being issued
without any return being made, did not interest them. They passed
cheerfully over the fact that the articles had been stolen, and were
indignant, not because I had accused a Japanese general of pilfering, but
because I had accused the wrong general. The letter was so insolent that
I went to the General Staff Office and explained that the officer who
wrote it, must withdraw it, and apologize for it. Both of which things
he did. In case the gentlemen whose inventions were "borrowed" might, if
they wished, take further steps in the matter, I sent the documents in
the case, with the exception of the letter which was withdrawn, to the
chief of the General Staff in the United States and in England.

In importance after the bed, cooking kit, and chair, I would place these
articles:

Two collapsible water-buckets of rubber or canvas.

Two collapsible brass lanterns, with extra isinglass sides.

Two boxes of sick-room candles.

One dozen boxes of safety matches.

One axe. The best I have seen is the Marble Safety Axe, made at
Gladstone, Mich. You can carry it in your hip-pocket, and you can
cut down a tree with it.

One medicine case containing quinine, calomel, and Sun Cholera
Mixture in tablets.

Toilet-case for razors, tooth-powder, brushes, and paper.

Folding bath-tub of rubber in rubber case. These are manufactured to
fold into a space little larger than a cigar-box.

Two towels old, and soft.

Three cakes of soap.

One Jaeger blanket.

One mosquito head-bag.

One extra pair of shoes, old and comfortable.

One extra pair of riding-breeches.

One extra pair of gaiters. The former regulation army gaiter of
canvas, laced, rolls up in a small compass and weighs but little.

One flannel shirt. Gray least shows the dust.

Two pairs of drawers. For riding, the best are those of silk.

Two undershirts, balbriggan or woollen.

Three pairs of woollen socks.

Two linen handkerchiefs, large enough, if needed, to tie around the
throat and protect the back of the neck.

One pair of pajamas, woollen, not linen.

One housewife.

Two briarwood pipes.

Six bags of smoking tobacco; Durham or Seal of North Carolina pack
easily.

One pad of writing paper.

One fountain pen, _self-filling_.

One bottle of ink, with screw top, held tight by a spring.