The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-03
JAPANESE OFFICERS IN
 GREAT NAVAL BATTLE

, Eastern waters Uriu commanded the Rear Admiral Kamimura's fame as a naval commander stands second only
 to Togo's. It was Kaminura who. de- ieated ieg the sns Ruris ~ and so badly b crippnng % | inc Gromoboi and the Rossia that prac- | ticalIy they had to be rebuilt.
 During tns enase tssR ssRmPasn to guara the Corean straits in order to protect .... scores of transports that were carrying troops and supplies from Japan to Coz | rean and Manchurian coasts.
 Born a Samurai of the Great Satsuma | clan, Kamimura took part while a stripling in the work of the restoration gun and placed the Emperor on the un- | divided throne of Japan. On the con- clusion of this struggle Kamimura joined the Japanese navy. then just be-
 His naval training has been wholly
 various grades he attained the rank of | the scroll of fame when he was in com mand of the cruiser Akitsushima, dur
 ing the war with China. nent part In the three great naval bat
 ties which led to. the capture or de-
 struction of the Chinese fleet.
 Phungdo-i. e.. the island of Phung. On i July 23, 1894, the Japanese fleet, con-
 sisting of eight warships, left the naval
 VSn tRe srse ships aNns
 passing Phungdo. they sishter Chinese
 men n-of-war. which they put to flight.
 came up with the Chinese warship, the | Tsoakiang and summoned 1t to sur
 render. which 1t forthwith did without
 the war, therefore, fell to his lot.
 in the Yellow Sea, on, Sept. 17. 1ssl. the Kinchow peninsula, and it was held | by strong Chinese squadron. In the battle the Chinese fleet was completely defeated losing several of its best | haiwei.
 His third naval engagement was at ts lighting which % in m the tne end donaSs resuted In the capture or destruction of the en- tire Chinese fleet under the brave Ad- l miral Ting, that the Japanese learned | the true value of torpedoes in naval After the Chino-Japanese war had | come to an end, Kamimura received ous warships.
 He spent nearly a year in England, his headquarters being at the Japan siding in Epeland he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.
 Going back to Jspan, he was ap- second squadron of the Japanese navy, Yice-Admiral Rojestvensky. who has suffered so disastrous defeat at the Russian f ahS Togo naya s SPea "the silent Admiral"
 Rojestvensky was born near Moscow | in 1s4s, and, after getting the theoreti- cal. impractical education of a Russian naval officer. blossomed out suddenly as hero. For two unexampled feats gained the St. Georges cross. He served in the Black and Baltic Seas, gaining high reputation as a sea- man. In the Russo-Turkish war Rojest- vensky gained the title of the "hero | of Vesta" in curious manner-for the self, in collaboration with Captain Baranoff and addressed to the Russian Minister of Marine. The two young liant victory in fight with Turkish | ironclad.
 I The picturesque report of the fight
 between the Russian pygmy and the | Turkish mailclad giant declared that Lieutenant Rolestvensky brought the action to an end by firing with his own hand from mortar placed on the up- dropped right into the chimney of the | Turkish ironclad, and exploding down
 below, disabled its principal deck gun vessel became envoloped in smoke. and,
 moving with evident difficulty turned l round and disappeared.
 l The fame of the battle" went on in- | creasing until Hobart Pasha denounced | the story as utterly fictitious. Hobart Pasha produced the proof that the two vessels were never within two miles of | each other.
 Then the war with Japan began and l Rojestvensky got his chance" Stark was brought home from Port Arthur in i disgrace Makaroff went to his death | in the ill-fated PetropaViovsk. Witsoefr | was killed on the bridge of the battle | ship Czarevitch. The Czar, in despair, | ordered RoJestvensky to organize a | fleet. take 1t to the Far East, and mako an effort to wrest the supremacy of the
 seas from the victorious Japanese. RoJestvensky accepted the task with
 reluctance, for, having been chief of
 knew the almost hopeless nature of the | undertaking. He was an enthusiastic believer in | the big battleship. likening each ar- | mored vessel to a separate army corps. | a unit in itself which retains It's value | though the fleet of which 1t formed | part may have been destroyed or dis persed. When St. Petersburg vacillated | about the dispatch of the squadron. on | the ground that a fleet without torpedo
 boats and scouting ships was useless,
 Rojestvensky replied that he wanted | only battleships and armored cruisers. Among. his officers Rojestvensky was not favorite. They declared that they
 never knew his mind, and that he | sprang surprises of blame upon them without warning.