The Washington times., 1904-09-18
Trained to Endure Hard
ships in the Days of
His Childhood.
At the Age of Ten Years
He Killed a Bear
IInaided.
errible Tale of How He
Upheld Traditions of
Samural.

edict reached her. She was given no
choice in the matter. She was not even
permitted TO go hack TO her own home.
but was taken from her brothers house
and sent to America She reached
New England where she was given a
place in the home Of the Rev d.. Leon
ard Bacon. Of the First Congregational
Church OF New Haven Here she
stayed for eight years and mastered
the English tongue In 1879 she entered
Vassar College fr6ss which she gradu-
ated in 1882 Her commencement grafton
vas a remarkable essay on British
Policy Toward Japan"
She returned to her native land and
shortly afterward married Lieutenant
General OyaTna- From this marriage
there resulted three children. Two boys
and one girl. The boys. as is natural.
are to follow a military career.
Not a Soldier by Inclination.
Far from being a hard-eyed. shaggy
browed general as one might imagine,
the hero Of so many different cam
palgns Is the kindest. most amisbIe old
I gentleman it would pc possible TO meet.
He himself declares that IL is irony OF
! fate, not personal inclination. which
/ Like most Of Japan's great men he is
not rich in this worlds goods. He is
\ far too liberal to amass a fortune. II is
/ told OF him during the Chinese war he
/ bought provisions for his men and
} horses out OF his own pocket rather than
/ pillage the wretched homes along the
I route
In fact. charity got to be such a mania
| with him that his wife. an extremely
economical woman. had TO act as treas
urer, and dole him out small allow
ance daily.
During his residence in Paris he was
often greatly upset By the way dumb
animals. particularly horses. were
abused. Once he got into a dreadful
muss with cahby. and both had TO be
marched of to the police station to ex-
plain their conduct. Though the mar
shall could speak but little French he
stormed around the terrified commits
saire until justice was given him, and
he saw the jehu condemned TO give 50
dne. japanese merchants IN Paris. as
well as cabmen. remember this active
military attache. though In quite DIFF
ferent way
Helped Compatriot in Paris.
one day. sitting in front or a cafe.
he noticed a japanese Offering some
beautiful fans at exceedingly low prices.
lower even than the same article could
be purchased In Japan. Reckoning %
the man. ne asked how he could do II
. The other told him how, owing 10 long
Illness. business had dropped of. He
was unable 10 pay his rent. which would
) become due on the following day. so he
= and his wife. rather than lose all OF
p their stock. were selling what articles
I they could smuggle out on the streets
, of Paris. The attache had several I'M
portaut engagements on hand that az
: ternoon, but he postponed all and hur-
ried off with the unfortunate merchant
: After thoroughly examining into mat
p ters. ne paid the rent. suggested the
mans moving into a better quarter OF
the capital, and during The rest OF his
, stay there did what he could TO work
. up a clientele among his friends. From
that day the merchants affairs -four
ished. and two years ago re died worth
D a nice round sum- BY his will he left
$4,000 of it to his benefactor.
General KOdama. Oyama's chief OF
stan. has been called the brains OF the
Japanese army" He was chosen to bis
important position at Oyama's earnest
= request Like his superior. the general
: also received much OF his military edu-
cation IN Europe. In 1890 he made an
extended tour through England. Ger
many. France and Switzerland. study
ing the different military systems
u When peace was signed with China
d hOdama was sent as governor general
e 10 Formosa. the newly acquired posses
sion. Later events made his presence
2 necessary at the ministry OF war,
q Though he returned 10 take up his new
o post at Tokyo. he did not relinquish
= the gOvernorshi1, but worked day and
night supervising from afar the putting
q in a stale OF defense Japan's cumber-
e some colony.