Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-21
Russo-Japanese SiIhouettes.

Tho word Mikado. used everywhere to
designate the Emperor Of Japan. means
a porch front gate. and is something
Ike the expression the Sublime Porte. =
i'H winch the SutanS government is des-
!snated- The actual Mikado Mutsu-Ito.
- "i average stature and of MaIaysian
lHl'' lie was bonn on the day Of the ma
ii"hdl holiday Tdncho- Seth. ard came
1r"ln line Of cmperors who established
themselves i'll Japan some sixteen hundi ed
vars before the Christian era. The hrst
WAS captain of a Malaysian boat. which
was wrecked on the japanese coast. The
captain founded a dynasty. which pre-
Tended to come from the san. Mutso-lto.
their descendant, has adopted most of
the European manners. especially in re-
gard to cooking and table service. His
1aVorite drink is champagne.
The Russian soldiers in the Far East
are To be nitied. If the quartermaSter'S de-
lartment is not administered more hon
cStiy than it was during the Russo-Turk-
ISL war in 1871. The merchants ana pur-
vtyo-s who provided the necessities OF
the army usually made from 200 to 800 per
cent. profit. When forage arrived in the
camps for The horses. the officers found
that he bales were half moss. Horses died
IKE flies: The soldiers Jared almost as
badly. The bread. anaiyZed by order of
General NicnokOtschislli. contained olly
~ per cent. wheat -four. the balance being
!ecula. peas. beans and wood savings
| The men fell sick, and it was found thai
there were TO drugs in the military phar-
macicS. The same kind OF official cor
lnntlon occurred again during the Russo
tDlneSe intervention. and Nicolas H. aD-
pointed a commission of German doctors
to investigate the situation. This resulted
i'll the execution of four inspectors and Il
uuartermaster general. Nevertheless Il
letter from St Petersburg. written BY a
fl lend of the MuScoviteS. says that The
usual purvcyorS OF the army already
count the profits they will make olt Of
the present war. saying: Russia is
large and the Car IS so far away:
There is in the japanese army kind Of
soldier. the eqUlVa!en of whom has to
" ;"oked for in the Roman army. They
are the Touden-Hei. or peasant soldiers
| They are recruited from agriculturstS or
armerS, and serve one year in the army.
Thereupon each soldier receives frcm lie
government piece OF ground. or field.
which he must cultivate. He must mar
nv. and he receives some funds from the
government to establish himself on tho
land. After 4 few years the peasant
soldier pays back the funds advanced 10
him and becomes proprietor. Thus. tn
Japanese government. while having made
Il soldier OF the man. has helped in ~
tending the cultivation Of the soil
The cars of the Trans-Sheran Railroad
| for the transportation of troops. although
the best comfort of the soldiers and
horses The side. ceilings and floors are
covered with felt. and stoves are installed.
Thirty-two men are put IN Il car.
although the number 10 is inscribed on the
| outside. Warm water is provided for The
tea, and. daily. each S'oldier receives
| warm food containing three-quarters of
pound Of meat. The soldiers meals are
prepared in kitchen car by the ordinary
cooks OF every company. Each military
| train is provided with from two hundred
| to three hundred Shovels. in order to
clear the track from SnOwfals. At GER
| tain points there is Il stop of twenty-f"ur
| hours, to give some rest to the men and
the horses. doctor and surgeon ac-
| company every military train.
| Japan has adopted the crematory meth
| cd used in many parts of Europe. and
| which is recommended. moreover. in GER
| tain cases. by the Buddhist religion. one
of tie two religions of the Empire of the
Rising Sun. The other leading belief is
Shintoism. or Worthy of Ancestors.
There are seven crematories in the city
| of Toxic.