The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-23
Is A STRONG NATION.
Japan a New Factor Of Much I'm.
portance In World Affairs.
HAS an EMcient Navy and Powerful
Array = Something About the
Great WarshiDs OF Recent
Construction.

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In view OF the agreement entered
INTO between Great Britain and
Japan, the fighting strength" OF onr
oriental ally becomes a factor Of com
siderable Importance, says the Lon
oon Chronicle. new naval pro-
gramme will probably be announced
some time this year, but at present the
japanese navy consists Of battle
snlps' armored cruisers, 3 second
class cruisers, third-cIass cruisers.
. torpedo gunboafs. about 100 tor
pedo craft, and i torpedo depot
/ ship. This list, according to The
iaiest returns, does not include some
small cruisers that are being built in /
JaPan, The Japanese navy was or- i
| ganiEed entirely on the lines Of the
British navy. The following are the /,
schlea~ caaraeteristicsl sofasthe larger
class Of vessels: Length, 400 feet. 4
with a breadth OF IS feet q inches. and
main dranght Of rs feet 6 inches; nor
NAL displacement, 1920 tons; arma-
ment. four 12-inch 49-ton guns nIaced
IN pairs on two barbettes situated for
ward and aft; "A quick-firing 6-inch /
guns carried on the broadside, and 20
l27pounder ,quiek-fring guns. There /
are in these vessels four submerged /
torpedo discharges. The Harveyized
armor-helt 226 feet long by s. feet 6
inches deep, the thickness Of armor
being inches. On the barbettes the
armor is IA inches thick above the
main deck. and inches below IN front n
Inc ships are propelled BY twin
screws. the engines being of IL, 900 in
dlcated horsepower, supplied by u
bellevue boilers. the contract speed M
IS 1879 knots The coal capacity at IA
formal draught is 700 tons. but the N
are capable Of holding 1.4OO n
5ons The complement is ri officers
md men. Among the battleships Is
he Cben7Yuen. captured from China. q
Vhlch mas displacement Of 7,400 n
ons, indicated horsepower $500; ar "A
narnent four Pinch (Kruppl four a
inch qeIrk-iring and eight light N
uns. as well as eight other guns and
hree torpedo tubes. Fer speed lis II III
nots IA
~ the armored cruisers the largest g
the Asana, with displacement Of
75o tons, an indicated horse power N
l9'ooo; armament a-inch quick
ng, a 6-inch {Amstrong), S torpedo IA
hes four submerged, and speed n
4 knots Some Of the cruisers. n
we greater speed like the Tokiwa.
it'll % knots, Others less, like the
lkumo, with 20 knots. Other cruis-
and destroyers vary in displace-
mt between 1850 and SAB tons n
icy all carry quick-tiring guns and
Z destroyers are said to have q
ximum trial speed Of 30 knots or
re. Some were built on the Thames.
lers on the Clyde and some at Bar
v and Elswick.
although Japan took England for q 4
del in the building and manning Of
navy, she went to Germany for the -: -.
anization of her army. The mill aa11lI
i budget of 1901-2 provides for "a
slons OF the army, including theldi-
on Of the guard, &c infantry bril-
es, each of 5-battalion regiments.
egiments OF cavalry Isl SQUAD
y, 10 regiments Of artillery Ola
and muntain batteries), 10 bat
ons of pioneers, comprising 2S COM
les ito be increased to- SO COM sss
esq, 10 battalions Of train of
panies each and the railway and
graph battalion, each of 3 com
Is. In addition to the 13divisions
are 3 regiments, Of coast and
alions Of foot artillery, as wen as
Hesso brigade, comprising 4 bat
ns of infantry, besides cavalry ar
y and pioneers. The army ofthc II gsN
ID line fgarrisons and reserve).
SITS Of SO battalions OF infantry.
es cavalry, pioneers and depot
e. The peace strength in 1902
LOO officers and 1ss,5ss men. be-
total Of 14s.64a. The war strsnetl
III battalions. - squadrons ana
tteries), was sp2.220, with 1903
but this does not include ali TIE
rea
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