Show PRAISE GENERAL STOESSEL russian ri asian off officers cers declare he did R i th ng in surrendering three paroled russian naval captains and eleven lieutenants have ar rived in san francisco from port pok ar thur en route to russia on the steam ship siberia the naval officers had no cuti cisin of general stoessel arthe or the conduct of the defense of port arthur beyond the fact that the russian fleet was wag un der manned and had not a sufficient sup supply ly of ammunition when the war began port arthur they said would have fallen the latter part of august had it not been tor for the strengthening of the land forces with guns and men from the fleet general stoessel said captain von essen is a brave soldier a great general and a true patriot 1 he had lots of ammunition certainly bur I 1 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 able bodied soldiers in the garrison wh when on it vas was surrendered |