“Never was parting guest more happy to get away,” wrote Collier’s special correspondent, Frederick Palmer, when he and J. H. Hare, Collier’s special photographer, at last left Tokio with three other Americans—the first to be allowed to go to the front; “never was parting guest more heartily and sincerely sped. With the correspondents of the first contingent actually going, the hopes of the second and the third rose to the dignity of expectations. They gathered at Shimbashi Station with tin horns and gave the chosen few an Anglo-Saxon cheer. For over two months some of us have waited for official passes to join the Japanese army in the field. Now that we have the treasure it is not much to look at—only a slip of paper which would go into the average sized envelope. By rights, it should be on vellum, with marginal decorations of storks standing on one leg and an inscription of _summa cum laude_ for patience in flourishes.” [Illustration: GENERAL KUROKI WITH HIS STAFF, CORRESPONDENTS, AND ATTACHÉS AT THE CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF THE SHA-HO VICTORY This celebration was held in November at Palansansu. The Japanese correspondents as well as the foreign correspondents and attaches are shown in the picture. The numbered figures are (1) General Kuroki, (2) Prince Kuni, (3) General Fuji, (4) Quartermaster Waternabe, with whom the correspondents had much to do. The picture was taken by a Japanese photographer ] [Illustration: ANGUS HAMILTON, MANCHESTER “GUARDIAN” ] [Illustration: J. F. J. ARCHIBALD AND PRESS CENSOR ] [Illustration: GROUP OF CORRESPONDENTS AT NEWCHWANG (1) THE HONORABLE MAURICE BARING, LONDON “MORNING POST”; (2) R. H. LITTLE, CHICAGO “DAILY NEWS”; (3) FRANCIS McCULLOUGH, “NEW YORK HERALD”; (4) J. F. J. ARCHIBALD, “COLLIER’S”; (5) GEORGE DENNY, ASSOCIATED PRESS; (6) GEORGES DE LA SALLE, FRENCH NEWS AGENCY; (7) VISCOUNT LORD BROOKE, REUTER’S AGENCY; (8) DUTKEWICH ] [Illustration: G. ERASTOFF, RUSSIAN ARTIST ] [Illustration: SIGNOR PARDO, “TRIBUNA” OF ROME ] [Illustration: CAPTAIN SCHWARTZ, GERMAN ] [Illustration: T. M. MILLARD, “SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE” ] CORRESPONDENTS OF VARIOUS NATIONALITIES WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN MANCHURIA [Illustration: THREE RUSSIAN ARTISTS AND RUSSIAN PRESS CENSORS AT NEWCHWANG ] [Illustration: FUNERAL AT NEWCHWANG OF LOUIS ETZEL, THE FIRST CORRESPONDENT TO BE KILLED ] [Illustration: UNITED STATES ARMY ATTACHÉS WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES ] [Illustration: FOREIGN MILITARY ATTACHÉS WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN MANCHURIA ] CIVILIANS AND MILITARY ATTACHÉS WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN MANCHURIA [Illustration: GENERAL KUROKI SHOOTING AT THE TARGET ] [Illustration: SIR IAN HAMILTON AND PRINCE KUNI ] [Illustration: GENERAL FUJI TRYING A SHOT FROM A SITTING POSITION ] [Illustration: GENERAL CROWDER, THE UNITED STATES ATTACHÉ ] [Illustration: CAPTAIN DANI, AUSTRIAN ATTACHÉ ]