Show Jj japan t Wonderful Military and Evolution J V ton hn I who read of ot ort ott showing brilliant tm t u ude by b modern Ja S F tono ono of Ot the th gett empires of or Iu Ku realize ij I I t th m mw the of the IUs Ht w I 1 tram from c I Ul in the lie forefront ore front of If flat ions Iii t t I bs Im 1 t one years ago ngo It day duy drop i Perry one Ofle l nl S III lI ba or of Yeddo That NI rr lit In H IC f Willi not 1101 Ot or of f any iy J partle V 7 tent yent n M to 10 t 0 the nation which jr ii t then thell to the nation nor just JUMI ju Lent him m olle to tk I e lie Ile e hud gone I t of two Iwo Japanese e porta i o r the Trade and an had ha taken a aI to I n nt alone to Rain n a respectful hear hearIn In lag The hogun who was the virtual ruler looked upon the Iho lied saw sav the force Corce o of 01 the argument nt and gave u 0 liln hili assent int There Th rc the Ihl tended ended Yet 1 to tho the very W er largo large num nurn h hr of oC finall nali slant Muni eyes eff that gazed Ize upon iton the Die spectacle r the Yankee squadron was wasHie like Hie a revelation from another world h remembered the tho memory OT grew Into Inlo mi aa and 1111 the ambition ion Into Inlo I ii to totA u tA mat Terry saw 1111 was W sva J the tho I J I ln that thaI hui existed for tor centurion Th brown brov a little people Io ile WHO vero wearing Vati tig Unkei bOkt iu r and a id wide wi ilo lowing ii ow I og k 0 thIr revered ancestors hall hail done ono for tor forty fore ty liu lIae no e tat the antiquarians knew how lor TV samurai were cere fighting lighting for petty lords with Iti the name bows bown arrows and 1111 nl peculiarly shaped l tord that thaI their fathers hud had used us ell be he f fre tl them The tubs tuba of DC boats boal out from tram the thA high and atul Indented mails 11 d tubs tub hUll hud darted da ri ed since the tt of oC o the tho Christian era ora rte cel CM ha Kills girls In the odd edit little ten tell hOui hO and arni anti and sang s AI s other Ili hi girls had hall done dono from fron time Immemorial I Two hundred ret and U ott noblemen called having at t thI one oni on whom the tuy had 1101 elect rt eol shoun hogun ruled the tho country countr while IM th titular mikado like lIko the tho Chinese emperor of 01 the present day lIa was waR II a r who ho wu IH only allowed to ff k to 10 lil his men from behind hoh I a II There lucre was little edit ration cat 1011 mon tho chief men nen wl anil nd their re went wen I Into a n nys II H Hm Im tern m t cf 11 learning so 5 o ancient Hint lt Its ilK like the Ih yew parchments that tm they thoy tho These Japs Juls of or a 1 Mil 1311 century URO go were ere the tho most 1110 t de live ef C the exo for an un of or Korea or n a nIM IM with the t h Chinese hi hose hey the I know knew next to 13 of ot ne the t R Ott I sum world nor did l I 1 they desire deal re I t o lif III Why should Ihl they Did 1111 they t y not hOt Inhabit the hand of 01 the Sunrise till the most beautiful on c ii Ii h D DIll they tho not hot live lon Ion In iii i harmony it u ti the of or H it 1 n and I III t WelO Vei e mt tol t thEIr Mr women Il 11 f t 11 i II lid il I I og sin Inell yen me Ir noi 1111 r lie y Loui 71 i 1 I they thc not lint In n cf I tea In h hy Mil Ih ii hoy Of oC cha ChIH 11 Ill i 11 WM n ll the lie lIlt ii ii or ti I h Ih fh 1 0 C American A ships sill Mi nil r th tie I In I n their lh hll I no lint 1101 know kno hint 1 t M k I it tilt thit of n it rl nw Ir fi 11 II Ii I of oC their lr n Th ri v 1 h tOUt hell h l tho lie fl c ici and J i y III he tent to Th i III M of f theil I Itel r rs coh conw InC l Id W ni nH it Il hail harl II J 4 anee erful g lito I lie l i I lUll L of nf u it lor tu cr r a I Ie uil I It I go 10 As AH th e ci th i lilL 1 tI I hint van 1111 n W 5 the Iho old ull Jit t I ti h and a itt ill I I 1 compared coni to 10 c rs s H Df f its na nil p I 11 Ihl l lIn tom 1 Of ot otI I r I v l II III lie tho articles of nf let p ship I IOU II ly y argues ar vcr It t V Ih I ot of loll i fur n 1111 ll It n t i w otI Almost ho the Ih u n ro roil rOII III 1 ii n a few tel fe ty years r L ii b by lIew us iv All o tl II 1 I M K In Iii hI SOS lIi Ml the tho as 11 T o t hron III it ot ci oti II fl 00 A 11 i liGis i ii wao VC ro ai H II to Ih