| Show r TIlE THE CAMPAIGN IN CHINA 1 I The Tho Experiences of nn Officer of 01 the Army I Arsenal and MInt n a Rich MIne Aline for Curiosity Treachery of the tho Celestin Is Devotion I of the IndIan Sol n n nn n n linn nn MM M Special Tern Sept wine other of t the allied troops our regiment hat has returned to Tien Tit the Che base a of foreign military operations in III China and is III stationed It at atthe the arsenal and mint within the che walled ell city The arsenal COI covert about un an acre and It It could be transported to New NewYork eA York would prove a veritable gold goM mine there are about 30 buildings connected hy by little gO downs RM as the Ihl alleys alles are culled which contain tor every Itna imaginable weapon train from the spear and shield or of former days dar to the mote modern Max 3 I rapid tiring firing Huns gums with ammunition b by the ton ot of U U U U every de including ln glycerine and Arnt dynamite I cannot how the Chinese Chine ever er gave the place lilac Ut up without more ut of a struggle ThIs Thin place could be held h by a co In JIll II of JOO such lIuch men II as ours against at 1 2000 In C connection with Great military contingent h here re is III a ton consider considerable able bod body of Indian soldiers lIr every company of which has hal an om omIr ter Ir It the while shadow should tall faU across the thC food while It was being cooked the th food would lU u III be thrown thron aWI away and the Che man lOan would rather starve starE than ChI eat aC it Ie It If a Sikh was wall dying III he would not drink from R a white man mans canteen ranten If II a white man wu was dying the lie Sikh or tha would offer after him hll hi wAter bottle but would throw It away Immediately after and suffer from thirst himself A Sikh can never neel turn hoe hll back to an enemy on u uthe n the penalty ot of losing cute caste so It Is u a I question ot of one ot of three courses Ic victory torr wound or all that makes make a mighty good fighting force foree Not long ago I spent the mOlt moat uncomfortable night I 1 hue have eXPerienced for tor a along long time It began with n a row down one ot of the thousand little all alleys In the vicinity I 1 took It a corporal and a man Inan and went butting around In the dark through streets you OU could reach across pistol In hand and not knowing what moment I was wall going to be potted front behind A door and finally wound up III In ina R a aeries of oC stuffy turry little rooms where there was Yal II a regular Donnybrook affair going on between members o of two Chi Chinese hi nese societies Two 10 dead lay nn the flour our and several more were In need of repairs I collet the Che whole crowd after u a rare chat chase through rooms and alleys an arid after Jn corporal oar liAr rowl rawly missed having his hll head blown blon ort oft with an antiquated musket turned the over to the Jal Jays to question amid returned to m my bailiwick to 10 turn In III Time The night was the hottest I have ever eer experienced All 11 the Che doge In the walled elt tried to pull the blankets oft off my bell bed fought ant snarled In the court courtyard yard the rate cats kept up a continuous performance on the root roof and walls the sentries kept shooting all night Ing InA investigation on my mr part each time and the fleas liea were wert more energetic than they have been for tor seine lame time so the tout and scramble left leU me In the morning feeling like a prodigal son Ion on his hie way aay home and scarred me with bites from my head to 10 10 my feet Ceel Many Ian a good Caucasian life has been lost here through the treachery and of the Chinese In common with others I have hae had some experiences In ht bits 1111 being shot at several times from the outlasts though each eath time from a lp distance and without InJury but not long ago IKO I would have been ready for the coroner had It not been for a I If rench soldier who caught a gentleman taking aim at the lOP within 20 yards at while i was examining the door ot of a where r I believed ll lla a spy hint t I was wal after atter had taken refuge The crack ot of tb the Frenchmans rifle brought rn me up standing and I found that I 1 hall hail reported to St leCer Ieter b by proxy Incidentally m my greatest fear with re m reelect elect to II the mesa In my 01 command lies been Illen that ell all the water that is II Ule used at T II n loin II the II h for ut river and was Wall full tull of dealt tit In bod yuu I can I h water w get is III that theal not nol t u as I In IW lb I IU Il 1 nOI Ih Ihl tor bottle has hal to III he a bolls h beams out f 9 11 Is II thirsty hp he usually for a When 1 a nan is cue carll what or kind hinds bug or of ens nt water ant and drinks anyway fir re In Ih he to ha have a few court 10 I ha hn aln the lw 11 l al a III n I to 10 to to tk p v broiled II Id water This aura r R a ha trial rInk r f n of If the bea re Ir hr of the too h I mn men I brought r not lIot a single 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