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Show LARGE ARMY FOR OYAMA. Half-Million Men Preparing to Go to the Front Soon. TOKIO, Dec i". E p m Toklo is again a great military camp ntid the scones of last spring when the first armies were mobilized nnd dl -p i f . h. d. arc duplicated Thousands Of recruits and reservists are assembled, drilling and equipping preparatory pre-paratory to taking the field Tho per-manenl per-manenl and temporary barracks are filled ami it is necessary to billet the soldiers brought to the city. Aoyama field Is the center of activity wh. r'e Infantry oavalrv and artillery ar constantly drilling. The batteries flro bl ink charges for tht purpose of breaking break-ing In the new h..rs s Tho general military mili-tary preparations are enormous. It Is planned Co give Fh Id Mnihal Ovaana a rough total of half a million men, with n heavily Increased artillery arm. besides providing a defense for Forme. a and the southern Islands In anticipation of the Russian re iond Pacific squadron's attempt at-tempt to seize a base The port of K. lung In Formosa has been de.-ln.-.d In a slate of siege and other positions In Formosa and tho Pescadores Pes-cadores are progressing Winter Is not Inli rferlng with the Jnpanesn transport service. The railway between Dalny and Yrntal Is working Well and tho running time between Toklo nnd Lino Yang Is six days. |