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New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

the money provided for paying the army
and passed it on to the next in command
and he TO his next, until * came down 10 Thomas
Atkins, when II was small indeed.
The people who got Up the rebellions that were
common were generally soldiers cheated OF
their pay. A rebell: IN was good business for
the officers. too. y military mandarin obtained
money from the government TO provide more
soldiers and war material. Part of this he gave
TO the leader Of the rising TO induce Elm 10
make peace and the rest he took himself
The Chinese soldiers used 10 rob those whom
they were hired to protect. In a town of which
I heard there was a row between Protestant
and Roman Catholic native Christians. Soldiers
We're sent not exactly to settle theological dll-
ferences, but to keep the peace. The first day
they demanded rice from the inhabitants but
cooked it themselves with their own charcoal;
the second day they commandeered both rice
and charcoal, and the third day they forced the
people 10 cook for them.
Before quite recent reforms the clothing OF
troops troubled viceroys and provincial gov
little as did their food and payment
AS a rule nothing was given to them except
parti-colored sleeveless linen jackets, which they
over their ordinary coolie clothes and
slipped on and off to suit their convenience On
the back of the jacket the word Ping" or SOL
der was inscribed. Without this label one might
easily have made a mistake Should courage fail
the warrior he threw off his jacket and retired
into the comparative security of private life.
Was there to be an inspection. and the military
mandarin, having appropriated public money
had no soldiers to show. coolies hired for
the occasion and put into blue and red Jackets.
Falstaff said that he could get linen for his
soldiers any hedge; a military mandarin re-
Yersed this and got men for his linen in every
village. A general inspected a regiment and
lunched When he was at the meal the Jackets
of the inspected men We're sent to another place
and put coolies who then inspected. In
several Of the provinces the army was literally
of dry bones. The names of men long dead
nv
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TOO BRAVE.

The bravery of young men," said Rear Ads
miral Buhler at Atlantic City. rs a fact that
shall never cease to marvel over. Did you syss
hear Of a hope too forIOrn, a risk too over
whelming. FOR the young men of the armies and
navies of the world 10 undertake?
"If only the young mems wisdom equalled
their bravery. But that is impossible. SOms-
times I think boys have much bravery thas
there is no room in them for anything else
IT used to know boy who was brave enoushs
but reckless, careless extravaganza He aceumu<
lated a great quantity OF debts.
His father gave him talking TO one day.
Suppose. he said, that I should be take1
away suddenly what you'd become Of your
I'D stay here the boy answered, smiling.
The question is. What would become OF you!
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
FRICTION OYER STATTrE.
Casting of Equestrian Figure of NJ.
Clellan Delaued

There is a reported friction between the ~
mount Park Association, Of Philadelphia ana -
American sculptor. Paul w. Bartlett over thu -
equestrian statue of General George r NrcCgar-ss
which is to be set up at the entrance to tbs -
as a companion piece to the statue OF 60
WlnneId 5. Hancock representing Pennsylvar,,,s
greatest two generals The statue il now ~ -.
works at Mount Vernon. n Y. This conona,, =
TO cast it in bronze. but has not done so becsr.-
the committee and the sculptor appear 10 n. -
odds The model stands sixteen feet high "a
when Ii is cast it will weigh seven tons.
IL was learned yesterday that the sc,lptor ca,-
over from Paris to set IL up. but that neithsr ~
committee nor General McCleIans son NIavor 1ro-
Clellan Of New York. went to look AZ in haso,.
he sailed for Paris. When the sculptor sailed ..
Paris 1t is said, he was very much miTed. n.
statue and had advanced S. f0 but he ogaTa5 "a
return the money rather than have the sratue ~
out unsatisfactory 70 his ideas artist Il
Is said that he was very anxious TO have the eonr
mittee and the son of General Mcclellan examir.
the model before ne returned Paris where hs 4,
engaged on the statue Of Lafayette which ~
American people are to set Up in Paris as a -
to the French republic.
The present model is the third that has ba.-
made by Mr.. Bartlett The first one was accented
by the committee but he would not lei ~ % epoet &
because it did not suit HIS ideas The second ~ S III
he also destroyed after working on il nearly 80
because he considered IL a trife too narroy y
understood that the present model
10 the sculptor but that the COMMITTEES mas c-I+iy
eised it because the legs of General McClefan1.
barrel The sculptor says that he made the lsgs
especially long in order TO properly show the stsf1s
which would make a horse with ordinary legs Iooi..
rather fiat. Mr. Bartlett made the CoIIm5Ts
Michael Angelo statue for the same building n
he and the park committee can agree it Is ex-
pected that the statue viii be put up this fan AMI
Mayor Mcclellan and his mother viii be guests ~
honor at the unveiEng.
