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in the Russian yards of the Baltic.
-Four others-the Joann Slatust. Impera-
ter Paul 1. Andres Pervozvannui. and
Efstai. of 1900 tons displacement ana
nineteen knots speed-are also building.
and orders for three more of 1900 tons
displacement and eighteen knots speed
have just been placed.
A Distinct Advantage.
Japan will have the great advantage
OF being able to use her own fortified
ports as naval bases. There are four
dockyards well equipped with modern
plants and quite capable both of con-
structing and of repairing vessels of any
class.
At present Japan has not her own
armor plate factories or steel works,
but it is intended to provide these. so
that she may be able to undertake
the construction and entire equipment
OF her vessels Of war. In the mercan-
tile marine. which has increased enor-
mously of recent years she will find all
She may require for the purposes of
transport and auxiliaries to the war
feet.
As for the personnel of the Japanese
navy the judgment which the Japanese
officers displayed in the conduct of the
war with China was the admiration OF
all seamen. 1t was marked by courage,
capacity, and admirable resourcefuI-
ness.
The standard of discipline on board
the ships is that of the British navy.
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FOOD SUPPLIES.

Russian acreage under cultiva ton
Cwheat. rye. barley. oats. potatoes), in
GLIDING European Russia. Poland. north
ern Caucasia. Siberia. Central Asia, 2l1,
OF. 200 acres.
Japanese acreage under cultivation
Crice. wheat. barley. rye. millet). 11,5O0,-
600 acres.
Russian population 800. 81. SIC. $50
japanese population. -.....-......44. 260, SOC
Food producing acreage available per
head OF population:
Russia .....-.................... .3.3 acres.
Japat< ......-................... 10 acre.
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Their officers have received their train
ing on board their own ships and Brit
ish naval officers have acted as their
instructors.
They have a naval college which is n
model of everything such an institution
should be. The ships are constantly
exercised, and their crews are inspired
by the keenest spirit of zeal and patriot
ism. Moreover. they possess that mu-
tual confidence which Is bred of success
full experience under the stern test of
battle.
As Sir William White recently said:
They have shown themselves fully
equal to the great responsibilities in
volved in using during war as well as
peace a fleet replete with every modern
improvement in machinery, guns, and
equipment"
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every Japanese a deep-rooted cult to
courage.
The fighting men have always been
the aristocracy Of the land-the Samural
and bravery is a national heritage.
The Army of japan.
The army of Japan is composed of
GO. 500 officers and men. The men are
muscular and hardy. Injured to every
hardship. and accepting them as part Of
the days work without grumbling.
In their march to Pekin at the time Of
the Boxer uprising they shamed the
troops of Germany, Great Britain, Rus
STA. and the United States by their in
domitable grit and unfagging courage.
Rations or no rations, they can march
twelve hours a day-twenty, II need be
and be ready for a bayonet charge af-
terward.
The officers. alert. ambitious. and in
teIligent. have been taught in the best
military schools-of Europe: in efficiency.
they are the peers at least Of those who
command the Russian army
When hostillties begin they will have
the advantage Of fighting near home.
near centers of approvisiOnment and
supplies. in a country which they know
They will be near possible re-enforce-
ment. knowing that their enemy is him
self weeks removed from it. They Will
be fighting a personal enemy, one
against whom they have all individually
uursed hatred since the Gay when he
deprived them of the fruits of their vic
tory over the Chinese.
The Russian soldiery will go into bat
tie without knowing why; they will be
obeying orders. that's all
Japan's Inferior Cavalry.
There is one point of inferiority under
which Japan must suffer. granted that
Il is an inferiority. That is the lack of
a properly equipped and sufficiently
large cavalry. The war Office of Japan.
however, cannot be said to have erred
by inadvertence. If Nhe cavalry is so
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Japan Has an Advantage
Over Her Enemy So Far
as Her Sea Forces Are
Concerned - Her Army
System Based Upon Those
Ct Europe-The Soldiers
Of Russia. - = = =

