| Show SOLDIER MOUNTING GUARD GUARDe e i r rr rd d c I r i l l 1 I r r 1 I I I I III II at r 1 a i I Iv IF v I J F II Al AlY Alv AlJ AlM Y v J M a nation JUo say y an n traveler the tb Chinese ma maybe be said I to be I In gun shy JJr and rather prone to peace pece man to war Hut coward cowardly I ly b by instinct the Chinaman Will light like a rat It If he is II cornered and cannot rpm nut away n Ile h has no ao fear or of death eath a as has baa been proved In a instances but buthe buthe he Is II superstitious and likely to yield to a panic on tb the slightest provocation But BItt the bulk ot of the be soldiery II drawn not Dot from the tho man many millions million ot of Chin Chinese but bat from hOIn their old Urns Unal conquerors the who have ruled them ever ver since B Every o is II ostensibly a soldier whether he ma may be In the rank rana or tome some trade or profession He to I enrolled among amon the bray braves e and nd entitled to carl carry arms arm It would be easy wrote the author ot of Chinese Char to raise an n army of a million men In of ten tD millions mUllo t tested by bJ competitive examination U as to their capacity to go to sleep acres crouth th three with head bead downward like a spider the mouth wide open and a II Sy inside And this sarcastic reference of tb the writ writer to the Chinese soldiers Inclination to seek leek hi his tHe ease on all 11 is illustrated by this plc pic picture ture tun ot of a soldier supposed to be mounting guard |