nes Ports Port crull I IS t 0 Oice hellIn Wl to lib IoU IJ b 0 tilling calling a ron litI hi iii Mo Moat MOSI t Pu liC f hhie tin IIi new hew tr M l o Lr Ito mi CoUnt 1 I VICI I HII rr rs of f petty elty r of oC tho thio r II t in 1111 11 am lQ I 1 u Ir II UI j I II I I I I bit Ut lit Of or tho lie idea Illen 1 a II iH u 11 U V V I he lc conception of or orI I h t I ong th of the tho In the lie Introduction of at western civilization Almost In III the Iho twinkling of an nil eye cJe tho the theold old disappeared visitors were welcomed and Jap Jitt began to travel tho lie wonderful ad advancement made by h occidental Q nations the tha newly awakened u wn land determined to I share Jn 11 their progress To achieve end she saw It was necessary ary to 10 adopt the tho customs nUll ami the methods of lie tho went vest Turning herself her olf from toni the traditions ahe idie loved tho tue little kingdom the tho T and of the tho Rising nisin Hun HUll In fact HH us well itch UK its In name and the thc morn lug hit that lint broke over her hel was the lie begin thUg of ot a new lIew era em In III the lie life of all nil the till fur cant eal The Tue development came to all nil lines hues simultaneously With the lie return of or lie tho first crop of or Japanese graduates from 1011 European ant and American universities began the he development of a II modern educational system III In Japan JUIan From Froni each NICh country slit she took the lie best hest lieu Her model for her public schools was ivas Amer America len ica Kew Ne e Industries IlI sprang Into life lito were tero Introduced Japanese youths were wele sent abroad to study In lie Ito foundries The Tue marvelous Imitative tIe lye faculty of the lie people came Into play pIa In lit u II hort time line native shops were O constructing machinery on en the tue exact pattern that lint had hilll been observed abroad This development 11 was vas especially In In iii tho lie navy uia nn and army In Indeed deed thoro theio can ln lie little doubt that the lie dream of oC If becoming a n great relt military power was tho lie actuating motive In the tho I zi of or Japan Jo The rite soul let hat had always been beon the tho national hero hern of oC the lie country The nobles and the lie sa lIa samurai a mural under them had fought with each cacti other from time Immemorial A contempt of physical danger and of or death had been boen Inculcated In the Iho minds of oC the tho children from the Iho earliest ages A large largo section of or the Iho population hat had no other trade ratio than lighting Such lIch a it 1 spirit as us tills lila had to have outlet In direction and when heui the Iho linn of or Illo empire came at III the begin helln beginning fling ning of o the lie reign of oC the lie present mikado the tue military mill torr ardor had 1181 to 10 seek nn no out oUI outward ward object on which to 10 vent Itself as liS Internal discord wits was nt lit on an end It Jt wits was then lieu that the tho dream camo of n ii 1 greater fleet of or warships What Shat wonder r then lieu that one of tho the Initial activities I i of or the lie awakening nation was In tie lie direction of or tho lie construction of ot u t lar hr larger ger er II The tangible start seems to 10 0 have hoo been beell In the ho purchase from front the th government of oC the tho Stonewall Jackson a n 1300 ton on ship carrying a n ten Oil ton ott gull besides smaller ones n II powerful vessel for tor that day lIlI was renamed the Iho and alit with her bier as a 11 model the Iho Japs began I that career of if adaptation and Imitation Imitation tion Ion that lint has hall hail such remarkable re rf results suits salts The purchase c of ot the lie was tan IS made In III 1860 two 10 years before be rot the tho revolution In III 1877 IS another and und great greater er Ir ship was bought This won WitH tho Koo loo So o tons tOils double screw lerow speed thirteen knots knols This Built carried a broadside broll central battery and was waK 20 feet reel long lone Thice t cc shut I I Ironclads I the lie I I anti of 1300 1 tons lon otis each were wele eie muted added In the lie two yours years tot fol following lowing lowll These Thc e constituted tho the JUlia Japa Japanese nese liese navy 11 III