IT. HE momentous question OF SUI
premacy in the Far East. which
is to be decided via armis by
Japan and Russia. depends for its solu-
ton upon the armed strength of both,
on land and sea. and on the strategic
positions which they respectively hold.
AS regards the naval forces Japan has
a decided advantage. BY her recent
purchase from Argentina OF the two
srmored cruisers Moreno and Rivadavis,
rechristened since Kasaga and Niasin.
the Mikado has put the, naval odds in
his favor
Russia. to be sure. will soon have
available in Eastern waters another
1900 ton battleship. the Ossilabya, an
armored cruiser. the Dimitri Donskoi.
and two protected cruisers. the Aurora
and Almaz. all en- route to the Far East.
But even this will not restore the naval
equilibrium.
Japan's Superiority.
First of all. battIeship for battIeshIp.
those of Japan are superior OF the six,
three displace 1900 tons and over.
whereas among those OF Russia none
is of greater displacement than 1900
tons.
In armored cruisers Japan's superior
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RUSSIAN TROOPS IN FAR EAST.
First Siberian Army Corps-

Southern Manchuria-21 battalions. 8
squadrons, "a guns.
Yladivostok and Port Arthur bat
taifOnE
Frontier guards - 2s battsliops, rs
Equadrons, Is guns.
Pe-chi-M-1z battalions, squadrons. ~
guns
Semirechensk-s battalions, % squad
rons, . guns
Uza-4 sQuadrons. 4 guns.
Second Siberian Army Corps.
Tsitsikar-l2 battaIions, "A squadrons.
- guns.
Kirin-26 battalions. q sQuadrons. 1O2
guns.
Detached pOsts-21 battalions. 40 guns.
Total for both corps-525 officers, 1880
men, 70, 800 horses
Total men available in the Far East.
10000.
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restricted in numbers it is so restricted
with deliberate intent and purpose
The general staff OF the army has
practically discarded lances. swords. and
bayonets as obsolete weapons. 1t holds
to the theory that the war of the>fu-
ture is to be war OF long distance at
tack and defense. IL has drilled its SOL
dfers in rife practice and gunnery. but
IT has. neglected the cavalry branch
The japanese military system is based
on that OF the armies Of Europe. Service
is obligatory, the entire male population
being liable to a call to the colors be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and forty.
The army rs subdivided into three dis
tfnct organize tions. The regular perma-
nent force, the reserve and the terri
torial army. The men of the Dali Nippon
se3are twelve years altogether under the
STANDARD of the Rising Sun The first
three years are spent continuously in
the regular force. the next four years
and four months in the reserve. and the
remaining five years in the territorial
army.
Division of Troops.
The permanent army consists Of 1900
officers and 100. 900 men. divided into fif-
ty-two three battalion regiments OF in
fantry. fifty-five squadrons of cavalry
nineteen regiments Of field artillery.
fourteen battalions of heavy artillery,
fourteen battalions of engineers, and
thirteen transport battalions.
The reserve consists of 135, 600 men and
1l6 guns. and the territorial army OF
900. 900 men of all arms and of 80 guns.
The rifle of the infantry is the Midi
magazine rife. while a carbine Of the
same pattern is used by the cavalry.
The field artillery Is equipped with
Arisaka 75-millimeter Quick-hring guns.
In point Of numbers the Russian army
is, of course. superior to that OF japan.
but there is this to consider. It cannot
be brought to a high effective in the Far
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COMPOSITION OF JAPANESE DIvI-
SION AND RUSSIAN ARMY CORPS.
Japanese Division Contains.

JAPANESE DIVISION Contains.
Cavalry. 1 regiment. 200
Infantry. 4 regiments. $500.
Field artillery. l regiment, IS guns.
Engineers, 1 battalion, 500 z
Transport, ! battalion, 300
Russian Army Corps Contains.
Oficers, 1000
Men, AZ $50
Horses, IL, go.
Guns, 1zA
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RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.

Fusan 10 Tail<u, Korea.
ChemulpO to Seoul, Korea.
Khabarovoka TO Vladivostok.
VladivostOk to Kharbin.
Kharbin TO Mukden and Port Arthur
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Modified IN THE FAR EAST.
Tapan-
NAVAL BASES IN THE FAR EAST.

japan.
YokoslIka-Arsenal. slip. and dry dock.
Kure-Arsenal. slip. dry dock, and
armOr plate works.
SaSebo-ArSenal
MISUNDERSTANDING
gasaki-Three docks
kobe-Torpedo repairing yard.
MISUNDERSTANDING yards
Ominato - Accommodation for small
craft
Toka shilSa-DOckyard
Tsushima-DOrk and coal
Russia
Observation-Disclosures and arsenal dry
dock floating dock. and coal supply.
IcebOund now.
Dalny-Harbor and rehtting yard; coal
supply
Port Arthur-Tidal basin. dry dock. re-
fitting yard; coal supply.
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COMPOSITION OF WAR FORCES.
Russia.
ARMAMENT.
To~an

Infantry. Midi magazine rife, holding
five cartridges
Depot troops. MUrata magazine rifle,
holding eight cartridges.
Cavalry, sword and carbine.
Artillery Cdeld and mountain bat
teries), u FOUNDER Ariska-
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Russia.