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REFORM BEGUN.

This was the condition of the Chinese army
when the japanese came along and knocked
them sky high Then the nation began to think
that it was time TO set their military house in
order and they We're confirmed in this opinion
when the European powers appropriated slices
of their country and extorted enormous indem-
mites, when at last the worm turned
Several times, when stationed at Hong Kong
I went on leave to important places in China
and particularly noticed things military The
first time l went was four and a half years ago
and then the armies of the different provinces
in transition state. l soldiers who
had other weapons than spears and gingalIs
and no better clothes than rags, and on the
other hand l some with Mauser rifles and
even with waterproof coats which. when
sprinkle Of rain fell, they put on over rather
smart uniforms.
But Of course it was the war between Japan
and Russia that not only awoke China but made
her sit up and look about her. Since the begin
ming of that war there has been a Chinese mill
tary renaissance. Just after il began l went for
q tour in China and noticed how busy the mill
tary hive was. At Canton l saw the guard of
the NicerOy with bugle band and all complete
and certainly the band did not appear to be or
ganiZed in order TO follow the injunction of an
old military writer: Spread in the camp of
the enemy volupuous musical airs to
soften his heart" When the guard of honor who
received the Viceroy at HankOW, during a visit
paid 10 that place. presented arms to his ex
cellenCy, they dld not DO So kneellng, as used 20
be the case, but in the most approved European
style. Having very good introductions to the
authorities at Ichang was shown over the bar
racks, beginning with the school. for all these
up TO date soldiers must learn to read and write
On the walls Of the school there were maps and
also portraits Of some Of the worlds great men
There We're also cards upon which We're shown
every decoration and uniform Of the japanese
army. Pains seem to have been taken 10 teach
the soldiers that Japan is the only important
country in the world. The barraCk rooms were
small but not crowded, and the mems arms and
accOutrements were in good order The men
looked we'll fed and seemed TO take great interest
In physical drill
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easy for us to make disposition OF the money
l have had three cases of this kind
DO you have any trouble getting the good will
of seamen account of the religious character of
the socety?'
"Oh. the men respect pretty well and we make
no distinction on account of race creed. Once
In while man will come in here and ask If [
of those religious fellows tell him il
is of his business; that l am here to put him
his pins again, fill his stomach and treat him
well as ! can; but that If he wants sky pilots
furnish them too"
At this point in the conversation a crew of Arabs
lined up 10 be paid off by the Consul. They made
picturesque sight in tight blue with brass
buttons dark trousers. small white skull caps en-
brodered in gold, and bushy whiskers.
This is good place 20 study Foreigners con-
tinued Mr.. Kersting. They come here from all
the world, in their native costumes The only
going Indians l have ever seen are the San
Bias Indians of South America. Crews come in
from India. with their scanty white garments
Then there are the Lascars from Bombay branch
of the Mahometans. who always stirring up
trouble aboard ship. partly because they not un-
derstand English. They 10 the Consul with
their tribulations and he has TO straghten the
misunderstanding.
You should in some Sunday afternoon at
o'clock. when We have tea for the British ap-
prentices. We send harbor boat. the Sentinel
after them and number OF women come in TO
prepare the light neal. The boys from good
English families. too. and often become officers
boys for These youngsters are bright
clever chaps. and it is interesting TO hear them
talk OF Australia, japan Cape Town and India
There from two TO six apprentices on each OF
the British ships. Here is a cloth helmet one of
them - . souvenir. I found a paper slip
In the lining, and showed 1t him oh that
Is transfer got on the Singapore electric tram
car. he said. 7 did not it That made a me-
menfo for me. To so with tho helmet. The nice
girls who come here Sunday afternoons ask the
boys for buttons 70 keep soursnirs Soma Of
them oorruspond. and It 10 . good thing for the
bsyN
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'Jlnkins.' the other replied
Where yo from"
&c The Barbados.
'Yo' my broder. and he rolled his eyes IN IL.
direction for I had Overheard the whole tlins.
said: WHAT made you ask him his name IN 'l-.
way? He said can't tell, sir oul HS ~"
Jumped; it neber jumped that way oeio any
tust had to ask him. I amt seen him 70 49,
years. but he is my broder all right ana 50 +'H
were reunited. :.
