Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-04

Steel This gives them an advantage
over the Russian BurIk. 1923 tons. and
Russia. 1890 tons. whose batteries are
unprotected The advantage boo speed
lies with The japanese. THE Iakasago.
4.lGl tons. built Boz ENGLAND has "a speed
of tWeuty-f0ur knots. and an auua-
meut off Two S-IuCh. ten I-t-inch. twelve
l2-pOunlers. six 2L-Uuuulrr quick
hrers and five torpedo tubes The
Kasagi. built u Philadelphia and the
Chiius built Zoo san Francisco are the
larger and slower having % speed of
tWputy-tbree knots. Besides these
there gIa boz the Japanese navy of the
smaller craft. five third class and fife
ten second class gunbOats four disc
patch boats and q torpedo depot ship.
There are also several vessels below
the second class cruiser rank now build
ing. but they win not Doe ready for ser-
vice this summer However. the Jap
suese navy now has q tonnage of be-
tween 2l0 600 and 100000. while the Rus
slams have only between SO 900 and 10000
tons. including the petrop8yloysk. un-
less Russia should send more vessels
20 the Orient, as win, doubtless, be the
case
.lNN .IN' IIlANINN N.I HNNNII p I|I'I IINI
marine has Kept pace with ttat of her
navy Exclusive of native craft Japan
On 1898 bad "a tonnage of only $1,000 now
she has between 100000 aud $50 600 tons.
largely the result of liberal government
subsidies a transport fleet 0f more
than ono hundred ships is now ready
Tor service
sIg.kHg of the japanese navy Brit.
FISH naval officer who spent some time
300 japanese war vessel said. I was
naturally much interested no FIRST iu
looking around mg AND taking stu.t af
Gle Japanese sailors and their vessel
She was .n superb i-huug trim beau
tfuIy clean and well found Iu every
part. and thH duty was D1rr..l.u with
thorough m.u-uf-War sm4rruass 10
was Impossible t0 watch th.s. Hu. aC-
tye. clever determined sailors without
feeling .ba. fho men off the Finest navy
loo tNc world would find them worthy
iOrWeu on th0 Chinese they hIyo
unme1 Ircl contempt certainly not uu-
deserved
Ihe naval and military officers of
Japan are as carefully trained as those
10 any NJ tfe older nations in the art
lf modern War Their 1Wu naval and
military schools are well equipped in
lli matters They send hOIr young mpu
n Annapolis .n th.s country ana tl the
best v.r schools Boo Europe The Jap-
lnes. are ready and able and learn
very Rapidly
After her war with China Japan hii
io,Fn an extensive program 0f army
NUIusIUu AT the beginning of that
Nar h.r army Ou @ peace footing come
prsel $1,000 officers aul men with
army expansion tue land forces were
Increased t0 10000 man ou o peace
.0OilnE. and between $4,000 aui 10000
uUu ou o. war footing So much prog
tss was made th1t zoo Ode end of 1898
there were leoN1 men with the c0iors.
besides $500 students ln the military
schools The FIRST reserves numbered
over $4,000 and the second $1,000 AZ
Dr. present war footing the army is not
less than $4,000 men of all arms. and
perhaps more
I'm 1924 thr japanese army consisted
Of sX divisions. not including the lm-
porial Guards and the Ycz1 militia.
The headquarters OF AN these 40 that
time. excepting at Kumam0to. in Klu-
shiu. We're on The Pacific. or facing
away from siberia The Ycz0 militia
has since been abolished, and a seventh