Infantry 3-line magazine rife, holding
five cartridges.
Cavalry. sword. rife. bayonet. lance.
Artillery, 3-inch quick frers, IS
FOUNDERS. % Founders, and 6-inch how
itzers.
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Japan's Superiority.
MAP OF PROBABLE SPHERE IN THE ORIENT
MILITARY FORCES.
ALL AVAILABLE TROOPS.
Iaran.

Jaran.
Infantry. 1f7,1sO; cavalry. 900; artil-
lery. 24.130: engineers, 7.S40: transport,
1850; reserves, 76.47S; total. 27326S
Russia.
Infantry. 1000; cavalry. 1i7.000; artil-
lery. $4,000; engineers, $4,000. depart
mental corps. 1900; Cossacks. 6C,0OO; re-
serves. 2. $50 600: total, 3, $50 900.
COMPOSITION OF WAR FORCES.
Japan
nifty. bat Men 1893, 80
taliOns $50. 208 Guns ......... ga
Officers ...... $500 Horses $500 81, $50
Russia.
nifty. bat Men .......3, $40 900
talions 90. .236 Guns .-.--... $500
Oficers 49,. 5000 Horses 80. 10000
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Second Siberia
DISTRIBUTION.


Japan
First division, Tokyo
Second division, Sendaf
Third division, Nagoya.
Fourth division. Osaka.
Fifth division. Hiroshima
Seventh division, AsahiEawa
Eighth division. Hirosaha
Ninth division, Kanazawa.
Tenth division, Himeu
Eleventh division, MaruEamo
Twelfth div'sion. Kokura.
Russia.
First and second guard divisions, st.
Petersburg.
Third guard division, Moscow.
Two army corps, st. Petersburg
Two army corps. Finland.
y NO army corps, Wilma.
Two army corps. Warsaw.
Two army corps, Odessa.
Two army corps, Moscow.
Two army corps. Kiev.
Two army corps, Kazau.
Two army corps, Caucasus
n wo army corps. Turkestan.
Two army corps. Siberia.
Two army corps. Asnur.
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CONCENTRATION IN FAR EAST.
GUN POWER ON PRINCIPAL SHIPS
IN FAR EAST.
LARGEST BATTLEsH1PS IN FAR
EAST.
Tanan

LARGEST BATTLESH1PS IN FAR
EAST.
Japan
Mikasa Quilt 1soo)-15.OOo tons displace-
ment. Principal armament, four Pinch
guns. Crew. sS5. Speed. Is knots per
hour.
Russia
Czarevitch Quilt 1eO1)-1S. 100 tons dts
placement Principal armament. four
Pinch gins Crew, ia. Speed. IS knots
per hour.
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NAVAL FORCES.
POSSIBLE STRENGTH.
Japan

PERSONNEL.
japan
Ohicers and men Cwar strength. 31.S79
Officers and men (reserves) ..-....-- 6.2s7
Russia.
officers and men Cwar strength. 65.054
officers and men (reserve) ........-. 81. 200
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= - a - - =
'iSion. AsahiE
sion. Hirosahi
on, kanazaW
ion. Hinneji.
vision. NIaruI
'tSion. Kokuri
Russia.
legOud u1fard
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Democratic Club Meeting,

Pursuant to the call of the County
Chairman the Democratic club at this
place met in the court house:o on last Sat-
urday at 2 O'Clock p. m. and reorganized.
j. G.. Long, ST., was reelected president
of the club; 7. X. Foster, vice'president;
w. w. Johnson, secretary, and J. A.
Sawyer, treasurer. A committee was
then appn'nt6d TO nominate delegates to
the c"up', Convention which meets here
Monday, May 2. The following were
nominated and elected: S.. G.. Howell,
Sam Smith, J. T. Belue, r. d. Kitchens,
G. @. Sartor, j. G. Gibbs, James Young,
g. @. Greer, Clarence Bishop, w. w.
Johnson, J. M. Greer, ]. g. Long, ST.,
J. A. Sawyer, T. j. Betenbaugb, /.
Frank Peake, j. G.. Farr, Jno. W.
Sanders, Samuel Lawson, George Kirby,
]. Ed Hughes, G.. g. May, w. w.
Cotton, T. X. Foster, Jno. p. Gage,
James Adams, w. H. Sartor, Jacob
Going, ]. G. Hughes, w. T. Cunning.
ham, G. NJ. Bailey, ". e. DePass, ]. T.
Douglass, N. @. Lake, A. G. whitener,
B. F. Townsend, J. III. Bartles, j. B.
Hollingsworth, Landrum Davis, D. 7.
Black, Joe s. Thomas
! ea
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Petition For Pardon.

