Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28

clothing for warmth. Both armies wear
more or less furs. The common soldiers
OF Japan have long, thick overcoats Of
kaN with nigh fur collars, which they
can turn up about their faces, and the
officers wear fur-lined coats. AS 20 the
Russians, Some Of them are clad IN turs
and some IN sheep-sklns. The Cossack
uniform Is almost all fur, Including an
enormous fur cap"
"As 10 Are, one OF the most serious
questions Is that OF fuel The march Of
Kuroki's nrmy, with which I was, has
been largely through wooded country,
and we have cut down the trees for
wood At times charcoal has been sent
In from Japan for the use OF the sol-
dlers, and Just now they are doing an
they can TO pump out the Yentai coal
mines. These mines are not very far
from Mikden. They were used by the
Russians, but they Hooded them before
they left ana they are still fun OF wa
ter The Japanese are doing all they
can to get pumps and empty the
mines"
RAILROADS AND THE WAR
Those mines are reached by the rail-
road, are they notP
yes The japanese now have the
southern end OF the Chinese Eastern
railroad, They have changed II to n
narrow gauge I'm order that they may
be able TO use Japanese engines and
rolling stock You may remember that
the Russians have q broad gauge, For
this reason the Japanese could not use
the road until II was changed
Is the Transsiberian road working
well?"
VERY well, indeed, l understand"
al gt.N
has taken charge OF II and they are
pouring soldiers into Manchuria over
H. There ia a steady stream OF lighting
men moving across Siberia day and
night and as fast as the soldiers die or
| become disabled they are replaced by
others. II Is wonderful how little the
Russians seem 10 regard the loss Of men.
| You would have thought that the $4,000
| soldiers who were killed IN the last
! great battle would have disorganized
| the army and disarrangel Its plans.
| 10 did not seem to affect the Russians
| policy one iota. The officers took II as
| n matter of course and also the men.
| This fact, II seemed TO me, made a SER
! ious impression upon the Japanese. Be-
fore that battle they had no doubt Of
| their ultimate success, Since then they
| have begun to wonder whether after all
they can wear out or conquer o foe like
this
THE RUSSIANS AS SOLDIERS.
what kind Of soldiers are the Rus
sians?"
"They are brave and will fight until
they drop. They know nothing else.
We captured many OF them and there
We're thousands dead on the battle
field. Many of the prlyates are fine
looking. They are big-bOned. lusty fell
lows with fair compilations ana light
hair. This surprised me as l had eX-
uected to find dark-haircd men.
had heard many stories OF the vicious
ness and savagery fthe Russian pea
SAINT. The faces / saw had no such
characteristics, and the papers found
upon the men conveyed the opposite
impression. Every soldier had pocket
testament or at least the -Four Gospels,
and upon many Of the dead we found
letters written and ready for mailing
TO their families az home. The letters
were simple, atfectlonate and loving,
giving the little details Of camp life and
carrying messages 90 dear ones, large
and small, In Russia. II seemed TO me
that men who couud write such letters
must be more than ordinarily decent,
Speaking about the testaments II was
curious fact that the names of the
company and regiments OF the men
were scratched out. This was to keep
the japanese from estimating the char
acter Of the Russian army"
"From what you say, captain, the
Russians must be relgiousY'
"They have all forms Of religion, and
/ do not see why we should not give
them credit for honesty" said Capt.
March Every set Of troops has its