Rushing Supplies for Japanese Army on the Yalu
HIS photograph was taken In tha
middle of March, and shows a
tranxport column resting In tha
defiles of tho Toots Sari moun
tains. Winter breaks nnd sprlnsj
comes with astonishing swiftness in thla
region, and these troops, a few days be
foro toillnK through snowdrifts and ove
frozen trails, have stripped oft their coats,
nd appear to be In summer marchintf
gear. In place of the wagon transport I
Other modern armies, the Japanese USJ
mail two-wheeled carts 'Which can bJ
drawn by ponies, or by man-power, as oc
casion favors. Food, clothing, ammuni
tion, all the hundred and one Items of sup
ply for an army, from tent pe3 to shoes,
are packed In small matting covered pack
Ages of uniform size, ready to pack or
cart. Instead of a vast Utter of all sorts
f material at a transport depot, or on
tcamer or wharf, the Japanese army sup
plies are carefully numbered and piled,
aoh of the nmall packages having a
handle. This Is one the reasons why tha
bold advance through Corea In midwinter
was so successfully carried out. Under tha
amo conditions of climate and terrain,
the Russians In Manchuria have been ham
jered by the fact that the troops could
movo no faster than the wagon trains
Which were helpless In bad roads. Tha
Japanese transport can move as fast aa
the fighting column at all times, and tha
Increased mobility of action will be an In
portant advantage in movements- of grand
strategy. The reports are that the Japanese
Infantry have been rushing to the front la
inarches of from fifteen to twenty-fiva
miles a dny.
Tho Japanese have been successful In
forcing a passage of the Yulu and hava
driven the Russians back from point aftop
point that had been occupied by the czar's)
troops. No very accurato detailed Infor
mation has been received from the theater
Of war since the fighting at W'lju, whera
the Japanese crossed the river. This waft
the scene of one of the great battles of tha
war with China, the Japanese army forcing
a passage of the river then almost exactly
as they did against the Russians. Sine,
crossing the river the Japanese have af
fected a Junction between the two columns
of their army that had penetrated the lAaQ
Tung peninsula, the one landing back of
Tort Arthur nnd the other crossing tha
Talu at WIJu. This movement, with tha
successful investment of Port Arthur by
ea, given the Japanese absolute command
of the peninsula and forces Russia to de
pend on the northern port of Vladivostok
for Its communication by sea. The aban
donment of New Chwang and others of tha
advanced positions taken by the Russian
army removes the probable scene of the
next great land engagement farther north,
In Manchuria,
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SCENE ON A COREAN MOUNTAIN ROAD DURING THE JAPANESE ADVANCE FROM SEOUti TO THE TAL,U. Photo
graph by Robert U Dunn, Collier's Bpecial War Photographer with the Japanese Army in Corea; Copyright, 1904, by Col
Derrs Weekly.
Greek Letter Societies in Omaha
G
I REEKS are becoming numerous tn
Omaha. Not the kind that fell
with Leonldac, not the kind that
followed Alexander, nor yet tha
sort that listened to Demosthenes?
,but the "Greeks" of modern college life, tha
young men who join tho societies and taka
for their name and lnnlgnia one or mora
letters of the Greek alphabet. This feature
of college life has far outgrown its origi
nator, but Bill maintains the Idea on
which it was founded. Established to fos
ter sociability and to be of auslutance to
the mum bora, the first Greek letter society
aoon found that it was too small to ao
commodate all who wished to Join, and
another was started. As the colleges hava
multiplied, the societies have multiplied,
Some of the original societies have spread
with the spread of education and hava
founded at new schools new chapters, and
some have remained exclusively at tha
schools of their origin, and membership
In one of these Is an honor as much
to be desired as la the "sheepskin"
from the school Itself. But, so long a
tho "alpha, beta, gamma, delta," combina
tion holds out, thore will bo enough Greek
octettes to go around, and anyone who
g-oes to college and is a good follow may
get Into one. Not a great while ago tha
college spirit was extended to the hiua
schools and a Greek letter frat for tha
high school boys was Instituted. Omuhn
has one of these chapters, In addition to
the chapters that are connected 'with tha
higher Institutions of learning of the city.
And then there Is an independent organlxa
tlon, the Omikron Alpha Fl, which 19
unique to Omaha so far as is known. Thla
body is mnde up of young men who hava
been attendants at college and have Joined .
themselves to some of the many fraterni
ties there existing. Not finding here any
central oi ganlxatlon of their own societies,
they have organised a new one, the object
f which Is companionship and sociability,
the keeping up of college ties and tha
plrit of those days of school. This Is ona
f the most exclusive clubs in ttj city.
The pictures on this page are of dances
given by the Omikron Alpha PI and tha
Omahs High school chapter of Phi lambda
XTpHllon. The photos were trade by flash
light and are quits successful, when Ui
ejoodltions ara considered.
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