Attorneys S. NJ. B,aty aid J. A.
Sawyer are circulating petition for the
full pardon Of States Foster, who was
tried and convicted of manslaughiir at
the January term of cou~t 1898. This
petition has been signed by che jurors
who tried Foster, and say that they were
obliged to fad u verdict of guilty, that
the mitigating circumstances surround
ing the homicide were such that they
felt sure the judge would impose a SEN
t-Lce of but few years. AS an .eyie
deDce # the good character of Foster,
and meritorious pie. for pardon. all
Of The court and county officials, togeth-
er with hundreds of the leading citizens
Of the county have signed this petition
We don't usually endorse a petition for
pardon in cases of this kind, but under
the peculiar circumstances, we think
executive clemency advisable.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Pension Granted.

The many friends of Mr. G.. Stout
Noland will be glad to know that Cor
gresham Aiken succeeded in having a
bill passed in Congress granting to Mr..
Noland pension. He was a member
of the End regiment of South Carolina
volunteer infantry. In the Spanish War.
1t will bs remembered that at the time
Stout joined the United States army
then encamped at Columbia, 8. C..
awaiting orders to sail for Cuba, he was
over the age at which volunteers were
accepted, according to the army regula.
tions and requirements. In order to
overcome this regulation, he had his hair
cut very short and his face shaved clean,
which gave him the appearance of q
young man. he being physically all that
was desired or required. The people OF
Union County know well the war record
OF Stout Noland, that no drawer, better
soldier ever faced the enemy. He ia
now numbe ed AMONG the scar worn
veterans OF the lost cause, aud deserves q
pension and q gold cruss Of honor.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Unions Growth and Wealth.

| We feel bound to admit that tht
town Is under obligations to the cot.
ton mill industry and influence for
whatever growth it has made in the
past ten years. Her industries have
grown so large together with an enor.
nous increase of business, which
naturally and necessarily follows,
that 1t is almost impossible for one
railroad to handle the traffic incident
upon such an increase.
Col. I. G. Duncan, tho great api-
tator in everything conducive. TO the
good OF the town and county, has un-
dertakep another great work to re-
lieve the.present situation Of lack of
railroad facilities. He purposes to
extend the Union and Glenn Springs
Railroad to the Atlantic Coast Line
on one end and the Seaboard Air Line
on the other, and he wants those in.
terested to give the right Of way, aod
we hope that every body between these
points will see it is to their interest
to do isa. that everybody will, so in
terested with one accord, guarantee
to him an unobstructed route, for by
so doing they will confer lasting
benefit not upon the town and the
country, but upon themselves also,
and all property along this line of
railroad will upquestionably be en-.
HANGED in value ten fold, for this is
the history OF every country through
which railroads run, therefore every
one should not only favor but do
what they can to further the project,
and success will sure follow.
Several years ago we had good
prospects of reaching Clinton, but the
scheme was quietly dropped, and
the Southern continued to control
the field of operations. The South
ern is and will be at work again, to
defeatthis project; it is a powerful
corporation with almost unlimited
money, but this will avail nothing il
ehe people want this railroad con-
nection We now advocate, and which
as we say above is being pushed, they
can get it, and we feel assured that
with Col. Duncan in the lead you
can't 60 wrong, All fall into line
and success will necessarily be the
result.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
New Passenger Depot.

We gather from number of our ex-
changes that r. R Commissioner GarIis
In company with several of the railroad
officials, have within the past month Wis
tied number of places along the line of
the Southern system in upper South Car.
olina for the purpose of locating and
erecting new passenger waiting rooms
Union was given the go-by Several
months ago Union was promised mod
ern waiting room, the oily obstacle at
that time being the Gibbes house, since
which time we have heard nothing more
Oil the subject. The present passenger
waiting room is a disgrace.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Baptist Sunday School Convention.

The next meeting will be held with
The Mon-Aetna church. A handsome
church building has been erected under
the wise and energetic leadership of
Pastor Poston. The building is credit
TO the pastor and to the community.
More than year ago our convention
agreed to help In this worthy enterprise.
The opportunity is now upon us. Let
"a send upa fine contribution along with
our delegates in May. The Sunday
School Of the First Baptist church will
send $25s 90. How much will you sends
i. N. RICE
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Celebration at Gilead.