"Shipwrecked crews are taken care oi - "A
boarding houses until their cases are dislOS01 ~.
by the consul generals OF their own countries a.,
recently had a wrecked crew from an - -
ship: they had been picked Off the riSslhs' =
they had chung for four days. After theS -
ahle 10 ger out and see the sights talked - -
one OF the men. who said re had been riuHs "a.
one Of the overhead tramcars Did you aiSo
in one OF the underground tramcarsf as@OU -,
No. indeed he replied. You woHian 81
MS. q, one of those I wouldn't risk my Iie =
way: they might break down. Yet he nao 1tthsaa
stuck 70 the rigging Of snip iour Gays
food
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WRONG WAY TO WORK.

W. B. Wilson. secretary of the United Nina
Workers. was talking about business success IN
Scranton.
Success is largely a matter Of intelligence ha
said. We are all Industrious enough TO suc-
ceed- It is lack of discretion rather than lack a
push that keeps US back.
so many men work stupidity, like the boy N
the drug store.
There was a boy clerking in drug store "a
whom the druggist said:
You sweep and clean well. but you're not a
good salesman as you should be. To be good
salesman you must push things bit. Call each
patrons attention to some article ne needs
Thus you may often effect an extra sale
All right, sir said the boy.
And that afternoon he said 10 elderly
woman who had come I'm after stamp
Anything else. ma am? Hair dye. cosmetic
wrinkle remover. face powder, mole destroyss
skin rejuvenatOr, fabby-
But with exclamation Of annoyance hs
woman fastened out before the alert boy was
through his catalogue OF the articles he though;
she needed"
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one great object OF our work is 10 make the
sailor "A free maa." said the Rev. Archibald p
AAhA--elc, the other Gay. in his unadorned Office
a. No ! State street where he directs the So
mems Church Institute work Doubtless NJ N,ars
-alc Is termed SKY pilot" by many OF the me-,
VINO Ueqaent the reading rooms. but az one man
expressed IT. "he IS about three-fourths business
manager and One-fourth sky pilot"
AZ present the seaman IS q slave o. Mr NTsnsn.la
continued "He may be willing 10 be a slave. but
a. slave be Is detr1ment TO any port His short
soo rare periods away from duty make q child OF
him on land although az sea he is strong. giving
GAYS and nights in protecting the people and car
goes oa NE shin.
~eSsY York Is rar behind otber -,.,.. -.
IN ths care OF seamen.' London. rsv.-,o,, 80
Mnltreal an have large buildings for ,hasa -
a2S even Boston has recently opened a bIils,r, .,
EiI7ilar Character. but the needs OF -b,s no-, a.
Eresa1Er than these OF Boston -
As Aan@-@oans are the greatest travellers o.. Cha
No4S- HL1ly wealthy persons have become inter
e.so In fis SUBJECT yet It IS hard 10 raise rnon.
IleT al About two hundred ana hftv -housa-s
sailors visit tl1.s port every year"
are Americana - ''ieni
heA' asah that is what makes people say. .yvby
give money for sea1aen7 Let earb corn. -;
a-ier Its own men This Is an easy 49,, 80 -.
isg rLe SUBJECT The majority ef ships on yvbict
= 81 70 Europe are manned by English
OF Serfnan crews This government reou,ras ,ta.
certain perneutage of crews on lrnarscar ssI,
nluht De A1nsr1can citizens but this Is q ,ara.
Men sign falsely get ths ro-k iA'"e
aGVe you ever heard that ,,,o,4 ...., -.
rSo nashss1 They have what they csil a 6,sn ~,
name ssad one Tor sho-s THIS ts hacsr.~ -, se<
eitnes run eVrny from home as how. ,,na.~ -
e~Dea ilAitHs or because they have deserted soyn
ri1p ana 90 not want 20 be discovered We -
s0il-e H01ble IN getting the names strsiebt ~,
not nlnoh- FOR Instance & man had an aooo,-
has unoer ne naIae OF Roy HanIey One dsv =
o~4.e n hnS wanted 20 draw some money ur
could not remember hss faa~ and 80. So. !"
S@s saao' Ny name Sc Hayden We tnId hin ,tr
vac no Sooouft her. WITH n man By The mana !,
0fso@n- instantly ne turned white and ,,e
lsft ne na01sy II his sea rx-a.s sy~5 - !. .
Ia H2Al@Ee Eoz1n prevent him fruzn coIlsc4,nr ,
y turned cut an right, OF eo9rs. ln4ocbsr cas-.
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made for sending hundred students eacn year
to military schools in Japan. A college. 100 mas
been established for training medical omcers.
