The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-01
RESULT OF EAST WAR
COMPARISON MADE OF men LOST
ON BOTH SIDES.
Figures Compiled at Toxic Are Inter-
esting-Russia'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
a number of skirmishes which re-
NAMED 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 eve 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 TabuIated.
Following are the best obtainable
| statistics of casualties, the Japanese
given first, the Russians second:
Yalu-Japanese 1899, Russian 1898.
Shisanlitai-Japanese LAG, Russian
300.
Nanshan-Japanese 42O7, Russian
2370.
Telisz-Japanese 1853, Russian 9270'
Fenshwiling-Japanese III, Russian
45O.
Acknowledgements 299, Russian ESQ
observation-disclosures 299, Russian
1000.
Acknowledgements 423, Russian
1000.
Tashichiao-Japanese 1877, Russian
1000.
Tomuching-Japanese $50, Russian
1880.
Yushulingtsz and Yangtezling-Jap
anese 946, Russian 1000.
Liaoyang-Japanese 1888, Russian
$4,000.
Shaho--Japanese 1879, Russian
SO, POI.
Forty-six skirmishes - JAPANESE
1000, Russian 1000.
Skirmishes after Shaho-Japanes'
200, Russian 1876.
observation-disclosures $50, Russian
500.
Acknowledgements 5000, Russian
10, 900.
. Skirmishes between Heikautai an
Mukden-Japanese $50, Russian 1872
: Mukden-Japanese $500, Russia
152, 500.
Chanatu-Japanese 100, Russia
S $780,
: acknowledgement so, Russia
i. $40.
Acknowledgements rs, Russian S0(
= Yingeching-Japanese 70, Russia
e 600.
o Weiyuantaumun = japanese FL
Russian 240.
S Port Arthur-Japanese $1,000, Ru,
o sian 10000.
Naval casualties-Japanese 367'
Russian 5000.
d This makes a total of 166, 756 for til
i Japanese and 329,77 for the Russian
OF prisoners reports show 646 Jap
nese taken and 67,701 as the numbe
of Russian prisoners.
This brings the grand total OF tt
" Japanese side up to 167,402; on tt
Russian side up to 3SS,4S0.
Turning to the question of matters
= Of wal the story of the Russian nav
y squadron is told as follows:
- Battleships sunk, IL; displacemen
y 144, 1858 tons.
~, Armored cruisers, 5; displacemer
8 1919.
- Seagoing coast defense %ironclads,
displacement, 4126.
:, Cruisers, 6; displacement, 26,341.
Other kinds, including convert'
cruisers, Ia; displacement, 25,222.
Destroyers, 10; displacement, 566
- This makes a total of 81 boats, wi
A displacement of 245, 1872. The. bro;
result is very striking. Out of a tot
Of SO ships with a displacement
410,2 24 tons sent by Russia into Il
a belligerent arena only 10, with a d
g placement of 1855 tons, remain
: her fighting line.
e. Japanese Losses.
u In a similar compilation the resul
as far as the Japanese navy is CO
cerned show as follows:
Battleships, 2; displacement, 27,7E
10 Cruisers, 4; displacement, 1878.
oi Other kind, 4; displacement, 4797.
Destroyers, 2; displacement, 73S.
This makes a total of IL, with a tc
II mage of 46,025.