Deseret Evening News | 1905-02-25 | Page 3 | Capt. Saxe

CAlT CAl I Tells of If Terrible Condition tit at Port Purt Arthur Chicago F 1 Feb b 24 Capt Nicholas Saxe commander of the hydro Bunk in Port Ar Arthur Arthur r thur harbor Immediately before tho arrived in Chicago over the tho Northwestern railroad train from Hall Ban Fran Francisco deco cisco today en route for St SI Petersburg via 11 New York anti Inel Paris lie Ho was ac cc accompanied accompanied companied by Capt Nicholas von Hs le 1 1 sn sen commander of or the destroyed butt bat battleship Sevastopol anti and 11 naval lieu haul lieutenant tenant all ait of or whom wore taken Inken hurls pris prisoners by th time the Japanese and released ou on parole In III an Interview ho imo told a R graphic story stony of or the tIme sl siege MIlte ge of t the time stronghold hail Had Olin hen heM hell out omit Capt wild the place soon goon I would be been n converted Into n a mer mere cemetery ry Almost mon men wore were sour 1 ridden were vere wounded of the time men linn having U b bee to ta nail re no retaken I taken tRl en front from hospitals nw as many OH oN eight times Ime Out Omit of oC the time whole fower futer 1000 I m men n were worl toe free from wound I r C I sIckness s while food was of at such as QS Induced sickness I 1 Wh n Germ Gen surrendered or on soldiers and amid sailors under arms arias were mOre from wounds Hundreds I I were welO taken from the tho hospitals hos to bear I arms anus but bUI unable even to Malic fell rell and died nt lit their posts Night nud day dumy for tor I weeks nt mit a Imo lino tho time Japanese kept throwing tho time city olty a Q shower of or shells It Was as ac a u continuous never micron ending horror enduring day clay after day da night utter after night soul Copt Haxe