Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-10
MERIT DUE TO CHIEFS.
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ing had the same grandfather. is
major general of cavalry and Is also
at the front in active command of
troops. He is the fourteenth son OF
the late General Prince Fushimi Kun
iiye also famous soldier. and
cousin of the father of the mikado.
General Koto-Hito was born in 1865.
was educated in the Peers school the
military college and other technical in
stitutions. and spent four years in
France completing his training. He
returned TO Japan in 1891 and married
the daughter of Prince SAM Sanetomi.
lovely woman of modern education,
who Is well known and very popular
In the foreign colony of Toxic. Both
the Prince and Princess OF kan-in, as
they are commonly called, speak Eng
lish and French fluently. The princess
is president of the Red Cross organi
zation and the Ladies' Patriotic Asso-
citation. which has been organized to
look after the families of soldiers. The
prince is president of the National
Athletic association, which has nearly
100000 members and is intended to
promote physical culture among the
Japanese The Kan-in family are up TO
date in every particular.
Prince Kuni-yoshi, another second
of the emperor, born in 1878 and edu-
Gated in several of the military schools
is a captain OF artillery. who has just
returned from active duty at the
front and participated in several bat
ties. He is described as good hon
est soldier without being brilliant" d"
The emperor received him with mark
ed distinction the other day when he
returned from the war. and he was
greeted with a tremendous ehthusi-
asm by the people. who crowded the
streets of Toxic through which he
rode from the railway station to the
palace. A prince of the imperial family
who has been three times under fire
In Manchuria, was considered worthy
of honor, and everybody says that
Prince Kuni as he is popularly known
Is n very good fellow. He is short. ia,
and good'natfured and great favorite
at the clubs.
Mori-masa, Prince of Nashi-moto-no-
miya. lieutenant of artillery. is also
at the front He is rs years old. was
educated in the regular army and is
said to he a good soldier. but | can
not find out anything more about him
Nari-hisa Prince of Kita-shrakawa
is a cadet In the military schools. II
years old. His father, the late Prince
Yoshi-hisa. a famous soldier. com
hn linn ta1 do
many years, took an active part in the
war of 1895 with China and died the
following December from the effects
of fatigue and exposure in the Chinese
campaign. The young man is said to
be one Of the most promising cadets in
the military academy.
There are three ways OF getting q
commission in the Japanese army.
l. BY favor of the emperor.
2. BY securing an appointment to
the military academy as cadet. just
az in the United States.
3, By application to the commanding
officer OF n regiment for the privilege
OF enlisting as an officer candidate, Z"
The latter privilege is enjoyed by
every boy in Japan who. when he
reaches the age OF 20. and is in full
possession of all his mental and phys.
ical faculties, becomes a soldier for
three years. II he likes military life
and shows proficiency he can apply to
the colonel of his regiment with the
approval and recommendation OF the
captain of his company. He is re-
quired to show a diploma from pub
lie school or some private school rec
ognized by the government and must
pass examination similar to that re-
quired OF cadets entering the military
academy. Having been accepted as an
"ofilcer candidate he continues In his
for twelve months as a private. SO that
he may have a complete and practical
knowledge Of the needs and duties OF
a common soldier and, according to his
is promoted through the
various noncommissioned grades. At
the end Of three years he is sent to the