Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-08 | Page 2 | Appeals to Soldiers to Stand by Guns

APPEALS TO SOLDIERS TO STAND BY GUNS PORT ARTHUR, May 7 Lieut. -Gen. Stocssel has issued an order to the troops of his command as follows: "On April 30 and May 1 the enemy crossed the Ynlu river In great force, and our troops fell back to positions which had been previously selected. "Yesterday the enemy effected an Important Im-portant landing on the Llao Tung peninsula, pe-ninsula, south of PItzewo and In the-vicinity of Kin Chou bay. Now our work Is beginning. ' Naturally, the enemy will destroy railway communication and endeavor en-deavor to drive our troops back to Port Arthur, and besiege this fortress, Russia's Rus-sia's bulwark In the Fnr East. We will defend it until the arrival of tho troops which are coining to relieve us. "I consider it my duty to call upon you to display unceasing vigilance and caution, and you must bo ready ut all times to demean yourselves towards your General with the dignity and order becoming tho glorious troops of Russia.