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Show I ; Russian General Staff I ' Gives Them Oat. ' Admit That War Has Cost H i Czar Half Million 'Publication Has Created n. Great Sensation in the, Hussion Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, March 25. Hl Stung by the wholesale criticism lately H heaped upon tho war office for Its un- preparedness and Incapacity in provid-Inc provid-Inc the Manchurlan army with men, Tuns and munitions, the Government H today lays baro what has been done since the opening of hostilities, giving the exact figures. From theso it appears that up to March 12 the war office had dispatched . 12,057 officers, 761,467 men, 1-16,303 ! horses, 1521 guns and 316,321 tons of munitions and supplies to the front, i declaring- the transportation strained the Siberian railroad to Its utmost ca- i Wcro Unprepared for "War. I The army organ admits that the ar- my in tho far East when the war j opened, was hardly worth the name, (no figures bolng given), but It Is known I that the troops did not exceed 60.000 men, practically defending this because I the Emperor' desired to avoid war and, therefore, refrained from sending re lnforcemcnts which surely would have ' provoked it. H , Eeplies to Criticism. The criticism of the war office failure to adequately supply Port Arthur, is I met by the statement that It was pro- vlsioned for a garrison of twelve bat-tallons, bat-tallons, the decision to put thirty bat- i tallons there being taken so late that the original calculations could not be j remedied. 'j New Pattern of Guns. While affirming that the quick-firing I guns and field guns of the Russians are superior to those of the Japanese, the war office explains that the misfortune I in the Insufficiency of the mountain I guns was due to the fact that when the war broke out Russia was just h I adopting a new pattern Ij It Is denied that the war office was ! deceived In regard to the available H? , strength of the Japanese army, or the , organization of the Japanese reserves, , 1 hut the army organ frankly admits that the talents of the officers and the won- H ' dcrful spirit of the soldiers were mls- H calculated. H , Sensation in St Petersburg. H' ' The publication of this article has H' . created a sensation among military Hi men, and In public circles many of the I former are censuring the general staff Hi , for disclosing valuable military secrets and the latter finding from the figures H' a practical admission That the war has cost almost 500.0D0 'men In killed, wounded, prisoners and s!ckv as tho whole effective army in the far East is now believed not to exceed 500,000 |