The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22

l the giving of the order every man stood l to his gun. There was absolute silence, most perfect order. The officer of quar- ] ters came toward me and said; What l would you like to eee?" I said "I would | like to see exercise action" The words were hardly out of my mouth before the bugle sounded, and l can assure you-- and I speak, as you know, with some technical Knowledge of this matter-lt has never been my delight to see bet ter gun drill in the whole world that saw there. The fellows simply jumped over one another like mice or squirrels. and for the whole time there was not a sound, save for the clanking of the
 securing chains and the chinking of the
 projectile as it came up to the breech,
 Mot a sound! That was enough for
 me. There is not another navy in the
 world except. of course, our, and per-
 haps the American, where such thing
 would be possible. I may say that out
 side at the same time another 12O cadets
 were fencing on the sward with the two-
 handled swords of old Japan"
 If the Japanese navy is miraculous
 their army, in the opinion of Mr. Diosy
 is not less remarkable. He says The
 Japanese army is an army There IS
 no mistake about that Tn 1t nothing
 is left to chance. Everything is pro-
 vided for and prepared for. The Japan
 csc War office was extremely kind to
 me It attached an officer, highly
 educated staff officer, Major Tachbana,
 who had served for considerable time
 in the Austro- Hugarian army, specially
 to me to show me anything l wished to see in connection with the Japanese army, and 1t asked me whether I would like to see q regiment of infantry on one day, and on another day a regiment of artillery. I was allowed to select the regiment which I should inspect, and SC did not select the Guards, because the Guards in every army are the leading line that Is to put in the shop window, so to say. I wanted to see the staple article the infantry and artillery of the line, and saw it. I can assure, I have no words in which to express my admi- ration. It is only the drill am think ing of though in that the Japanese soldiers are simply perfect; their infant ry drill is just like a piece of machine work, and their artillery drill is perfect ly wonderful.
 ''T had the privilege of having n bat tery of mountain artillery delivered over unto>me to work my wicked will on for | a whole morning. very hot morning, | on big plain outside Tokio, and I tried | to make them do very difficult things. | They did them simply admirably. If you had seen how those guns were laid you would have been astonlshed. took care | to look along the sights of every gun after it was laid and am perfectly certain that if the targets had been liv- ing men instead of dummies there would not have been any left to tell the tale. That, of course, is all very well, hut it is not the sole criterion of the efficiency of an army. But l was shown things which are criterion. | vas shown the regimental battalion and storehouses where every mans war kit lay ready prepared for 1im, with his number ticketed on it,
 hat was only to be used in time of war. Everything was new, the Japanese sol Her like the German soldier, goes to var with everything about him new, md everything has been prepared for Jim, and he knows where to find it. Not only that, but for every man in the eserves there was the reserve kit on the helf behind. Therefore, the moment he regiment was mobilized each reserve nan could go to his shelf and get his ull war kit. I saw also in their army medical department most wonderful hings which would take too long to re- Naval and Military Record