We, the Baptist church at Gilead
will meet on the first Sunday In May,
1904, to celebrate the one hundredth
anniversary Of this church.. We cor
daily invite all former sPastors OF
said church and the public at large
to be present with US. The program
for the occasion will be arranged by
the speakers present.
Everybody interested in the grave.
yard are requested to meet on April
10Th to clean off the same.
G. F. FELMET,
j. e. MABRY.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
JUDGE sIMoNToN DEAD.
End Came at Philadelphia Hospital
Shortly Before Noon.

Charleston, April % -Ju 'gp Chas. II
Sim9nton died in hos pital at Philadel-
phia today shortly before noon. lie had
been sufferer for a number OF months
and WAS taken to Philadelphia three
weeks ago upon the advice of physicians
From the first he gradually grew weaker
and during the past few days reports
from the bedside showed Enthusiastically
that death was inevitable.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Death Of Mr.. George D. FAINT.

We clip the following notice of the
death Of former citizen of Union from
the NeMherry Herald aud News BE
was brother of Mr.. J. Munroe FAINT
and MIS- Geo. &. May, and uncle of Dr.
Charles, Joe, Frank and Wallace
.Austell.
Mr.. George D. FAINT died at the home
of Mr.. JOS. H. Hunter, in Prosperity,
on last Wednesday, after having been
confined to his bed for eleven mouths
with paralysis.
Mr.. FAINT was born in Union county
on June %, 1888. He was the eldest
so1 of James and Drucilla FAINT. In
1853 he was marfied to Miss Jane Evans,
of UGion county. and by this union he
had one daughter who married Mr.. Jos.
Fl. Hunter. Mr.. and"Mrs FAINT, after
the marriage of their daughter to Mr..
Hunter, lived with him until their death.
Mrs, FAINT died in Prosperity on April
10, 1896, and her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie
ID. Huntef, died on March 10, 1898.
Mr.. FAINT leaves one grandson, Mr..
Frank II. Hunter, of this city, son of
Mr.. JOS. H. Hunter and Mrs. Lizzie D.
Hunter, deceased.
Mr.. FAINT served in the Confe ederrati
army daring the whole four years of
civil war aud was brave soldier.
was in the 10th Cavalry under
Nc cKissick, of Union.
II" vas cqnsistent membe1
r. p. church at Prosperity,
who had the love and con
people among whom hS
fact worthy of note a
character that he love
they loved him. w
could be paid him?
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Local Laconics.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST ABOUT TOWN
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Qhre a number. of Unionites at
tended the May Festival at Spartan.
burg this week.
Mrs. A. III. Jeter attended the Mu.
sic Festival in Spartanburg, and was
the guest Of Mrs. T. E. Mott, Sr.
Mr.. Henry Goodman, OF Charlotte,
was in the city this week on a visit
to his brother, Mr.. E. F. Goodman.
E1s. T. O. Duncan and daughter,
Louise, attended the Music Festival
and were the guests of Bishop w. w.
Duncan,
Mrs. A. G. Wardlaw OF Union will
be the guest of Mrs. Il. H. Law dur
Ing the Music Festival.
burg Journal.
!, Congress made in the river and
harbor appropriation bill provision
for the survey of the Pedee and Con-
garee rivers, with view of having IL
practicable, these streams made nav.
igable, for general navigation from
Oolumhta TO Georgetown.
Prof.A G.. Rembert, of Wofford
college, has been appointed by Gov.
Heyward a member Of the State
Board Of Education. Prof. Rembert
Is one among the foremost educators
OF the South, and no better or more
> able member has ever been upon this
important board. He is thoroughly
: In love with his work and with him
1t is p. ,-Sh, a life work.
) Lieut.. Geo.. w. Williams, SON OF
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B. Williams, of
Yorkville, has recently been promo
Ned to the command of the American
9rpedo squadron at Manila. Lieut..
illiams left America in command
ora single torpedo boat, he now has
command Of six. He is q nephew of
/ Mr., VIM, X. Thomas, of Carlisle.
Lieut.. Williams has good blood in his
veins on both 'sides OF his family CON.
'nection.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-29
Pension Cheek.

The Clerk of the Court, I. F. Ppake,
received last Saturday the check for
payment OF the pensioners of this county
The amount to which Union county is
entitled this year is So, 1851. =,