Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-27

Last Words Were Banzais = How
 the Men Reme m bered Their Orders.
 Japanese sympathy For . Wound
 ed Russian Boy.
 The following poem. entitled "Sacra- mentum Supremum,' written by Henry Newbolt, the author of "Ad- mirals All appeared recently in the London Times:
 Ye that with me have fought and failed
 and fought
 To the last desperate trench of battles Not yet to sleep. not yet; our work is naught;
 On that last trench the fate of all may L rest.
 Draw near. my friends, and let your thoughts be high;
 Great hearts are glad when 1t is time to give:
 Life is no life to him that dare. not die And death no death to him that dares to live.
 Draw near together; none be last or first; We are no longer names, but one desire: i: i With the same burning of the soul we thirst.
 l And the sams wine tonight shall quench our fire.
 Drink to our fathers who begot US men. To the dead voices that are never dumb | Then to the land of all our loves, and then To the long parting and the age to come. | Mir. Newbolt's poem was inspired by an account of the battle of Mukden written by Japanese officer to his brother, who is now in England. The | writer is Lieutenant Tokutaro Oshio. who has received two "kanjos" for gallantry A translation of the letter, which WAS published in the London Times. fig in part az follows: From Feb. 24 to 2s we were at Fan latoza, and on March 1 were placed under the orders of General Tachimi. ! and then marched to Dodaishi: thence to Zennengyoho Here, as usual, the
 Russians held position of great natu- ral strength. supplemented with every ! device known to the modern military engineers-and the Russian engineers ' are splendid-barbed wire entangle-
 ment. abatris. pits. all complete, and all that could be seen were the mug
 zies of rifles out of the solid masonry | of the walls.
 We advanced very slowly, step by step, through the shower of bullets. | rifles and Maxims making a continuous singsong like the singing of thou sand thrushes Now a man on my | right goes down. now one on my left,
 then fellow is blown to pieces be- fore ones eyes. bis flesh is scattered I and some of it comes upon ones face. Voice of an officer encouraging some 1 wounded men. or orders given in a I hoarse undertone, or e banzai for our | emperor, the last breath of dying man-all these blended together in the I din of battle rush through ones ears
 until one ght think 1t all a night mare but for the evidence of ones | eyes
 After the days exertion the place | remained in the enemy's hands. We I had our colonel wounded and many | others placed hors de combat. Then ' when these things were known to the men their determination and fierce in t dignation reached the highest pitch.
 They said that they would not leave
 the field of battle dead or alive or %
 into hospital until the colors of the | .ha s> -,
 works. In the night the colonel called
 together the officers and said. We must | take the position at all costs or we
 fail in our duty to the comrades Of ' other sections. If unsuccessful. there
 Is only one thing for us 10 do-die.
 Gentlemen. ve will attack the enemy
 now. and ask you to leave your bones
 on this field Of battle with me-
 We In one breath called out: Ban
 zsi. Let u. do or die Orders were
 given out st once: Any one firing with
 out order. shall he court msrtlsled.
 'I-.e yonr bsyonet 'Ofacers will look
 for the enemy's leaders Do not ex- pecf to return alive and so on. and so
 on. Al a. m. the attack beg.n. Al
 30o meters re stopped and made the
 final dispositions. then approached
 within 100 meter. Of the Russian lines. | The enemy poured shot and shell from i every available rife and Maxim and light field gun Thouxh the distance
 was short and the night was dark ct
 this poin, the enemy's fire began to tel | terribly.
 "A man turned over. letting go one 1 hand from his rice. so I kicked him
 gently on the shoulder to see If be had ' fallen asieep-he was dead I beard
 6 gnashing os teeth behind ne-s poor
 fellow was 6ischarginE blood from his
 mouth Ne. not sound not cry of pain. no. even q nutre-ed moan They
 remembered their orders Reaching . poin, where ve were juss able tc see | the afssrris ve charged rifh an earth
 ausklug hu--sh and ue rushed if- We ! some fe- dozen If us-e1teref the ' defense from the ereny's riRtt fsns Here the-. were n sutsngleren.s c- shstris
 T s7-ast o-s- the trench and over | the hresrsvo-ks into the interior. A
 ssr os the ensny's lookout men were ' there. but threw them down into . z sitch with ry h.rds I hsd ncs hsd ny sword drawn ret IL ~ss Ike the
 affair ,t Heikoutsi. -her cur Nsto<
 Nschfro r,. Killed The enemy. Ike ss. then ooucentrsted all his available
 force upon the deferse os the front
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