Stössel, General: his demeanour on February 9, 6; Viceroy decides to supersede him, 7; neglects to remove families, 8; wastes time constructing inner wall, 8; mismanages supplies, 9, 10, 91; allows rowdyism, 10; permits Chief of Police to flog drunkards, 11, 12; influenced by General Fock, 13; his 'signalling' fears, 14; freely criticized in the restaurants, 15; publishes 'no retreat' order (February 28), 17; 'a fighting infantry General,' 19; admits his ignorance of fortress warfare, 19; his farewell order of March 17, 23; ordered to remain in command of the land defences in the Kuan-tun district, 29; his extraordinary orders, 47, 48, 49, 61; derides the Naval Commander, 60; his behaviour during Battle of Kinchou, 70; sows dissension between the fleet and the army, 101; his greeting to the 5th Regiment after the battle, 84; his decision to take the command of the Fortress out of Smirnoff's hands, 86; inspects the advanced position, 108; supports Fock against Kondratenko, 109; his account of the evacuation of Wolf's Hills, 133; ordered by Kuropatkin to leave Port Arthur, 133, 173; remains in Port Arthur, 136; on the Japanese proposal of surrender, 161; his action on receiving Kuropatkin's orders to hand over to Smirnoff, 174; his false telegrams to the Czar, 175; denounces the author as a Japanese spy, 180; the author's telegrams to St. Petersburg, 180; appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Czar, 181; prevents a sortie in force, 182; promoted to the Order of St. George, 187; his censorship of the _Novi Kry_ newspaper, 189; his treatment of Lieutenant Endrjievsky, 192; his ignorance of fortress mobilization schemes, 195; his interference with Smirnoff, 199; his action with regard to the two newspaper correspondents, 204; and district order on the subject, 205; his quarters shelled, 208; orders Fortress to be mined in case of surrender, 218; wastes ammunition in order to justify capitulation, 219; orders work on the inner lines of defence to cease, 234; refuses money to pay labourers, 235; calls conference on retirement from 203 Metre Hill, 246; orders to Admiral on loss of 203 Metre Hill, 260; opinion on the minutes of Council of Defence (December 8), 272; attempts to isolate Smirnoff, 273; appoints Fock to succeed Kondratenko, 280; at last meeting of Council of Defence, 304, 309; his ignorance about the lines of defence, 312; despatches a _parlementaire_ to negotiate surrender, 325; his behaviour after the surrender, 334 _Strashny_ (Russian destroyer), sinking of the, 34 Subotin, Sanitary Inspector, 317, 319 Supplies begin to run short, 233; horse-flesh proposed, 270; amount available on December 8, 271; on December 31, 385 Supply branch, mismanagement of, 9, 38, 40, 46, 90 Suicides begin to occur, 207