. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . No. loiTogos Address to the Spirits. ADMIRAL TOGO to-day attended the funeral services of a numberof officers and men who were killed at Port Arthur while servingunder him, and read a eulogy on them. He said: As I stand before your spirits, I can hardly express my feelings. Yourpersonality is fresh in my memory. Your corporeal existence has ceased,but your passing from the world has been in the gallant discharge of yourduty, by virtue of which the enemys fleet on this sid
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . No. loiTogos Address to the Spirits. ADMIRAL TOGO to-day attended the funeral services of a numberof officers and men who were killed at Port Arthur while servingunder him, and read a eulogy on them. He said: As I stand before your spirits, I can hardly express my feelings. Yourpersonality is fresh in my memory. Your corporeal existence has ceased,but your passing from the world has been in the gallant discharge of yourduty, by virtue of which the enemys fleet on this side of the world has beencompletely disabled. Our combined fleet retains the undisputed commandof the seas. / trust this imll bring peace and rest to your spirits. It is myagreeable duty to avail myself of the occasion of my presence in this city,whither I have been called by the Emperor, to report our successes to thespirits of those who sacrificed their earthly existence for the attainment of sogreat a result. The report is rendered most humbly by me in person. HEIHACHIRO TOGO, Admiral of the combined fleets. 221 F F. Tsf Tsi, Dowager Emtress of China.
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