Arizona republican., 1905-03-15

wood corn and biscuits. Occasionally
 boxes of cartridges exploded with a 1 disagreeably dry rattle, or rockets rose
 and burst into clusters of stars. The
 flames had plenty of material, as there
 were over $500 carloads of corn and
 biscuits and over 323, 900 cubic feet of
 coal, straw, and millet This was the
 only reserve commissariat and the
 other stores was destroyed. The
 wounded crowded the station, filled
 every vacant place in the cars and the
 brake beams, buffers and roofs were
 occupied. while others were hanging | to the step.
 The last train pulled out as General Tsripitsky's troops began to pass the
 station shortly before the explosion which wrecked the Hun river bridge. On the platform remained eight tele-
 graphers who had volunteered to stay at their keys until the arrival of the Japanese. In the hospitals of the h. vonia division of the Red Cross and medical staff were 1,050 severely wounded, including 564 Japanese the Chinese governor of Mukden giving his word to defend them until Mukden was occupied by the Japanese. How many wounded reached the station after its evacuation is not known
 SOOOESSiOiN UT FGNISSs
 Of the military railroad all but 125 miles was abandoned and the wagons destroyed Tens of thousands of boxes of ammunition were abandoned, but the most important of all from a ma t4rial point of view, is the loss of the Fushun coal mines. which supplied the road with coal. The retirement of the wagon transport was twice imperiled by panic on the morning of March 10. 4 Japanese squadron and guns con cealed in the mountains opened fire and the drivers, who were undisci- plined peasants, unaccustomed to the sound of shimose shells, began to de- sert their carts and wagons, cutting loose the horses and throwing the stores from wagons. The confusion be- came rampant and spread to terror stricken civilians and even gunners and was communicated to some infan- try troops. The Japanese. however soon ceased firing and order was re- stored. The troops following the wa ! gonS carried off two cannon but were unable to gather the abandoned prop erty. Soldiers broke open the officers boxes and portmanteaus and ransacked them for valuables..
 Just before dark another panic oc- cured at the station of Santaise, where an enormous collection of carts had halted for the night. A column of Russians advancing was taken for Jap 1 anese and the cry of Japanese cav airy" was raised. The unarmed drivers commenced to flee, while those with rifles fired in every direction. The cool heads quieted the panic stricken. but a number of lives were lost and ad- I ditiOnal property was sacrificed. The retirement of the central and western armies was effected by four roads and over the fields between. The army of Linevitch followed the eastern roads from Fushun, Impan and Flu Pass. The third army retired in echelon leaving a strong rear guard.
 The Japanese at nightfall occupied half of the village of Santiatse, burst at day break into the imperial tombs and opened a heavy fire. The Rus ! sians however, refrained from opening a fire in the holy places of the Chinese. The Japanese did not press severely from the rear bending their efforts to the Hanks of the army. Several di- visions acting as the rear guard under General Launin were almost surround ed but broke through under a heavy fire on both Hanks. The rear guard on the night of March 10, held the heights at the station of Sushita and on March II and 12 fell back slowly to Tie Pass
 Now, Tie Pass is a great organized military camp in which the troops as- sembled are calm and have gotten themselves into order, the men imme- diately forgot their recent hunger. sleeplessness, weariness and fear of death, and sit around the blazing camp fires and sing and are ready to defend the position or even go out and at tack the Japanese.