The New York herald., 1921-09-29

clothing and a very small money al
mates about cents a day. He Is al
lowed is sen for clothing and an al
lowance from II to "a yen a year Is
made for each foot soldier, or abou.
SIT; for the cavalry from 81 TO 81
yen. for the artillery 80 to 86 yen. for
the engineering branch rs to 34. for
commissariats 20 to 35 yen.
For camp utensils and barrack ne
cessities there are twcnty-six grades
of allowances. ranging from AGA to
6.76 yen for privates and from LOG to
1888 yen for officers. Generous pro-
vision is made, however, for horses
which are mainly secured from Mon
gol.a and Manchuria, and are sturdy
little animals, capable Of standing al
most as great hardship as the men
that ride them.
I witnessed cavalry man@uvre in
the vicinity Of Kobe a short time ago
and was greatly impressed with the
seasoned appearance Of both men and
horses. Some of the horses appeared
to have been brought from America,
as they averaged five hands higher
than the smallish animals that mani
festly came from the Asiatic mainland.
The men, all Of whom were between
19 and 80. seemed to be finely drawn
by adequate training and discipline.
Without exception they were robust.
sinewy and lacked the beeffness Of the
British and German fighting men. pre-
sumably due to a spare but muscle
making diet.
In their manHuvres both men and
horses reflected the perfection OF
training. and. while they did not pre-
sent the orderly spic and span APP
pearance Of our own troops. they
seemed to be In first rate shape for
any service, no matter how arduous.
The discipline in the Japanese army
Is perhaps the most rigid In the world.
and / am informed by competent au-
thorities that it adheres strictly to the
standards that once existed in the
German military establishment The
officers exercise the fullest control
over their men and maintain no re-
lations with them other than those
called for by regulations.
In the eyes Of the private soldier
the officers represent a superior class,
which is sharply and scrupulously de-
fined In personal relations. AS was the
case In the German army. the men are
taught that obedience to the COM
mands of their superiors is the chief
requisite for an efficient soldier, and
infractions of even the minor rules
are summarily punished. 1t is early
impressed upon them that sacrifice in
the service of the Mikado is the su-
preme consideration that their officers
are representatives Of his Imperial
Majesty and that their orders must
be obeyed regardless Of consequences
to individuals. But the private soldier
is not expected to exercise any judg-
ment or to substitute individual in
itiative for the arbitrary rules relating
to his conduct and applied by the Off
GERS.
It Is his place to obey these rules.
even though circumstances might
justify the application of his own de-
vices. This rule Is never departed
from, no matter what the conse-
quences. 1t was vigorously enforced
during periods Of the Russian-Jap-
| anese war, when, on rare occasions
the morale Of the demoraliZed Russian
army was sufficiently restored to NOV
down the hordes Of japanese troops
marching unfinchingly up to the
mouths Of the cannon of the opposing
armies to die with a "Banzai!" fol
their Emperor.