This will probably make the Chinese soldier
fight better for what ne used TO dread more
than death was being left to die of his wounds
and that no one would make ritual offerings to a
corpse abandoned on the battlefield
Considering the Cheapness of living in China
the pay of the new army is not bad. A private
gets 11s. Sd. month of our money, and non
commissioned officers in proportion. A subal-
tern has 800 a year, q battalion commander,
with allowances. about f325, and regimental
commander nearly 1900
As regards the material of war may OBJ
serve that at Han Yang. FOOchOw, Tientsin, and
other places there are arsenals where guns OF
the newest pattern are turned out.
a word now as to the quality or the present
Chinese soldier. A Chinaman is, as rule, &C
never forgets. He can live upon nothing, and
has little or no objection TO dying. These are
the qualities of a good soldier.
If Chinese soldiers have many occasions
fought badly that the army came to be con-
Sidered a negligible quantity this is SIMPLY De-
cause they We're badly fed and badly led
But it is not true that they have always
fought badly. At Tientsin six years ago they
were not more in number than its defenders.
and yet they very nearly took the city. And
the admirable way in which Chinese gunners
then worked their guns surprised every one.
So well concealed was one gun, that did much
mischief, that it could not be located for three
days. Eventually il was found in the inner
room of a house, firing through the outer room,
a compound and the gate leading 10 the street.
Thinking of the 400O0000O inhabitants of
China and of the wonderful resources of the
country, NAPOLEON said at ST. Helena, when
China is moved il will change the face of the
globe" Well. China is moved with vengeance
for past bad treatment, and will have
cause to regret that sleeping dogs not al
lowed to lie.-Nneteenth Century.
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Religious Persons Who Try to Befriend Him Meet
Difficulties of His Dislike for SLypilots"

which sits one of the most CHEEKY wideawake men
imaginable
'An outside this wire screen is British territory.
you better come in said r. Kersting, who has
charge of the seamens savings for the Seamens S
Church Institute.
You know. when I first came here" he began.
Il could not understand what these men in line
were waiting for. The Consul has special officer.
do you see him there, in gray uniform? Well.
he is big Irishman who retired from the
New York police force. l said Mack, what are
these here for?' He answered. with quick
Irish wit: 'Whin they're sober, they come to sign
Whin they're drunk. they to be paid off. =
learned that when many seamen sober IT
means that their money 10 gone. and they are ready
for work again.
You know. sailors have a hard time of il, after
all. Sometimes their voyages last from eighteen
10 twenty months, with hard work. poor food. and
no liquor Their stay land is a genuine lark.
have a hard time talking them into saving their
money, but I handle $4,000 of their money
every month. most of which is sent by them TO
dependent relatives through US.
Some OF the men deserve great credit. One came
in this morning who only had S33 in the world. He
sent five pounds (S25 of it home to take OF his
old mother I'm an English poorhouse. Another man
had only $l3O and he sent ILL 10 his wife In Liver
pool. saying: I've wife and kids. and a
mighty good wife she is. too
Here is who is steady and above
the average. I have induced him from time to
time TO save 800. which I put in the bank at
interest for him. Now he wants 70 draw out No
OF 1t and will lose the interest. II you had not
been here I would have talked to him like a
| Dutch uncle
Now I had an interesting incident the othsr
| day. A captain came in and asked IL had a,
account with Thad Hanlon- I said Yes and he
replied that the plan had died his ship In Glen
| fuesos. and was buried with Roman Catholic rites
/ After getting the proofs I forwarded the money
left hero (b 10 his brother. according the paper
ia had signed here When opens an 40
count, We make him sign a sort OF win on a stub
With tie record. that In case death Il 20 y~v
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that has grown into positive religion ana "noso
adherents are many. The house in whieh the rap
r,rss origi,ated is at present owned by William H.
IIvde The building put up in 1913; oy "hofi
Is not known 1t is "a frame house covered WIZ.
cruIn5ng clapboards. and the inside is la'heo anu
plastered The work was roughly DONE anu 'O-udS
the building is in sad decay. The house was Oriei
,ou naipted green but it Is weather beaten that
only, here and there are the fanest signs OF paint
The visitor notices first of ALL the hacked conotion
of the floor and woodwork. caused by the touris's'
who every day, visit the house and pear away
splinters of wood souvenirs over the ui"Pi-
dated door is this sign
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scHuRz AND THE cLAIRVoYaNrz

few days later received letter from Sr''ls -
in which he narrated the results OF the seaaoe as "a
The clairvoyante took ot envelopes Ih'' ~ -
and said Il contained the hair u youns - mo-"
looked thus and 30. then described my ep''s -
in the most az ,lrate way. and added tn@l u. IA
man had won notoriety by his connectloh WIZ : -
enterprise and that the present time NJ WSs -
other side OF deep water in large CITY an s,esn
circle Of happy family Than shs save ~ o,xs.
