Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-02-09 | Page 2 | Jap Naval Officers Arrive in America

JAP HAVAL OFFICERS ARRIVE II AMERICA Heroes of Late War Going to England to Take Over Two Battleships. VICTORIA, Feb. 8. The steamer Shl-nano Shl-nano Maru, recently released from' tho Japanese naval auxiliary service, arrived this morning on her llrst trip since she resumed the service to the United States, bringing the officers of the new Japanese battleships Katorl and Kashlma, now being be-ing constructed In England. Capt. Sakamoto, who will command the Katorl, was In command of the battleship battle-ship Yoshlma. which was sunk by a mine off Port Arthur on May 15, IWA Kept News Secret. He said it was then considered policy to keep secret the news of tho loss of the Yoshlma. which foundered in daylight day-light in hitting a mine twelve miles front shore. All her crew was saved. Among tho party. which included ! twelve officers and seven warrant officers, is Chief Engineer T Kurlta, who was engineer of the steamer Fukul Maru when she was sunk In the Fairway of Port Arthur by Comandcr Hlrose, since worshiped as a hero In Japan, who lost his life with many officers In the blockading block-ading expedition. i umccrs JLeave for England. The Japanese oltlcers will proceed via Seattle and the United Slates tonight en route to London. Tho Shinano Maru, which was In the fleet that landed Oku's army at Pitsewo for the attack on Nanshan, and which was the tlrst steamer to sight tho Russian Rus-sian fleet at Tsushima, when she acted as nn auxiliary cruiser of the scouting licet, will now continue. In her old service.