The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-19
ARMIES OF JAPAN ANb RUSSIA.
The stoIid Stay Soldier and CHEEKY,
intelligent Jap.

intelligent Jap.
British officials believe that If war is
declared the Russian feet will not for.
sake the shelter OF the guns at Port
Arthur.
Russia, it is thought, will pour
troops into Korea, and take possession
before the Japanese transports arrive.
This would offer Japan her severest
task-that of landing under strong
opposition.
But the absence of naval opposition
against her transport would suit Japan
bp giving her command of the sea. She
would blockade the Russian feet at
Port Arthur. If her emissaries sue
ceeded in cutting the Siberian Railway
Russia's Asiatic army would be cut on
from its European. base, and japan
could then put two soldiers to Russia's
one into the field for time.
In such circumstances, the quality OF
the two soldierY becomes a vital as
set. .s-u.... -.
There is a wide difference between the
men of the two armies. The Russian is
stolid and unintelligent; he fights as a
machine rather than as a man with
brains. The Japanese soldier, on the
other hand, is a thinker and a worker.
eomned with tabloid energy which
makes his nation one of the most ac-
tive races in the world.
The Jap is as wiry and untirable as a
Ghurka, and will carry into the field
on his back sixty-eight pounds of git,
moving at the rate Of three miles an
hour. He can march all day without
food and fight for his dinner; and he is
hardly enough to disdain tents. He
lives on poultry and rice, and vast
stores of these rations are held in de-
pots for the mobilization of the army.
The Japanese have a very severe dis
cipline, and the men would face any
forlorn hope without finching. They
attack in continuous lines, and when
the charge sounds death alone checks
them. They scale. hills like goats, and
in the fiercest fray they are cheerful
and chirpy. Probably they are the
most happy and healthy soldiers in the
world. s
The army is based on the German
model which supplanted the French
system in 1872. Japan doesn't consider
British system OF training good one.
Musketry is a great feature Of their
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month. Consumption fills the ranks
at twenty, and each man serves three
years. The taliest men go into the
artillery, the most active into the
cavalry. The pay is IS. to IS. a
month, with an addition Of 50 per cent.
in wartime. ILL., ~. s.., a
The RFussian soldier is accustomed
to attack in dense masses, and never
knows when he is beaten. He is the
opposite of the japanese, being sullen
and physically big. Against the Japa-
nese, the Russian formations, if per
sisted in, would entail great slaughter.
The Russian is a phenomenal marcher,
and he will carry IS pounds 2 ounces
into the Geld. Six men carry the Sec
tions Of one shelter tent.
The iron ration is being introduced
for the first time for the possible cam
paign. Each Russian soldier carries In
his haversack two and a half days
biscuits. and another staple item is
greats. Slaughter cattle, when pro-
durable, are driven with the troops. He
also has ration OF tea, of which he is
very fond. 9
The daily ration for war is as fol-
lows: @a'#7 %a.g3&,s~ 49> %*@ ayzas @,.,;s
Biscuit. / pound IS ounces: meal, 7A
ounces; greats, IS ounces; salt, 4-5ths
ounce; tea, 9-4oths ounce; sugar,
9-2Oths ounce: spirits, OFT pint.
OF the two rifles in use, the Japanese
model is the better. The particulars
are as follows: ...s
Russian Magazine Caliber, 2sa inch;
muzzle velocity, feet second, 1900;
magazine capacity, 5 rounds; method
of loading, clip; weight with bayonet,
pounds II ounces. 4s.s.
Japanese Meidje- CALDER, 255 inch;
muzzle velocity, feet second, ISIS:
magazine capacity, 5 rounds method OF
loading, clip; weight with bayonet, 9
pounds.
The Japanese cavalry carry a sword
and carbine,s hut no lance. They are
mounted on a wiry class Of horse, but
are not especially effective riders The
field artillery is equipped with the Ara
saka seventy millimeter gun Of the
1898 model. =, ts32z ....,s,5. ss.ss..,s ,.ss
The Russian cavalry are armed with
sword, rifle and bayonet, the rifle be-
ing slung across the back. Some regi-
ments carry the lance. The field guns
are steel ,breech-loaders manufactured
at the obukhov works on the Krupp
system, but many of them have the IN
terrupted screw breech pieces and the
De Bange obturation.
The strength of the Japanese army
when mobilized Is six hundred thou
sand men, two-thirds of whom could
serve in the field outside Of Japan.
Russia's army In Manchuria is not so
easily counted, but it is known that
there are two army corps, which, with
the large permanent garrison, would
number about two hundred thousand
men.-Frederick w. Walker In the
London Express. .".
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