, the
garrison there originally numbered 35.
600 men OF this number 10. .000 were
killed. $4,000 are sick or wounded
while 5000 occupied the forts Two
thousand of the latter were unable 10
fight
During the siege 265 per cent of the
garrison were put out of action This
remarkable fact was due TO wounded
men returning TO the front Cases
have been recorded where men have
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