The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
By JOHN c. O'LAUGHLIN
Golfers Special War Correspondent at St Petersburg
S. Petersbnrs. March e

St Petersburg. March %
y n THE UNIFORM of a Cossack general, Car Nicho-
Sb sn bT ISe nSr Pai5ee nder orders to
the far east few minutes later dressed as a cap
admiralty yard inspected the warshps which be
ing rushed completion there It viii not be the fault
of his majesty should there be in Manchuria and
Asiauc waters, within the next feW months. mlt2ry
he ntrust the utilization of the instruments
which he is placing in their hands. ,ar,, 90 ,tt+,a i'm,
nortance broprbt to mind the question which all ST
P Pt be - 5s-,Iesi,r sine The g1reat of the
What is Russa,s plan of operations? The tngisn
speculation what is simple matter to the RUSSIAN
f+ Ta,,a1-s defeat ..F7frst zvas to1d .Fusss vii!
in Manchuria an army superior TO the japanese
51sare to- thrust war on nation That desired peace
Every military expert knows that the question
does not concern Russia It IS the question OF supplying
causing cli5- -;1c =. SeI - ~ r, no. IylI,,s
b. Invaluable him in the campaign upon which he IS
and wherever necessary additional troops
protect the line Port Arthur and Vadvostok have
strong garrisons well equipped and armed and supplied
with food There remain available for active operations
divisions-the strongest Of about $4,000 occupying
fortified strategic positions upon the lai1 river the
left Of the first division and VladvostoN which viii stop
intrenched prevent operations by dsem
barking at the head OF the Laouns gull Aaong JS<
till Cossacks them the Russian
eLer we're Tbev are armed With fine carbines and long
swords. and they wi be able rapidly. The
South African war taught the value Of mobility in mill
en S66 l@P he s&E erD9 @ ssid F fo
complied with. He informed that he should have
c6zed in NTancbria The trains are running regularly
anu Trms-Siberan railroad, smoothly The maxi
estimate of the number Of troops arriving daily upon
say an average 1000 daily being
The larger the army. greater quantity supplies
that be shipped TO it, and the fewer the trains that
arrived before Kuropatkin Will have his army
the strength determined upon.
Turning now TO the navy. some facts have come to
my attention which will have an important bearing upon
The assignment four cruisers to vIadivostok. and
the damages sustained oY the elVzah SzareVllc ana
- SJ,irsi No. TN paIi5, ,,bfcI We Cotton iITo
active The CZarevitCh. which
had large section Of her bottom ripped out by the
feetis pOntoOns the harbor and
cannot be repaired in time for the projected fleet opera
tons Repairs are being pushed upon the Ietyzan when
can be considered again part Of the effective Rus
guns the Retvizan have been
stalled IN shore battery The russians are consequently
/ one batteship and two crusers-the Nariag sunk at
Chemulpo and the Boyarin destroyed by mines. and
few orpedo-boa desroyers Nevertheless the feet viii
participate operations present
viii remain unchanged it is hoped under the guns Of
Russia believes that Japan's fate will be decided by
the new fleet which is to be formed in the Baltic and
VI l vi. -rti II c. Iii i e. VI e. TSS W eLII5
three second-class baeshps. pro-
six auxiliary cruisers, tweny-one
pedo-boat desrOyers and number of oil ships
lers The battleshipS the Impeator Alexander III
Orel Knaz Suvaron-a of which under construction
the BOrodnO and the Osiabya, SisSO Neiky, NaVarn.
ITperatOr Nicolai I. which in commission The
ROrodinO. Alexander, OTel and SUVarOf
1900 Is knots speed, aruored and
carrying 12-nch twelve 6-nch forty smaller guns
six torpedo tubes The Borodno is ready the
admiralty yard and inspected by the emperor.
her draft is great that in order to get her of the
Neva it will be necessary to her and
install CrOnStadt- The Orel building a
Island, Petersburg,
guns a Cronstadt The Alexander are
building Cronstadt- The Sava, class will not
he ready for at least year While speedy
Japanese Yashma and Full these ships superior I'm
protection and TheSare i'm speed
the other Japanese battlehips and there
difference in their protection and armament. The Osi
/ $4,000 tOns-abOUt that NaShima: lei
| speed is a and her S
| SiSSOi NeliSy 5000 ago
Her is partly Of the Old compound her
battery includes four 12-inch 6nch raofd
fire guns The Navarin is Older than the Sssoi
the speed-16 lnos-and has main battery four
12inch and eight 6-inch breech-loadiug
rapid frers may be substituted The Imperator Nicola
of 9S09 tons and has compound her battery
COMPRISES 12inch four Snch. eight
aH breeCh-Oaders The Sissoi Nav2rin NiCOai arc
To he UPSP ed rTlliS