The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-19
Not Boer NIarksmen.

But the showing made by the Rus
sian infantry leaves much to be ex-
planned. If their trenches had been
held by marksmen like the Beers there
would have been a question of the
Japanese reaching them without heavy
loss, if at ALL They were dug in
splendid positions on the sides and the
SUBMITS of hills and the approaches
across the valley and up the hillsides
had little cover except patches of corn
Yet the Russian defense was either re-
markably weak or only a demonstra-
ton, because the Japanese of the CEN
trail division hit by their fire numbered
only a score or two. Moreover, there
were the same blunders in manage
ment that marked the Yalu.
The great number of casualties
among the Russian officers and par
ticularly their generals, while no jap
anese general has been hit is due
largely to the different theories of the
generalship followed in the armies
The generals of the Japanese are direc-
tors, while the Russians cling to the
old Skobeleff tradition of a commander
at the head of his men leading the
fighting. From the Japanese lines we
can see the white-coated Russian Of
ficers riding conspicuously before their
troops, while from the Russian side it
must be hard to discover the Japanese
officers, because their uniforms are so
like those of the ranks and because
Gen. Kuroki and the lesser generals
usually are somewhere behind the
fighting line, managing their battles
by telegraph and telephone.
EIectricity's Prominent Part.
Probably electricity has never play
ed so great part in warfare before as
it does with the Japanese. Every gem
eral of the brigade in the field is, like
a modern ambassador, "at the end of
a WIRE" which his divisional COM
mander controls, and the generals of
divisions are in touch by telegraph or
telephone with the corps commander.
"The engineers run wires after the
columns with marvellous rapidity. Fir
ing is heard somewhere at the front
A detachment of engineers emerges
from headquarters, pack ponies carry
ing bundles of light bamboo poles, while
coolies and carts follow them with
coils of slender copper wire. The poles,
which have pointed ends, are quickly
planted, the wire spreads out as fast
as men can uncoil il and a field tele-
phone is at work.
No evidences have been seen by the
army advanced into the enemy's coun-
try that the Russians employ the tele-
graph extensively.
The Russian generalship is more
spectacular and, perhaps, inspires the
soldiers with greater courage, but the
japanese is more business-like. These
generals do not play to the galleries at
all. The censorship which they en-
force tends to deprive them of their
just dues in reputation.
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to mention the names Of the leaders I'm
daring and important fights because
the names might give the enemy a clue
to the Identify and therefore, to the
strength and the characteristics OF the
organizations opposing them.
The japanese Generals.
Gen. Okzwa gathered his troops in
the fog Of early morning on the fourth
Of July and prevented the Russians
from selling the Molten Ling. he
turned Kellers almost successful at
tack Of the seventeenth into a dis
uster and his soldiers from the rocks
above the Yuahiling shot down A
thousand RUSSIANS without any com
pensating damage 10 themselves. re
is o strategist and n fighter. IN
England Or America. he would b. a
popular hero but he newRpapers
which come 70 the camp ran 10 men
ton him.
Cen. kurok IL a quiet and unassnm.
ms gentleman, rather the Mdlfks
type than the theatrical general who
rides about eKhorfinR ana ours.
inK hiH men. Hie type "a nppa rently
the prevailing one ~ the Japaness
eerfico.
Gsn Kurokfs force psrtskss ~ ~
character. q might be described ~ tie