The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-06-28
TROPHIES OF JAP WAR
Spells Captured From Russians
Shown In Tokyo Park.
FIELD GUNS BY THE HUNDREDS

tlELU GUMS BY IHE dUNURGUH
Greatest Collection of the Kind In
the World, Says e. w. Clement-Ri-
fles and Swords by the Thousands.
List of Curious Articles Captured
on Many Battlefields.
Tokyo now has the largest collection
of war trophies to be found in the
world, says e. w. Clement, the special
correspondent of the Chicago News al
Tokyo. Not even that in the square of
the kremlin at Moscow, dating from
the invasion of Russia by Napoleon,
can compare with it either in size or
interest. The place where the spoils
captured in the war with Russia arc
kept is large park just below the i'm
perial palace and outside the Nijubashi
and Sakashita gate. The ground has
been turned into a gigantic field of tro-
phies, consisting of guns of large and
small caliber, rifles by the thousands,
shot cases, ammunition trains and vari-
Gus other kinds of military supplies.
Hibiya boulevard is thus described in
one of the local papers by a Japanese
writer:
"Within the stone faced embankment
of the moat the sight is at once war
like. On the right is a park of eighty
five three-inch quick firing field guns,
with 5000 stands of rifles at the rear.
On the left is another row of twenty
four cannon of seventeen centimeter
caliber with shoals of rifle chests for
the background. Then come fifty seven
eighteen-centimeter heavy field guns OH
the right and seventy-seven forty-sev-
en-millimeter guns. So on down the
broad way and through the crossways
and all round the borders of the extern
siye plots of ground it is all grand
concourse of death dealing weapons in
terspersed by intelligence wagons, tele-
graphic apparatus and even a captured
balloon. The place of honor is given to
the seven stands of twenty-three cent?
meter cannon mounted in a row just
outside the Nijubashi, and across the
| road in front of them lie in awful 81
lence thirteen monsters-eleyen fifteen
| centimeter, one twelve-centimeter and
! one twenty-four centimeter cannon
while behind the seven cannon first
| mentioned is veritable bazaar of
| swords and larces.
TO sum up, one may see distributed
and carefully arranged over seven sec
| tons of the open space and side
| stand 50 lances, 10000 small arms, PSI
| field guns captured in the field engage
| ments commencing With the battle Of
Yalu and ending With that of NIukden,
S fortress guns found at the batteries
of Port Arthur, 30 tifteen-centimeter
cannon and mortars secured also in the
different fortreSses of Port Arthur, lac
Il guns below twelve centimeter caliber
including II machine guns, found prin.
4 cipally i'll the landward fortresses at
Port Arthur; Al MaXims, 1,53S ammu-
milton wagons, 624 wagons of other de-
scriptions. 11,G12 gun cartridges and a
balloon captured at Port Arthur. OF
course these are not all the trophies OF
war secured during the late campaign
as the great guns and other exhibits
at Kudan and other places show. But
partial as they are it may not be tee
much to say that such display of cap
tured arms in one place as a souvenir
of one war will not be easily foun(
elsewhere in the world, and we believe
it is a sight worth seeing for any
body"
1t is now possible to give accurate
| CT nf nf hn Fol
into the hands of the Japanese in the
war with Russia. As will be seen, no
} all the material is exhibited in the parl
in Tokyo. The figures are as follows:
Swords .......................... e,2a
Lances Observation-Disclosures. 1G
Rifles Observation-Disclosures. 1864