In the Chinese ill near the Canal were found over five (ous of Honan wheat. Thus mint containing four grinding ston joved into tue Legauon and every day an all wwance of wheat was ground ur. By siz ocicek in tue evening who Nie Chinese attack begin with vigour there had been carried into the Legation or thin the lines of defence, enough food to last ten weeks. The grounds were well supplied with water which for the most part was used unboiled and up to the closing of tie siege no ease of fever had resulted from so drinking it. By this time Foreign Ministers and every one knew that our position was one of great danger. Tt was decided at once to begin a plan of fortifications and Mr. Gamewell was placed in charge of the work. Night and day for almost two months he carried them on. In fact when the Indian troops came into the south gate of the compound Mr. Game-well was in the north end with his fortifying crew.
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The morn nisation ready carried on in much the same way as at Hsiaoshenghut'ung. Mr. Tewkesbury of the American Board Mission was made Chairman of the Committee for Public Comfort. This committee looked after the general well-being of those in the compound.
Prof. Oliver, Me. and Prof Russell were in charge of the fond supply and giv ing out of stores, C, H. Tenn was made the miller. Me. Hobart of Tientsin. was in charge of the Chinese Inbour. Among the 3,000 native converts were dreds of torchers, medical helpers and ed like common Mr, Hobart had them nunthered and worked in companies of ton to thirty. Mr. Stelle ard Mr. Galt were in charge of the labour registration and time keeping. Dr. W. 8. Ament was the fiscated goods. rity, ram and Mr. Ew in charge of the native Christian quarters, The British Lew tridents and the young men in the Imperial Chinese Customs, Banks, etc, formed a Volantec: Guard to assist in the protection of the Legation. These men cid most excellent ce and were brave toa man, ere Mr. Oliphant and Mr. Warren of the ud Mr. Wagner of the Customs. the body while a tree in the Hanlin the Chinese soldiers. Mr, Wagner hid his head blown to pieces by shell. De, Wordsworth Poole of the British Legation and Dr. Velde of the German were in charge of the Tnternational Hospital Captain Holliday was military ficer, but was soo wounded and ste ceeded by Captain Strout. The latter was killed the middle of July, when Sir Claude Macdonald became commanding. officer, with Lieut. Squiers of the U.S. Legation j as the head of his staff.
Drs. Dudgeon and John Inglis formed a Sanitary Committee to look after the general health of the compound. The siege was fortunate in having a number of trained nurses who, vith the many female physicians, gave the sick excellent cire, the latter also acting as nurses, SILKS FOR SAND BAGS, Mr. Tours, of the British Legation, was the head of the Fire Dpartment. During the first week of the siege fires formed the greatest element of danger. The ladies formed " Conmnittee on Sand Bigs. They are said to have made 30,000 the test six weeks. Almost every conceivable thing that would in ske a sand bax was turned in-toorie, Table cloths and bed lin: n, portivres and silk curtains, carpets and window curt-ins, foreign and Chinese clothes, silk a Chinese shops inside she lines, were to muke the much-needed THe HORSE-MeaT, Mr. Allardyce, of the Imperial University, gave out the horse-meat, The meat was inspected every day by a physician and out of a total of 86 or 87 ponies and mules killed, three were condemned. Among those condemned was a pony of Sir Claude Macdonald's, condemned' for tuberculosis, which had' just won second place in the races a few weeks before. It would be impossible in a newspaper article to tell of the many little incidents that occurred during the siege which at the time were of considerable moment. would be equally impussite to mention the Inave work of every one whose work for the comnion welfare more thin deserves that distinction. An officer said one day Uivt the one everything went on 89 well was for the simple reason that, almost without exception, every nan did the work assigned him.
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