Up to July 1, 1106 wounded were taken to Tokio, and of that number not a single man died. These men were shot in almost every possible way; six had bullets through the brain, nine had bullets through their chests, and six had bullets through the abdomen--and yet all got well. The medical service of the United States in its war with Spain was not any more discreditable when compared with that of Japan than the medical service of the English Army during its war with the Boers. The report of the English Hospital Commission, which inquired into the medical end of that conflict, shows that there was "an immense amount of needless suffering and misery." There is no attempt "to hide incompetency and unpreparedness under the platitude that 'was is war.'" Just as in the Spanish-American War, a large number of civil surgeons were employed for army work in South Africa. They had no knowledge of military duties nor of military methods and discipline. Consequently, they were ineffective, except when accompanied and, to some extent, controlled by officers of the service. They were absolutely without authority. Perhaps all these lessons were observed and absorbed by the keen-eyed Japanese. In any event, they have given the world the most pronounced examples of scientific warfare that the hoary old globe has ever seen. [Illustration: JAPANESE TROOPS CAUGHT IN BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT.] CHAPTER XVII. The Greatest Battle of History--Rout and Disaster for Russia--The Ancient City of Mukden--The Tombs of the Manchus--A Flourishing Mart--Betwixt Winter and Spring--The Line of Battle--Lone Tree Hill--The Russian Position--The Japanese Task--Mukden the Real Battleground--Russian Flanks Strongly Protected--Well Protected on the East--Battled for Mountain Passes--Russians Had Advantage of Position--The Outlook for Oyama--Busy Preparations During Winter--Oyama's Plan of Battle--Nogi to Strike Culminating Blow--"Out of the Way for Us"--Master Stroke of the Battle.