Show I JAPS APS AND RU SI NS I I In the lIght or of history bO both the RusIan Russian and Japanese soldier are aren n to be fighting me There is little o choose hO between the them I except that the th Is far les less in intel intelligent tel ent ad anti depends much mr more upon t leadership Uan than the he Ja e Their courage and discipline ay b be ranked abut about equal equal The Japanese Is a fe fiery I fighter always alas eager to led leda lead leada a a forlorn hope or storm a bater battery the Russian i Is heavy dogged and deter determined determined mined to time the of death death The British found In te the Crimea that when ben once the Rusian Russian occupied pi pied a and got go red ready to fight If It wn was practically Impossible to drive them from that it was nee sar nary to ki kill them all before i it cud could be betaken betaken taken But e the other hand a mir l a sr prie prise frequently made their wit wits and retreat In and after an ater the los loss of their officers the they were ot of little us use as an effective fighting force They sImply became a mb mob knowIng not where to o tun turn or what to do This estimate of the Russian RUssians was a given to the writer b by a who fo fought them inos or of te the battes battles of the Crimea Crimean war and was as wounded in the attack on te the Rean Redan ImpetuosIty vs Stolidity The discipline ine of time the Japanese an army Is not so strict as that of time Rusian Russian but In the the judgment ot of foreign expert experts I It Is quie quite 15 as because the men are so keen keenon on d ng their duty The They obey readily because t they y like to be god good soldiers not because they fear their officers There Is a strong strong spirit of brotherhood among officers and men In the Jape which i is largely due to theIr experiences In the China Japanese war ar P Peking relief ex expedition The They have have tested each oter other and ben been satisfied Te The Russian 51 sol soldiers diers dier discipline i Is from thE the mitAr military point ot of view ew but de devoid devoid I void of al all enthusiasm He obeys the officer he ha hits neer reamed or of doing anything but obe obey even cven before betor he became a soldier The Japanese officers ar are mainly drawn rawn from the Chosu clan to which tIme the emperor Marquis 10 Ito and nely nearly aU all Japans leadin leading generals belon belong The r rs ot oC time Ule nn n vy on time the eon con belong with It exceptions to the Satsuma clan Al All the officers in the Japanese service come from Samurai and their ancestors for over two thousand yeas were as fine seen fighting me men as the world ha has ever Japs Rde Ride The weakest branch or of the Japanese army Is 18 und undoubtedly the caal cavalry Time The Japs aps are arc not god horsemen ad and the bree breed ot of horses In Japan apan Is distinctly inferior Heroic efforts have been made b by te the Tokio war In recent years to improve this branch of the service but without muc much success Among Among other things a special Cle college for te the education of cavalry officers only established ot calr was Th The Japanese aim Eng unIt officer once remarked to t the writ writer er can n taster wit with ease ee every de detal detail tal tail hl his work except boto ride the de ont le borne tat that Te The CO o on the c contrary have havethe the reputation among ong military u r t I or of being the finest being iregUI rl the world and thos those whom one sees In s Rusia Russia and Centt Central Asia am always I splendidly mounted Of cur course I it dOe does I not follow that th they y would uld b be equally wen well mounted In Manchuria and I Ko o I rea rca Native hol horses wl be 0 to a r te the transporting capacity of tile the te lan lanI etian I railway wUl wID be In men Inca Without lt b t t their etri horses i I Artillery and The artillery or of the thc Japanese S Is s a i strong arm ann or of the force In Ulbe nUmber o of guns guns excellence of mat material and train tn lug IDS or of the gunners gunner The as a arule arule rule are not mit good mar marksmen the eyesight of the entire nation Is 11 Ismore more or less defective But men with mth vision have been Picked out for the artillery and the military at attaches attaches ot of the foreign at have ve praised ed their l over and andover i over in reports to te their government The only defect deleet of the d dIt It Is a serious the J of the horses The Russian is 18 better horsed and bears a reputation or of high In the war It ma may be remembered the Run Rus alan sian guns were splendidly ha handled M as Ma asa a rule The Japanese infantry was declared b by General Genera Grant Lord Gen Gon GonI Gentral I Chaffee and many other competent observers to be as good as any in t the e world The only thing I would to In It if Ie I were an officer d ol ola a former military of ed States legation at Tokie is the tho ab absolute solute likeness of the to one an oth The They are as lI liKe e as a I h or of peas I dont see ho how can ean cantell tell teU them ap apart rt and that t Is awkward you ou know when ben you yea are comi g ga a Great Attention is paIto paid to the educe of officers in both e but the Japanese probably lead In this r respect The military coneg i a emy at Toldo turn tunit out or of great genee gence And military knoWle le Gen General General eral Grant said they were the beet or of their kind in the and quite equal to good W t Pointers Man Many of them are titan men be belonging belonging longing to the leading oble mobie families ammes or of Japan but they live in Spar Spartan tm tan style True to their Samurai tra traditions tm the they as ag ate and despise foreign waste their time over social Instead of learning their profession ton The Japanese officer is Ig to live on dried or salted h fisit and aDd rice n like his men Princes of the Imperial family did It when they campaigned oo ooIn In Manchuria during the war with fth Chins China wo Kinds of Many of oC the Russian om are equally lardy hardy if not so tot for they have received So a splendid training In C Central Asian Aslan campaIgns ad in outpost t pioneer survey and exploring In Siberia Tibet the amid add Manchuria It Is these the e In all who b will Itose aO or of 0 the fI fighting forces of the thein in Manchuria for Russia t policy pelley Is to employ in Asiatic wars of with experience The officers whose hooe military career has been en to Moscow St Pe Fe Petersburg and other cities ot of are men amen of an M of them ar are I 1 atilt anCl y are I d ln in by their comrades in a and d regions to wit e every Russian officer who ho is 18 worth his salt man manages es to get sent sooner or later New ew York Mall and |