The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
JAPANEsg SOLDIERS OrrFrr.

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In vlsW Of their eapsTlences in The Man.
ehuFiAh campaign The japaneae. Ike mo,r
Of the other nations. have adopted a KHAKI
field unlfoTm made Of cloth IoF winter vagr
and Of linen for summer use IN genera,
appearance Il resembles our own s-r,,.
unifOgm, but the shade Of color b Sigh
different The material Of the uniform D..
manufactured in Toxic. Ia factory uad.-
eOntrOl Of the War Department lhu. f..
japanese follow the example II the l....
pean nations which generally desire To t...
ali factories for making material Tor .
army under GOvernment control
The new equipment Of the Japanese ARM
being The direct result Of var experience ~
Z nation Of but little conservation mr. arr.
iion for old forms. h naturally Of inierr.,
10 armies IN general The khapssck b. rr-
tanned. whlch seems q little remarkable ,
us. who save Il up scag aRO In ~ Old form
The new form Of Il resembles the Frrn.u
knapsack. and n Of tanned hide. vrr mo
hairy side out. aRd weighs empiy arp.,
80 pounds II oOnislns a shirt. zeNtng ms.
terial. brushes. sc twodAys raiiOns ,om.
posed Of sin small %, kaGes Of riuc tvo,sr
Of canned meat. together with the rations nr
sugar and teal. and eighty rounds n aU-
muniiiOn
Around he knauaack the hlankei for A.
use h laid. and on either side a shoe The
overcOat. rolled In the shelter tent. IL lpit
over the blanket The Interesting imp's.
meats are carried on the sides " the knar.
sack and on top Of T. When the knapsa,s
h taken on and laid aside temporarily no
lnlrenchinG tools are carried like sabfs
scabbarda on the hell, The large cooking
utensil. mads Of sluminum. With a caDacfv
Of about two quarts. n carried packed IN
top Of the hnapaack. The latter. fully
packed. Including inirenchins tools. weighs
- Q pounds.
Bealdea the SnApsack the soldier carries
Q canteen II aluminium and a havefsark.
cOntaining an aluminum dish = ration NJ
bareback. q tOot bbrush. tooth powder
napkin. paper, q pipe. tobacco. &c, mt
aid package. and two little wicker hs..
ksta. each cOntaininG one days raiIons IN
three little pouches on the belt i:O round OF
ammunition are carried.
Since the Geld equipment IL very heavy
the knapEack. whenever this is possible .s
len behind and transported a. opporiurrr
Offers on wagons The soldier caTriss into
action only the absolutely essential. roll'I
in q khaki cOl0red cotton bag. resembling
. valiss or hOldall. called seoisukur Ths
bag or roll IL carried from right to leit anil
contains rations. ammunit ion. reserve part,
and certain necessary materials like soar.
&c. The large cooking utensil u hung ~
n. and the iBtrenchinR tools are fastened
to the belt The oveFcOat 10 carried n
roll from len 70 right. The soldier carries
only a part Of his intrenchinz tools. either
the spade or the pickaXe or hatchet and me
saw.
The extended use 81 wire entan giemsuts
by the Russians Indicated the necessity for
carrying wire cutters IL fact which We had
already experienced a. santiago and IN
every company therefore about thirty men
are provided with this implement. The i'm.
DOrtanCe Of intrenching tools has been more
and more emphasized by every campaign
since the civil war. where our common sol.
diers first introduced the subject OF their ovn
vOlitiOn and initiative. but particularly IN
the Manchurian campaign Consequently
they are generously provided for the Japa.
ne-e army The field train carries for each
battalion seven'y-twO such tools. packed
on two horses every cavalry squadron
carries packed on the horses. twelve 20 siy.
teen hammer hatchets With saws. every
en- gineer company has 2l5 intrenchinR tools
the company train contains rs such tools,
the Geld battery eighty-ive
The japanese soldier carries the follow.
ing weights In heavy marching order ia
winter. % pounds. IN sammer a. pounds.
without fd ammunition supply, IN winter
as ., In summer o. 5 pounds: when the KNAPP.
sack II laid aside. but Eiih the full ammu.
ION supply. in winter SIS pounds. IN
summer 50 p0unds
Az kitchen utensils and materials for
cooking are carried on pack animals In tho
regiInental train; every company has a held
cooking arrangement and a meat pot hold.
ing hity-thres ltiers and weighing 80
pOunds every infantry battalion has Eve
such cooling stoves, one for each Con.gany
and one in reserve. packed on horses
every squadron and ield battery has one
packed on two pack animals These cook
ing arran gemsnts can also be loaded On
wagons. every wagon carrying tuo.
In every army strenuous efforts are being
constantly made 10 reduce the soldiers i'm
Dedimenta without reducing his efficiency
In battle. In order 10 increase his marching
and lighting capacity. consequently every
new equipment adopted by the armies ~
the world Is studied with much care By the
military authorities everywhere and that
OF Japan. q nation ready 10 break away from
old forms and without sentiment for Obso-
lsts uniforms or methods. h particularly
Interesting 70 the rest Of the world.