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Yamaguchi, their commander-in-chief, and General Fukushima, with 

 their staff, marched proudly at their head, taking a place next to the 

 Russian general when they reached him. 



The soldiers marched by the sound of their own bugles, as, alas, 

 the Russian band, excellent as it was, broke down when it came 

 to play a Japanese air ! The absence of what might have turned 

 out an ear-rending performance was, however, more than compensated 

 by the enthusiastic and prolonged cheering of the Russians, which 

 was much appreciated by the Japanese, and which continued until 

 the last of them was out of sight. 



And now for the British. One could not help being struck by the 

 fact that they wore better clothes than any other nation — everything 

 made of the best material instead of the cheapest. They looked as 

 smart and spick and span as if they had come out of a bandbox, the 

 officers especially. They had a dashing, free and easy, and extremely 

 manly and business-like way of marching along, with a graceful, un- 

 affected swing that one could not help liking. You could see as 

 they came along that they were men who belonged to a great nation. 

 They knew it, and were proud of it. 



As Genera] Gaselee and his staff appeared in the courtyard the 

 Russian band played " God Save the Queen," and the most frantic 

 hurrahs and waving of hats and caps took place as the Marines and 

 "Welsh Fusiliers marched by. 



In now came the Sikhs, with their bagpipes, which they seemed 

 to play as well as any Scotchman. The pipers remained in the court- 

 yard, playing as delightfully as Scotch tunes permit, until the 1st 

 Bengal Lancers, the 7th Rajiputs, the Pathans, and at last the Wei- 

 hai-wei Regiment, all passed through, all received with thundering 

 cheers, moderated slightly towards the Chinese regiment, for it seemed 

 to go against the grain, even with the Allies, that Chinamen should 

 have been sent to fight against Chinamen. One felt rather sorry at 

 their position, for as a regiment they were a wonderful body of men. 



The Americans were ushered in with " The Star-Spangled Banner " 

 blown through the brass instruments by powerful Russian lungs. 

 The soldiers looked smart as they came through the gate. Officers 

 and men were in khaki, except General Chaffee, who wore his blue 

 uniform. 



They, too, like the British, were most enthusiastically cheered, 

 and they deserved it, for indeed they had done exellent work in the 

 campaign. 



On this particular occasion, when one could contrast and compare 

 them with other nationalities, one was particularly struck by the 

 individually intelligent appearance of each man, andby the matter-of- 

 fact mien of the line officers. At the same time they presented quite 

 as good a military appearance as soldiers of any other nation. The 

 boys marched through with pride, and waved their flag as cheers were 

 raised for them. 



The German contingent came next. Splendid men, tall, heavy, 



