Huchow has recently witnessed unusual sight: an army of] soldiers heavily.armed with pick, shovel and—baskets—marching through the streets to work in the early morning and wearily wending their way homeward "when the evening shadows are lengthening. All day they have been working to level a parade ground and tearing down the parapet of the city wall for building brick. The large flat stones which for many years have been pavement stones surfacing the wall have also been torn up in Great numbers. Both the brick and training recruits in the mystery of artillery action on the soldier-made, parade ground. It has been a treat to formerly conscripted coolies to see soldiers in uniform grunting fond sweating beneath the weight of heavy loads, but the thinking man of the street cannot but wonder how much good these same soldiers could do if their labour was being used for some constructive purpose instead of a destructive If the soldiers were made to build roads and canals instead of barracks and parade grounds perhaps the people would appreciate their presence more.
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