Evening journal., 1900-01-16

Of Is Ind 90 than I saw fhoie-are
trained in all that gees 70 constitute
an efficient modern naval cflicer, that
il to say, IN every moral thing that
you can think or. They are trained
there in the midst OF the healthiest
surroundings. The island Is entirely
given up to the Naval College; they
can roam over il at will; they can
even 20 shooting deer in the woods
they have their games, their sports,
their boating, their sailing, and their
life is an absolutely healthy one. Every
care is taken to keep their minds as
healthy as their bodies. ] was taken
into the battery, the finest, most ac-
curate representation Of the ighting
battery Of a first class battleship
that / have ever seen, battery con-
tanning every kind OF the most up-to-
date guns that are used at sea. Out
side on the greensward, we're 100 ca
dets-clad in their flannel singlets and
their white duck trousers, and with
those white Japanese socks, with q d.
vision for the great toe, which form
such excellent footgear on board ship
standing at attention, solid like a
wall. ! was requested to inspect them.
young men In my life.
AT one word spoken by the chief
sunnery instructor the 100 young men
tumbled into that battery. timed
them by my watch-twenty- eight
seconds from the giving Of the order
every man stood to his gun. There was
absolute silence, most perfect order.
The officer of quarters came toward me
IN
see?" | said. Il would like to see exer-
else action. 1.-THE words were hardly utof
my mouth before the bugle sounded,
and / can assure you-and / speak, as
you know, with some technical knowl-
edge Of this matter-it has never been
/ my delight to see better gun drill in
the whole world than saw there. The
fellows simply jumped over one an
other like mice or squirrels, and for
the whole time there was not a sound,
save for the clanking of the securing
chains and the thinking Of the projec-
tile as ii came up to the breech.
Not a sound That was enough for
me. There is not another navy in the
world except, OF course, ours, and, per-
lhaps. the American, where such thing
would be possible. / may say that out
side at the same time another l20 ca
diets were fencing on the sward with
the two-handed swords OF old Japan
II the japanese navy is miraculous,
their army, in the opinion OF DR.. Diosy,
is not less remarkable. He says: THE
Japanese army is an army. There is
no mistake about that. In It nothing
lis left to chance. Everything is pro-
vided for and prepared for. The Japa-
nese war office was extremely kind to
me- IL attached an officer, a highly
educatd stan officer, Major Tachibana
who had served for considerable
time In the Austro- Hungarian army
specially TO me TO show Inc anything
wished to see in connection with the
Japaneso army. and Il asked me
whether would like to see regiment
OF infantry on one day. and on another
day a regiment of artillery. / was al.
lowed to select the regiment which
should inspect, and so l did not select
the guards, because the guards in every
army are the leading line that is put
I In the shop window, so to say. I want.
ed to see the staple article. the infantry
! and artillery of the line. and ] saw it
/ can assure you, / have no words II
which to express my admiration. 10 Il
not only the drill I am thinking OF
. though in that the Japanese soldiers
are simply perfect; their infantry drill
is Just like a piece of machine work
and their artillery drill perfectly won
' derful
Il had the privilege of having a bat
. terry of mountain artillery delivere,
I over unto me towork my wicked will Oh
: for whole morning, a very hot morn
ing, on big plain outside Toxic ant
| tried to make them do very Difficult
! things. They did them simply admir-
u ably. If you had seen how those gun
. were laid you would have been aston
= ished. / took car to look along tn
sights OF every gun after II was lait
: and / am perfectly certain that II tn
targets had been living men instead @
. dummies there would not have bee
. any left to tell the tale. That, G
!, course, is all very well, but II is nc
= the sole criterion Of the efficiency {
an army. But was shown things whic
are criterion. / was shown the reg
mental, battalion and company store
u houses, where every mans war kit Ia
! ready prepared for him, with his nun
!, Der ticketed on it, that was only to I
= used in time Of war. Everything wa
y new-the Japanese soldier, like III
u German soldier. goes to war wit
y everything about him new, and ever,
y thing has been prepared for him, an
he knows where to find it. Not on
= that, but for every man in the n
al serves there was the reserve kit on II
~ shelf behind. Therefore, the momei
~ the regiment was modified each r
g serve man could go to his shelf and &
his full war kit. / saw also in the
army medical department most VOL
IN derful things which would take I,
long to relaten