Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-30
'.SiIent Togo" Is the One
 Talked About.
WAS A GREAT MODERN BATTLE.
Leader of Present Methods of
 Sea Fighting.
He Got His Training in the English Naval College at Greenwich A Quiet Unassuming Character-Ha Wife and Family at Home.

Wife and Family at Home. It is inevitable that Admiral Togo. the man of the hour, should be com pared with Nelson, Farragut, Dewey, and every other great naval conman- der, yet he bears little resemblance to any one of these admiraIs, not only fin 1 character, but also in the manner in which he achieved his greatest yic- tories.
 It is almost impossible to compare him with any previous naval genius. for the reason that the conditions of the present day are i'll almost every respect different from those in which others have fought and woh their fame
 Dewey. it is true. had under his command fleet of modern war ma chimes. but the battle of Manila Bay was practically a bombaTdment. In fact. there has been up to Saturday no great modern battle on the sea Ad- miral Togo is the pioneer Of scientific. naval warfare.
 Like other great men who have gone down in history famous for their vic tories. Admiral Togo is of the silent. bulldog type, who seems to gain no qualification from whatever personal glory he may win in his work for his Mikado. but who pursues his profes- sion in the most thorough. business like fashion. after the manner of men 10 whom the praise of multitudes is mere breeze. He is called in the fleet Silent Togo and many stories are told of the phlegmatic. nonchalant manner in which he receives and gives momentous orders
 To one who knows the Japanese character this is not so peculiar. al- though to Americans it seems remark able when looked upon in the light of history and the so-called famous an- swers of some of our generals and ad- mirals upon their departure for war.
 Admiral Togo was born on October IA. 1s57. and belongs to the Samuri. the clan of Satsuma. which means. that although he belongs to the gentry of the land. he is not noble or one great by birth. He became Christian but still clings to some of the traditions of his tribe. While youth he WAS among the first to be sent to England to study modern naval construction and tactics and obtained much of his foreign edu- cation in the English naval college at Greenwich. serving on the training ship Worcester on the Thames.
 He was. naturally enough. close student and upon returning to Japan was able almost at once to be infiuen- tial in the building up of modern navy. His very spirit is in the wood and iron and metal of the ships which he commanded to the destruction of the Russian fleet.
 In the war between China and Japan in 1894. Togo was in command of the second class cruiser Naniwa. which was attached 10 the first flying squad ron that went to China. The young commander had a reputation of al- ways being on the lookout to strike something or other and it was not long before he had a chance to capture and sink the. transport Kowshing. which had on board British captain and crew. His torpedoing of the vessel was the first naval engagement of the war. When the war closed Togo was promoted to rear admiral and put in charge of the dock yard at Naizuru.
 At the breaking ont of the present war after considerable deliberation by the admiralty at Tokio. Togo was chosen to command the main feet of Japan. He was present at the battle of the Yalu river On February <. 1904. just after war had been declared between Japan and Russia. be made ansattack upon the Russian squadron in the harbor of Port Arthur and sue ceeded in sinking a number of the enc my's werships He made himself fam ous by the wonderful snow storm tor pedo boat attack which was looked upon as one of the wonders of the war. For months the admiral had been on the lookout for the Russian Baltic feet and the world has been looking to the man tO live up to an already remarka- ble reputation.
 In appearance. Admiral Togo is said to resemble an old salt to the TT" He is not tall. neither thin nor fat. and wears a full black stubby beard and a mustache. He has absolute control of himself and holds in his own head every detail of the ships in his feet. His family consists of a wife. three daughfers and son. the latter a stu dent at the Imperial University at TOkiO