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Show To Organize Machine Gun Conw. ' TOKIO, March 24. Although the use of machine guns has been adopted In the Japaneso army since the close of , the Russo-Japanese war In 1905, ther exists at present no special machine gun corps. The Japanese army authorities having recognized the Importance of special corps for machine Rims have decided to organize organ-ize nine such corps, to be attached to each army division, a corps belns provided pro-vided with eight euns. Compared with the systems of the French and German army, where each regiment is provided with nine machine gun corps (each corps witli six guns), the present plan Is inferior in-ferior in strenRth, but the army authorities authori-ties expect eventually to bring tho corps up to the European standard. |