Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-09-01
RESULT OF EAST WAR.
COMPARISON MADE OF Men LOST
ON BOTH SIDES.
Figures Compiled at Toxic Are Inter
esting-Russla's Losses Said to be
Far in Excess of the Japanese-Jap
Navy Has Been Increased by Cap
tured Vessels.

In connection with the peace nego-
tiations the estimates of Japanese and
Russian losses during the war, just
compiled at Toxic, are interesting in
the extreme. But the task of COM
pilation has not been easy. With re-
gard to casualties on the Japanese
side tolerably accurate statistics were
published throughout 1904, although
even in that period there were quite
number of skirmishes which re-
manned without exact returns. But
from the beginning of the current year
the Japanese would seem to have
concluded that in these matters Sc
crecy is the wiser policy. Possibly in
view of the fact that the Russians OBJ
served reticence the japanese decided
not to be needlessly frank. At all
events they have never made any Of
fetal statement of the total casualties
during the seige of Port Arthur or in
the great battle of Mukden. In these
cases, therefore, recourse must be had
to private intelligence, supplemented
by a somewhat laborious calculation of
ratios between aggregate losses and
losses in commissioned rank.
When the Russian figures are con-
sidered it is difficult, if not impossi-
BILE, at times, to obtain details. In a
large number of instances there is no
guide except the dead bodies aban-
doned on the field. and these must al
ways have been considerably below
the actual total of killed, while official
returns, seldom published, were gen.
orally proved to err greatly on the
side of under statement Therefore
the figures set down in the Russian
column must be considered merely in
the minimum.
Casualties Tabulated.
Following are the best obtainable
statistics of casualties, the Japanese
given first, the Russians second:
Yalu-Japanese 1899, Russian 1898.
hisanlitai-Japanese LAG, Russian
300.
Nanshan-Japanese 1907 Russian
1870.
Telisz-Japanese 1853, Russian 927O.
hwiling-Japanese Ill, Russian
$50.
Kaiping-Japanese 299, Russian $50.
Motienling-Japanese 299, Russian
1000.
Kinotao-Japanese 429, Russian
1000.
Tashichiao-Japanese 1877, Russian
1000.
Tomuching-Japanese $50, Russian
1850.
Yushulingtsz and Yangtezling-Jap-
anese 946, Russian 1000.
Liaoyang 1858, Russian
$4,000.
shaho-Japanese 1879, Russian
59,2O1.
Forty-six slSirmishes - Japanese
1000, Russian 1000.
Skirmishes after Shaho-Japanese
200 Russian 1896.
Newchwang- japanese $50, Russian
500
acknowledgement 5000, Russian
10000.
Skirmishes between Heikautai and
Mukden-Japanese $50, Russian 1926.
Mukden-Japanese $500, Russian
1852 500.
Chanotu-Japanese 1OO Russian
800.
"REMINISCENCES so, Russian
$40
Kaiyuan-Japanese 75 Russian 800
observation-disclosures 70, Russian
500.
Weiyuantaumun - Japanese 215,
Russian 240.
Port Arthur-Japanese $4,000, Rus
sian 10000.
Naval casualties-Japanese 1870,
Russian 6000
This makes a total of 166,756 for the
Japanese and ,779 for the Russians.
OF prisoners reports show SAG Japa-
nese taken and 67,701 as the number
of Russian prisoners.
This brings the grand total on the
Japanese side up to 167.402; on the
Russian side up to 3SS,4S0.
Turning to the question of material
of war the story of the Russian naval
squadron is told as follows:
Battleships sunk, II; displacement,
144,95S tons.
Armored cruisers, s; displacement,
1919.
Seagoing coast defense ironclads, l;
4126.
Cruisers, 6; displacement. 26,341.
Other kinds. including converted
IA; displacement, 25,222.
Destroyers, 10; displacement, 1866.
This makes a total of 81 boats, with
a displacement of 245,292. The broad
result is very striking. Out of a total
of SO ships with a displacement of
410,224 tons sent by Russia into the
belligerent arena only 10, with a dis
of 63,636 tons, remain in