The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-14

in straw thatched hut near the grave
ward where Japanese soldiers were dis
lnterrng the bodies of the dead. pre- para =
tory to cremation. Nogi came up 10
greet Stoe-s'el on horseback The little
Japanese diSmollnted and grasped the
hand of the Russian standing on the ruins
of SuishyeI the last fort TO he sent sky
ward un.cr the impulse of an exploded
mine
u never expected 10 meet so pleasant
a gentleman said Stoesesl afterward.
N" ~acrai mors like an old friend than
the loader of IA hostile army
The two men later IN the same year.
received from Kaiser Wilhelm the Ger
man order Pour 10 Ai.ri'.. bestowed in
each case for valor in battle.
Nogls elder son had been killed at
200 Metre Hill and hls younger son had
already fallen al the battle of Nan-han,
one of the preliminary conflicts IN TN"
- rllgglp for tn" liaOttng Ienins Ila
But Nogi went OH with his army to take
pdr IN the final operations around
Mundei.
!, was thara that kuropatkin's army
made Us stand against the combine arms
corps of Japan. \ogi acted as a unit IN
tl" Japanese line. In late February,
1895. he cnve loved the Russian right and
was thepby inst rIlmental IN bringing
about kuropatkin's ultimate retreat.
Nogi'~ rCtiCenVe was well known. In
through. grim, silent. passionate His
iigurp was spare to the point Of leanncss
Those who saw nm on duty or IN public
we've Impressed with the power of his
rcsolute will. But in private no was frank,
cordial. human, Il man who won friends
and condolences.
|, After the capture of Kinchow in the
Chinese war, he went 10 field hospita
carrying on his arm wo e elaborstely deco
rated Chinese coats
y hese coats" he said to the surgeon
in charge Of the hospital, we're given Ia
me- by Nalor-Gen. lamaji my supe =
rior. do not need them and want the IN
used for the patients.
Then he wrote his name on them in
red ink, saying thar they had come 10
him by gilt Of tine General
There l. story of his honesty in the
teated people After the Chinese war
he va. entertained by the Japanese
Governors General of Formoss. and after
he banquet one Of the other Genera i
asked him # he too would take back a
souvenir to Japan.
"Wha, souvenir asked Nogi
This said the other, and he held up
n silver goblet.
Il did not come here 20 steal" he said
so, YOU see said the Japanese Gov
rrnor-ienerai, "Nogi is really hero"
In 1897 Nogi, at the command Of the
rinpNTOT, TOOK tne honorary presidency
Of school for young peeresSes. He put
them under such rigorous rule that their
preCeptreSs rebelh'd. Nogi ordered them
10 wear cotton dresses and discard the
Silk"n gowns to which they were acc,is-
toned When the preceptress objected
h" ordered her TO leave and the Young
progresses threatened to follow. But SO
strict was the Generals military rule
, that they remained and the preccptres,,
went
Nogi took that place ont Of loyalty Ia
! the Emperor. And he tried to call back
to Japan IN" old Ideals of spartan life
from which he feared tho people were
failing away. II may be that his dest h
VA Al attempt Ia remind tho people
of llr old Japanese strict rules Of living
an dtt"mpt ia which he involved his wife
! Nhid'u, whom h" married more than
| thirty years ago, Was ~ years old when
IN" shared her husband :, death She
had been sohool"d IN IN" military tradl
! tIon and followed Nrgi. hf" with the
'aithfuue-s "r The ancient rule She
accepted the death or hrr two sons rs
part Of her obligation tothe Emperor.