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Show AMMUNITION PLENTY, ' BUT FOOD SCARCE SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. . Thre paroled pa-roled Russian naval Captains and eleven Lieutenants arrived her Sunday from Port Arthur, en route to Russia, on the steamship Siberia. , . Th naval officers bad no criticism of , Gen. Stoessel or the conduct of the defense of Port Arthur, 'beyond trie fact that the Russian fleet was undermanned and had not a sufficient supply of ammunition wmn the war began. Port Arthur, they aaia. would have fallen th letter part of August had it not been for th strengthening strength-ening of the land forces with guns snd men from th fleet. "Gen. Stoessel." said one of th officers, "Is a braa soldier, a great general and a true patriot He held to the last minute. min-ute. He had lots of ammunition, certainty, certain-ty, but I never heard of any army which could live on ammunition. Lack of food was the main reason for the surrender. There were not more than 10.600 able-bodied able-bodied soldiers In th garrison, when it was surrendered. " According to the statements of th officers, offi-cers, but little food was earried through the blockade by Junks. The Russian officers will leave for New York in a few daye, from which plae thay will report to the Russian Embassador Embassa-dor at Washington. They speak In the highest terms of the treatment accorded them by th Japanese. None would express any opinion of the Russian domestic condition, but they were hopeful that the war would hare a successful suc-cessful Issue. |