Show I IN THE LIMELIGHT I P I VISITOR FROM JAPAN I Vice I Admiral Baron Sotoklchl Urlu chief of staff of the Japanese navy who Is now visiting in this country is a distinguished veteran of the wars between Japan and China and Russia Ho was trained in tho United States Naval 1 academy at Annapolis as one of tho It students permitted s T to study thero as an act of International courtesy 1 His student years were from 1877 to 1SS1 and ho J tsti al f Is remembered by practically all who wero at tho J academy during that lime i I t At tho ago of 02 Urlu Is ono of the 13 vice admirals 4 5 2 ad-mirals of his country His friends nee an admirals 77 ad-mirals ploco for him before ho reaches retirement 1i retire-ment Ills I service has been continuous In the navy since 1881 After his graduation from Annapolis Ann-apolis In that year ho went to Europe where ho spent two years and then returned to Japan to become a lieutenant In tho Japanese Naval college at Tokyo After service afloat on several ships ho was detailed to tar general staff department In 188S and mado second In command at the great Yokosuka dock yard In 1891 ho was given command of tho Akagl and a year later became naval at tache at Paris For four years he served at the French I city and on his return was given command of a cruiser In September 1897 ho sailed ns captain of tho Fuso for service on the coast of the Russian possessions In Asia Ills promotion to rear admiral occurred In 1900 and in the naval maneuvers of 1903 ho was made chief of staff of the first division Later In the same year ho was given command of a division of the second squadron In tho Chinese war ho commanded com-manded naval forces at the battle of tho Yalu With this training Uiiu went Into the war with Russia as a rear admiral having charge of the fourth squadron of tho Japanese fleet His action at Chemulpo was the beginning of the war In front of Port Arthur the guns ho commanded did destructive work and in the battle of the Sea of Japan ho commanded tho light cruisers under Admiral Togo With the admiral on the west Urlu on tho north and Kami mura on the south the Japanese fleet closed In upon tho Russians pounding them to pieces and driving them toward the coast of Japan |