Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-10
OFFICERS WITH KUROKI
Lieut.. Gen. KigoShi Holds the
Highest Rank.
FAMED IN RECENT WAR
Won Especial Recognition at Hell
Ku-Tai.
SON OF LATE ADMIRAL SAIGO
outranks in the Social Scae the One
Who is the Head Of
the Party.
FAMED IN RECENT WAR
N OF LATE ADMIRAL SAIGo


The ranking officer in Gen. KurokPs
party, now visiting Washington, is Lieut..
Gen. Y. Kigoshi, who rendered especially
valuable services in the fifth army divi-
sion In the recent war with Russia. He
served Immediately under Gen. Oki. COM
mandlng that army Especial recognition
for bravery and success was furnished the
general by the emperor in the engagement
at Hei-ku-Tai. The Japanese here defeat
ed Gen. Grippenberg The battle was i'm
portant in acquiring possession of a coveted
strip of territory. Gen. Kigoshi is fifty
years of age. He is the youngest general
in the Japanese army.
Maj. Gen. NJ Umezawa is the second in
rank of the visiting party. His recognition
for service with the present errand comes
about through valor displayed at the bat
tie of Ping-Che-Hu. Following the declar-
ing of peace with Russia Gen. Umezawa
has commanded the second brigade OF the
Imperial guards division. He is fifty-three
years OF age, and incidentally, the only
bearded member of his party
The service Of Col. NJ. Ota In the army
of his nation is with a department desig-
mated as the experimental service. The
classification Is 1ikened to the ordnance de-
ldii Win AIueIlCan manuals. lie Is at
tached to the engineers corps.
departmental post Is the position OF
Lieut.. Col. M. Nagayama. He was attach
ed to the Office of the minister of war dur
Ing the late war, serving as aid-de-camp to
the minister. Subsequently his assignment
has been that Of instructor in the govern
ment's cavalry school. This branch of the
service Is not especially significant with
Japanese tactics, but Is rapidly assuming
the service with no small degree of atten-
ton.
Served Through the Siege.
At the age Of thirty-two years Mai T.
Yashida Is attached to the artillery corps.
The major served through the siege of Port
Arthur. He was directly in command OF
armament that rendered effective aid in the
subduing of the forces under Gen. Stoessel.
For such service he was recognized by royal
favor. He has since the war been on duty
as instructor In naval gunnery at fortress
training school.
Capt. Tanaka Interprets.
The head Of the Japanese army, Field
Marshal Oyama, is represented on the list
Of visitors by Capt. 8. Tanaka-~ Capt.
Tanaka is thirty years Of age. He served
with Gen. Oyama throughout the Russian
war. The English education of Capt. Tan
aka, training secured wholly in the land of
his nativity. will aid the party he accom-
panies In its travels. Capt. Tanaka acts as
the chief interpreter. His comprehension Of
the English vocabulary is unusually extern
sive. He is keenly alive to the RESPONSE
bilities of his present position.
Capt. Marquis saigo.
Capt. Marquis Iuto Saigo is the aristocrat
Of the party he accompanies to America as
the guest of the President. The title Of
marquis is a bestowal of the emperor with
the demise of the captains father an ad.
miral who served with great distinction in
many japanese engagements. Capt. Saigo
Is officially the aid-de-camp of Gen. Kuroki.
It Is of interest in connection with Gen.
Kuroki's visit that he Is accompanied by a
personal aide who outranks him many de-
grees in the social scale. The fact is sig
nificant In showing the completeness with
which the matters of army life dominate
affairs in every other circle at Toxic.
Upon arrival in Calcutta Capt. Saigo was
advised Of the death Of his father. Imme-
diately he abandoned plans that had been
cherished from youth and returned to To-
kio. Upon arrival he was furnished the
rank borne by his late father.
Immediately he took up the profession of
a soldier. The youthful aristocrat-in both
title and wealth inherited-selected the In
fantry His advancement has been steady.
Shortly prior to the late war Capt Saigo
was attached to the staff of Gen. Kuroki
AS aid he served throughout the war. and
continuing in that capacity he gained favor
with the commander and the department
officials.
Despite the interruption that came to
his educational plans Marquis Saigo has
been studious in the direction of acquiring
foreign languages. He has mastered Eng
lish to such q degree that he conyerses
quite freely, and with pleasant and dis
tinguished manner forms an agreeable ad-
tunct to the detail with which he now
serves.
Capt. SaIgo is a soldier first. He is
years Of age and expresses
desire to continue actively with an army
be benefited The duties of his assign
ment are attended as punctiliously as are
those of the enlisted man, and 1t Is
through no heraldry or ostentation on the
part Of the captain that knowledge OF his
exalted station is revealed.
Other Members Of the Party.
Cant l. Tomura was selected from the
medical department Of the army to ac-
company Gen. Kuroki He is graduate
of the Imperial Japanese University at
Toxic and has gained recognition with
papers written technical journals on med
ical treatment in cases affecting the army.
Ranking as captain. and serving the de-
partment Of intendant identical with the
American paymaster's branch), g. kobayA
asM Is member of the Kuroki escort He
is Immediately with the army paymaster's
office. Capt. Kobayashi served in like ca
pacity through the Russian war.
to Gen Kuroki and party, have the fol-
lowing ratings: Sergeant major OF infan-
try, Hideo Hosakawa; sergeant major or
cavalry Massao Takahashi; first privates
of infantry, Masakuni Asakawa and Ichiro
Watanabe.