The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

a battleship OF the dreadnought class
known as the Fuse, which in tonnage.
according to report. will exceed any
vessel In the American Navy She is
TO be OF 10000 tons displacement The
American Congress. however has au-
thorized the construction OF n dread
nought battleship TO be known as the
PENNSYLVANIA. to be of 8 900 tons dis
placement She Will not be ready until
1915.
Japnn Must Enlarge.
The question considered by military
euthorlttcs liz whether Japan would no:
md II advantageous 10 seek :, war
She is facing home problems from
which the minds of her people might
same time she might. by war with tho
! United states be able to gain control
OF the Hawaiian Islands or the Phil
ilppine Islands, and in that gain room
for her rapidly increasing population
large part Of Japan Ia impose Bile
TO cultivation. The result is that the
feeding OF the Japanese people is no
small task. and II has become very inn
portant for Japan TO enlarge her ter
1t has been the policy of the Japan
csc government to encourage emigra-
ton More than 100000 Japanese are
living abroad, most OF them in the
United states or It's island possessions
There are some 7s,67i Japanese in the
Hawaiian Islands alone. BY encourage
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just that many more away from home.
thereby escaping the problem of feed :
ing ing them and at the same time increas
ing the number of Japanese who are
studying and learning the ways Of the
Europeans.
AS n result OF the war with Russia.
Japan's national debt was increased
by sS5,oo0o 900. She lost nearly 90. 900
men More than $4,000 we're
wounded Her total national debt. for
elgn and internal. is to-day about ST.
& ST
The japanese army is modelled after
the German. The peace strength of
the army is estimated at 10000 men.
The United States is not allowed under
ing army Of more than 1907 900. and
at the present time it is below that
heure. The strength Of the United
states Army on June 80, 1912 accord
ing 20 the report of Major General
Leonard Wood, Chief OF the General
STAFF, was: officers, 4.s12; ENLISTED men.
sl,i09. Including ,nc Philippine
scouts and the hospital corps. it
brought the army to i.4oS officers and
S2.490 enlisted men. II /. said that
the army now probably totals 10000,
including officers and enlisted men
In addition 10 her standing army.
Japan has large reserve army Of
army. the United States would have 10
rely upon volunteers and the State
militia, the latter totalling in number
about 100000 partly trained men
According to the last report of the
Secretary OF War, the American reg
ular army was distributed as follows:
In the United States. LIS.
In the Philippines. ............ 1890
In the Philippines:
OF the regular army ..,... .iO,9IO
Philippine scouts matives). 49,. $500
IN nina .;................. 1885
IN Porto Rico. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. GA
III Travail .....-.....-.- -........... $3.50
In the canal zone Observation-Disclosures. SCI
| Troops en- route and officers at
other foreign stations. .. 1859
General Leonard Wood. in his re-
port. called attention to the necessity
| of organizing ut once n large reserve
army of men who have served in the
regular army. the militia or the ma :
rine corps. General Wood said:
we cannot he considered as even
asonably prepared for war until we
have provided a reserve sufficient to
build up TO full war strength the reg
ular army and the militia when called
into the United States service"
AS result of the urgent insistence
of General Wood, Congress some
months ago took steps TO provide for