OF my character. my ihcnations, anc my "i''
ties which as saw them In black ard whi's - 40
me greatly. Not only did rscosniEs myss1 N ~s.n ~
features OF this description but found N Il as -
statements which seemed TO stvs me new -, arsa
about myself happens sometimes when We -. -. "A
our own impulses, In our t7s' -
our ways Of thinking md something co.s~1s ,s3-
something enigmatcal which the most An3
examination does not always suffice % mas iarysy-
ante CLEANS Of light which solved for NE many .asA
contradictions ridiIas rscsived-so 20 s89-Sas
revelation about my Inner self a ps9c-SSn a.
analysis. which 1 had to recognize as lust as 49,
perceived IL ,raccS
What the claIrv1yaats sad about the other ss0o-
KapSa's writing hardin ies -Ires
ishing described the writer OF the letters ,srdS
contained IN that envelope handsome oalN a 20
with sparkling eyes who hat gosclA .ss -
fun OF armed and besieged with enemies q - "
scrtptlgn OF his of his past. and aAs1
character. FAR knew II throuS S,ool S~s "
oAs1 esnusu N AsSsuss xaSAAanA
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:Shih-Kai, the most honest and clever man in
China, and nearly ali. its members nave visited
Europe or Japan. .
1t is said that there are at present ten dlvls-
ions or 10000 men. in the new army, properly
equipped and trained By foreigners. 1t Is hoped
that within the next ten years The numbers VIII
mount llp to half a million. Enlistment is vol
I1ntary and for three years with the colcrs after
which the soldier passes into the first and sec
ond reserve Recruits carefully chosen after
a period of probation. They must be between
twenty and twenty-five years OF age. feet >
inches tan and able TO lift weight of $50
pounds No opium smoker is accepted, or any
one who cannot get recommended by the head
man of his village.
There are now two or three colleges for edu-
eating officers in China, and provision has been
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accidents caused by fire. wind and watar a.
Ism Il the primary principle Of this queer rs9al
the farms OF the enthusiasts are worried ~ sosf
mon. and 1t is claimed that the wedding, "a ~ eac@
and hoeing are done on all fOurs by the K1aa
ers They hold knee bending services Eve :. oer<
day on the knoll where Burson was '.in xn1s me.
anu IN tne worship their faces are turned si,l- -
toward the sun. Each week revival wv
held; and, ridiculous as the thing ls tbs .
BenderS Keep adding converts Such a -naA>
tnis belongs 10 hundred years ago. but ss a. y
tration Of religious frenzy dominating the - 5as nas.
the present day. ' Study q
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INCONsIDERATE FOREIGNERS.

Then stupi5 conservatism used TO cause mill
tarv maudarins 10 wish everything to be done
as fl had been done and to dread change as the
greatest of evils. An illustration Of this was
pointed out 10 me upon the walls Of Canton
Near one Of the gates where the Chinese au-
thoritiee En- 1860 expected the allied British and
French soldiers 10 attack the city guns were
laid and military mandarins sat I'm chairs Of
state 90 order them to be fired, but the foreign
devils entered al a place where no preparation
was made To receive them. The Chinese gen
eraI excused himself TO the authorities at Pc
kiue by saying thar the capture Of the city was
not his fault, but was owing TO- the cowardly.
unsaldierlike foreigners who would not face the
guns, but came in where, according to the es-
tabnsssd rules of war they ought not to have
come IN.
But what more than anything else prevented
China from having a respectable army was the
low estimation in which, until two or three
years ago the profession Of arms was held A
military mandarin OF the highest rank was less
considered than The lowest civilian one. He
was thought TO be tx officio a fool and his sub
ordinates. coolies. TOO lazy 10 work. You don't
use good iron.' says a Chinese proverb. Ito
make nails. or a decent man TO make a soldier
Soldiers in China being thus looked down
upou ceased TO respect themselves. They de-
serted, robbed and played the fool generally. A
French general from Tonquin was paid the COM
piiIuenr of being asked 10 review some Chinese
cavalry They did their exercises in a place be-
tween two high bitches. Il want now" said
the Frenchman. TO see them not in close for
nation bur extended; let them ride out some
distance and show how they can scout" The
Chinese commanding officer was quite fright
ened hy the proposal II we allowed that" he
said, half Of them would desert and sell their