Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-07-07
HOW THE JAPANESE FIGHT.
Little Soldiers Of the E;Sado Slash
at the Legs Of Their Russian
Aiversaries.

fantry charged on their stomachs.
writes Helen Hyde, at Shoji. to the
Argonaut but | had no idea how they
did it until | saw Uchiyama charging
around my room--ot exactly GA his
stomach. but away over on his left
knee. propelling himself along with his
right les. which trailed out i-ehind
him. He was firing madly Us he went
and in an instant he was his own OIL
outstanding. forging ahead, sword in
hand. addressing his men. who sec
ond ago. were represented by this same
lightning change artist, Uchiyana.
Where lead you follow!" s..outel
the officer; If any man falters or
makes move to retreat. myself with
my sword In pieces will cut him. For
wardi"
Oh said Uehiyama, turning. pant
ing with his exertions. mo words can
describe the strong actions of our Off
GERS or the strong worls they speak.
They are found dead. shot through the
mouth while shouting to their men
shot in the breast. There was Capt.
Tachibana; shell tore away his right
hand; never mind-he caught his
sword with his left and led ON his men.
never faltering. Another shell tore
| away a great piece of his body. but
when they found him his sword was
still clutched tightly In his hand"
All this because q friend of Uchi-
yama's was just back from the Lao
yang and out in the servants quart rs
had spent the afternoon telling them
wondrous tales.
found on my return that day GEN.
tury-oli dwarf pine and some white
roses. "A Liaoyang banzai present
rom Toku San." explained Togo. HE
said. of ronrse. If you wanted them,
he had bits of shells and such things
from the battlefield. but he thought
you would rather have the pine
l met a hero the other day-at least
so considered by the Japanese. for he
received a coveted 'kanzo" before the
troops-a quiet. unGssuming country
boy. cavalryman OF the imperial body
Glard. Why Gen. Kuroki had con-
ferred this homer upon them and why
| three medals adorned his brilliant uni
form. he did not say but he did say
that he was allowed to keep the Rus
sian others overaoat that he brought
with him. because he. with two COM
. rades. came unexpectedly upon 90 Cos
sacks, and. moreover gave them bat
tie. He simply bowed when some one
i asked how the officer died and one felt
repeiled: and yet when one looked at
the little Japanese horseshoe and the
massive Russian oae-at the overcoat,
which must have been worn by huge
man. and then at the stripling-one
with American sympathy for the under
dog could not help being glad the for
tunes of war were with the boy.
The skirts of tho coat were slashed
! with cuts as clean as if made with the
scissors. and when we asked the mean
ing he said that the horses of the jap
anese and their men were much too
small 10 enable them to strike at the
bodies of their big antagonists-so
that they were Obliged to unhorse them
if possible by wounding them in the
legs. had not realized at what a
great disadvantage the Japanese cav
airy fought.
But this was not the story the young
fellow came to tell 1t was decided ID
give the greater part OF the knitted
cholera bands over which all the wOm-
ankind of Toxic was busy for SO many
V eeks, to the cavalry of the imperial
guards, as, sent ahead on scouting
duty, they were apt to be without
proper food and shelter, and exposed
to more danger of sickness than the
other branches OF the service.
1t was one O'Clock In the morning.
he said. with much exactness, when
the bands were distributed to his CON-
pany. There was only one to every
three men-but the soldiers redistrib-
uted them to suit their own shumani-
tartan ideas. And many times they
changed owners. If one man was
weaker, or if he felt IN, there was no
way to do anything for him WITH fires
or hot water. on came the bands and
they piled one on top of the other,
until the sick man was as warm as
toast They were used for wounds, for
wrapping around the enemy's captured
guns to prevent conclusion; they were
used to relieve their horses; to clean
their guns.
I'm fact" finished the soldier. I'VE
had nothing that we put to more gen
eral use than those domaki; and If you
want to send things to tn, soldiers.
by all means send them those lie
had found the name of certain girls
school written inside his and had used
1 his first opportunity to come and ex-
ress to the workers his gratitude and
aat of his comrades