The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15

ure. An army Of 40, 900 men Is to
be raised by order OF the Empress In
each OF the twenty. three provinces of
the empjr,, and these armies, also by
imperial edict, are to be otIicered and
drilled by Americans or Europeans.
or by Cinnamon. who have learned
thoroughly a. the Japanese have
Earned, the best methods of the ar
mics Of the Western world.
These things DR.. Tong told me,
but 1t was not all, and in my opinion
not the most interesting. of all that
ne said, You remember that follow
ing the Boxer rebellion In China the
United States exactcd from the Chin.
csc government an indemnity of So
600, 600. 1t has been proposed that
We should return this indemnity to
China. DR.. Tong spoke Of this pro.
prosition and amazed me by saying
that China would appreciate 1t II the
United States did such a thing. On
the contrary, he said, the thing
which China would like best would
be for the United States to invest
that twenty million Of dollars in It's
own government bonds and with the
Income provide scholarships at various
American colleges and universities
for tho free education Of Chinese
students who in the years that are to
come shall be the sol liers and states.
men and tradlSDen Of China.
III the W)wery Kingdom isn't al
ready sitting up and taking notice,
then l don't know what q real wide
awake one is."
DR.. Seamen was asked about the
methods Of the medical corps Of the
greates5 and best Of any army in the
world The history of the worlds
wars shows that practically five sold
iers have died Of preventable disease
where n has died from bullets. Iu
the war Of the rebellion about COZ, 900
lives were lost, and Of this number
lO2 600 were killed on the firing line
or died from the results OF wounds.
balance died from disease, most cases
of which could have been prevented
with proper care.
The surgeons Of the japanese
army received something more than a
half million we'll men. The medical
men directed their entire attention
after the war began to keeping that
army we'll. TO accomplish this the
army surgeons did that which had
never before been heard Of in any war
or the world. They went forward
with the first screen Of scouts thrown
out. They were away IN advance OF
the main army. With lightning like
rapidity they examined every well and
every stream Of water over which the
army would travel. Over one well
they would place a placard with this
legend: This water must not be
drunk except after boiling" Over
another we'll they would place anoth
er placard which read: This water
must not be used for any purpose ex
cept for bathing"
Except In battle the surgeon IN
the japanese army Is the greatmogul
orders are 06ey9d implicitly and
when a Japanese soldier "a Warned
not to drink this or not to drink that
he would no more think Of disregard
ing the mandate of the army
than he would think of disregarding
the command Of his general in.chicf.
The result was that the mon who
won the Victories for Japan we're as
well nigh physically perfect as 1t was
possible for men to be. 1t had to be
Had the death rates in other
wars prevailed in this one the Japan.
ese army would have been wiped out.
Therefore In the main, preventable
disease was prevented, and the sold
lers OF Japan were not murdered in
the cause Of war"