Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-02

warned of the movement at least a full
day before the advance can POSSIBLY he
in a position to attack the resistance
line proper. BY that time the soldiers
have all been hurried forward from tae
villages, the artillery will be in position.
reserves which are scattered about Tor
miles in the rear will be pushed fer
ward and by the time the armies are
actually in touch with each other this
skeleton of a defense which we see 10
day will be a real and vital line of bat
tie.
Country is Beautiful.
The country Immediately north is
broken and rough, somewhat resem-
bling Montana, but after the Lao river
is crossed, where it bends west and
north the hills break and there
tons one Of the most beautiful and fer
tile plains that the eye of man ever
gazed upon Flat as the Red r
valley or the beautiful country thru
which flows the blue Danube, for miles
the eye sweeps over green fields thick
ly set with groves of willow, elm, and
tamarand while waving fields OF corn
and millet make very garden of the
country.
The immediate neighborhood Of the
river is thickly studded with Chinese
villages and the homes of small Chi
nese farmers, now nearly all occupied
by the Japanese. Across the fields in
all directions are the roads built and
maintained by the army. Bridges have
been thrown across the river in many
places. Telephone lines strung on bam-
boo poles stretch across the plair. AT
every village one sees signs of the Jap
anese advance. First and loren ost a
thorough scheme Of drainage and SAN
itation has been carried out. Deep
bitches line the roads on both sides.
Culverts, grades AMI new bridges have
turned these erstwllile wretched apol-
ogies for highways into roads that In
many places one might lay steel for a
railroad with perfect safety.
Supply System is Perfect
Along the roads drag long lines OF
Japanese transport carts, ever moving
up to the advance positions and head
quarters with supplies for the army.
In each village is a sub-station where
food, ammunition and supplies of all
kinds have beer accumulated for the
troops in the immediate neighhorhood.
In the larger towns are larger deports
for division SUPPLIES. and as we go
back we find the corps supplies. Once
an action Is started on the resistance
line the wonderful machine moves
simultaneously and with the mechanic
al accuracy of a great printipi, press:
every part performs it's operation
quietly and certainly. Forty, fifty, a
hundred miles In the rear ammunition
stored away, for the battle begins to
move slowly forward to replace that
new stored in the villages ahead, ana
day by day as the supplies on the spot
become exhausted fresh materials come
up from the rear with the sumo GER
,tainty that paper is fed into press.
If the fight wakes hot the machine
moves faster and the supplies move
forward quickly; if it lags, the ma
chine moves slowly. AT nl time IS
there confusion or complication. All
is arranged, and whether the battle
starts today, next month or next year
every part of the machine will per.
form it's prearranged function.
Japanese Are Patriotic.
If there ever was a people who car
nv their country with them, it is GER
tainly these same japanese In their
idle hours the soldiers build Japanese
gardens Small artificial lakes are dug
and bordered with stones. Little BAN
boo bridges are constructed and the
quaint Japanese lanterns OF stone are
placed about in the garden, made from
the fiat stones picked up ty the SOL
diers in the country about
In one of these gardens the soldiers
of the company had built a summer
house after the kind seen in Japan.
Lattice work was covered with greens
and iris blossoms made Of paper were
strung on strings and dangled over
head. Indeed, in some Of these places