Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-04

slams were crossing the Sha river to give
attack he somehow became separated from
his comrades and suddenly found himself
alone on the brow of the steep bank. with
many of the enemy charging up to him
from among the rocks that lay between
him and the waters edge 4ltr.-.
Neiga's first thought was to stand his
ground and give up his life for the EN-
peror in a hand-to- hand fight. But he be-
thought himself of the rifle he had in his
hands and firing it twice he sent the enemy
scattering behind the rocks for shelter-all
except one, who lay where he fell, still in
death.
Encouraged by his success, Mega boldly
kept his ground and whenever he beheld
Russian peep from behind shelter he shot
and an enemy fell dead. In such fashion
Mega killed thirteen Russians before rein
forceEaents came up; in the meantime, he
having received wounds In a leg, two in
the head and one in the left arm, but with
out destroying his bravery and determine
ton to die fighting for the emperor.
AT last the enemy, relying on numbers
there were thirty of them Norwegian
charged upon him. Before they reached
him he shot three more, then throwing
away his gun. he put his whole reliance In
his sword and managed to kill four before
he sank to the ground bleeding from count
less wounds.
Apparently he had at last been done to
death, and the enemy left him. But hours
later he was found by his comrades and
revived, and al last report was rapidly re-
covering his health.
Mega is now famous as the bugler of
many deaths, almost as many as has been
credited to the American samurai, David
Crockett
A Fight in the Dark for Fort.
Shall tell you of Lieutenant Yokayama,
who died with banzais for the army his
lips urging on his soldiers to victory? 1t
came about in this fashion:
On the dark and stormy night of October
2 the lieutenant and his small company
We're in the enemy's country about Muk-
den making a reconnaissance. They knew
the enemy to be all about them but they
knew not where definitely, and SO, in order
to encourage his soldiers to meet valiantly
any unhldden danger that might suddenly
make itself known, the lieutenant led in
singing the war songs and marched like
the incoming tide.
But the war songs did more than to en-
courage the soldiers. 1t brought the fire
of the enemy holding hill under which
our soldiers were then passing. For a
second the whitening fire stunned them.
Then the lieutenant, waving his sword,
dered advance, and his men heroically
began the ascent of the hill, charSing in
the darkness an enemy whose strength was
unknown and who was unseen.
Merciless Fire
Halfway up the hill the charge was
halted by the merciless fire, and the lieu
tenant was hit in the loin. Realizing that
he still had work to do for the emperor, he
coolly bandaged himself. and suppressing
all signs of pain, hesregained his feet,
walked to the head of his men, In ringing
words again ordered the advance, and, US
ing his sword as a cane, he leaped up the
hill with the others. 80 49,
On they went in the night lighted up
only by the flashes from the enemy's guns.
AT las they reached the top of the hill, to
find it crowned with a fort. But their
heroic souls were not dismayed. They in
trepidly scaled the walls. The lieutenant
scrambled over with them, with the help of
his sword Inside there terrific hand
to-hand fight, the Russians three times
ou~ force in strength But our men were
inspired with the merit and greatness of
our emperor. There was no withstanding
them. Everywhere the Russians were
beaten back. Then, just as the last were
surrendering, fearful cheer rent the night.
1t was Lieutenant Yokayamas banzai for
the army. 1t was his last banZai. When
his men ran to him they found him dead,
lying across the body of three Russians he
ha1 killed with his sword.
Price Fushimi's Goodness Under Fire.
Let me end with story of our Prince
Fushimi, which is being told all over Nip
pom today
After Nanshan the prince was one day
eating his dinner in the village of Ridaishi,
when a cannon bail from a fort some dis
lance beyond the village passed close over
the diners heads. Up jumped the princes
staff in CONSERVATION. But the prince sat
still and was cool. This Is a great feast"
he smilingly said, and finished the meal.
Shortly after this orders came to the
prince to retreat, But he ignored the orders,
Instead, he commanded the artillery to go
forward, which was DONE Toward evening
the princes wisdom was made known to all,
for the fort whose cannon had tried to spoil
his dinner was in our hands.
Like our princes, every soldier in our
Manchurian armies displayed great valor
in pushing forward, and knows how to act
at the critical moment.