The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-19

Forty-six skirmishes: japanese. 1000;
Russian, 1000.
Skirmishes after Shaho: japanese,
eco; Russian. 595.
Niuchtang: japanese, $50; Russian
500.
Heikautai: japanese. 5000; Russian.
10000.
Skirmishes between Neikautai and
Mukden: japanese, 659; Russian. 1925
Mukden: japanese. $500; Russian,
152, 500.
Chandtu: japanese, 100; Russian, 800
Fakumun: Japanese, SO; Russian, 340
kaiyman; Japanese, T5; Russian, 500.
Yingeching: japanese, 20; Russian,
GOO.
Weiyuantaumun: japanese, 215; Rus
sian, $40.
Port Arthur: japanese, $4,000; Rus
sian, 10000.
Naval casualties: japanese, 1910;
Russian. 5000.
This makes a total Of 1876 for
the japanese and 329, 779 for the Rus
slams. OF prisoners reports show SAC
japanese taken and 67,701 as the
number Of Russian prisoners.
This brings the grand total on the
Japanese side of to 1877 ,402, on the
Russian side up to 388, 4S0.
Turning to the question of mate
rial of war, the story of the Russian
naval squadron is told as follows:
Battleships sunk II, displacement
144,95S TONS
Armored cruisers 5, displacement
3s,s79.
Seagoing coast defense ironclads 1,
displacement 4126.
Cruisers s, displacement 26,341.
Other kinds, including converted
cruisers IA, displacement 25,222.
Destroyers 15 displacement 1866.
This makes total of 81 boats with
displacement of 1922 The broad
result is very striking. Out of a to-
tai of SO ships, with a displacement of
310,224 tons, sent by Russia into the
belligerent arena, only 10, with a dis
placement of 1885 tons, remain in
her fighting line.
In similar compilation, the re-
suits as far as the japanese navy is
concerned, show as follows:
Battleships 2, displacement 27,757.
Armored cruisers
Seagoing coast defense cruisers -.
Cruisers 4, displacement II, 1888.
Other kind 4, displacement 4797.
Destroyers 2, displacement 73S.
d
mage OF 46,025.
Summing up the entire naval stu
alton in detail, it appears that the Jap
anese force of 76 vessels, with dis
of 274,1S4 tons, has sunk
or captured 81 ships, with total dis
placement of 289,77S tons. 1t is true
that this includes the ships which the
besiegers' guns at Port Arthur helped
to disable, but it was owing to the ex-
ertions of the japanese fleet that these
ships were driven into Port Arthur
and held prisoners there.
Another important point is that
whereas the japanese have lost II
ships, with a total displacement of
46, OPS tons, they have captured and
added to their navy seven vessels rep
resenting 44,4S6 tons. Nor is this all.
Already at Fort Arthur the battleship
Peresviet, 1854 tons, and the ar
nored cruiser Bayan, 1900 tons, have
been raised, and at Chemulpo the
protected cruiser Variag, $500 tons.
Other ships will also be raised, but
even with the addition of these three
he Japanese navy energies with a dis
placement of 25,435 tons greater than |
t had when the war commenced, |
whereas the Russian navy has been |
practically annihilated.
In addition, it should be remem- |
,ered that there have been added to |
he Japanese mercantile marine 40 |
vessels with an aggregate displace-
nent of over 10000 tons. 1t may be |
that in no case has non
.ombatant vessel been sunk by the
Japanese navy.