In ISSO In III the lie succeeding decade only ani two I 0 more Ironclads I ron dads were WIO added mid ed 11 to 10 tho ho list 1st I hut but n a considerable con s of oC fast cruisers wen vero built hullt on iii Japans Japalis order In lit various foreign countries With Ith tho lie addition lout of two ivo more very el speedy cruis critis cruisers ers era In tilt the neI four our years those these made mado up UI naval strength at nl the lie be lie beginning ginning of ot her war with Ith China III In I 1 SP This Jh Ili is remarkable onva I evolution wan wall s snot not confined alone alono to ships The Tho far farsighted sighted statesmen mell like Ho Ito sots paw that lint were useless unless manned by br crews that lii understood them It U takes longer to 10 train t cit iii timid mm mIll than It 1 does to build vessel eRI so sn at ut the lie very el ery earliest stages slats of or the Iho evolution provi pol provision sion slon was IlIS mado for tor or such training A toe rI Ca lantI and amid other o ii or countries con at ries were eve nuked naked to In to allow nil ow Japanese to I serve lien aboard rd their t hei u ships hi I ps and a ii d also that hut Yankee and amid British o III co 11 be permitted to 10 serve nerve on Japanese ships These e requests were vere readily rend ib granted and to the European and American na iiii naval val III experts e that bitt were sent to 10 train multi tie the and jackles of or Japan Is IH due I much of or the Iho record made by b that na nation tion In III later days H Of OC even cell greater Im Importance was as the lie opening of the Iho Naval academy at ut Annapolis to 10 a r certain number of DC Japanese students Hero i cd od to 10 Visit Isit the hue country countr nut assist II In lii training raIning tin an army These experts with the tho returned durnell students who tho had hind graduated from Crom ruin foreign forti gu Institution his I t huts started r teil military academies throughout the Ihu lie kingdom so AO that lint shortly became Otto one vast aist training A public system Item ulso ulo sprung Into hehli In lii which patriotism was Uti taught laught and amid In imi Incidentally tactics Tho early catty In 11 model for or orho thi ho army was vas French l us III tint of ot the mivy 1111 was American unit and Lat hat Later hatem er em tho ho lorman military system wax was III In as us being moro effective rethe so than that of Prance Fiance In lii their select Ion of oC models the th t lie Japs iii s have 1 e ii wonderful fimI discrimination 4 I sin imd t Ion They ot examined exa nil ii ol the tho I lie ar nr armies a r rUI mies UI los and I navies utavi es of ot all 1111 uI I countries cou ii ii es then thell chorn cho what winit hut seemed lI to 0 them the tite best of oC each cacti A very 11 complete te plan Illan of oC fortifications I I Viii adopted The Ihl work along this line hue lius Ii its not ii tit been lecul entirely cot I rely ii ii hell lint hill all the lie more Important ho mi t points Pol ii is arc 1110 a to well seIi clIl i protected especially attack I from fromn sea sen Tim rue Indented shore line and precipitous counts coasts lend themselves readily to 10 defensive lighting lI In 11 fact like Iho III I 1 lii gland and a mi ii other oh her Island isla nil nations Ii U Julian J iIII II is III almost ni mius proof against ii gain st stI Invasion I Tokyo Yokohama I and other oilier Important cities uro ore already well oli fortified I It wits was III In lint compulsory null mili military I tory tary 1111 service in tim the army and 1111 navy MV was adopted Since that time line every male malc subject of or the he between tho ho ages of or seventeen iund forty ort Is liable to duty dut The Ilie army l is IR made malla up of ot four di ill divisions visions and the lie conscript Is III slated for fora a 11 term of oC service In lii each e years In the IIII active army II rill four toul years In III the ha reserves live lIe years yeats eal In III the tho out eIght el hl years In itt the Iho lie landstrum III In times hues of peace however only 1111 1113 a ii 8 11 a II num number ber bel of o those hose eligible inc nrc admitted lo to lothe tot the tho t hi ii net lye army 0 Itil y chole dial ca hehl he I made uni do by II 1 j lot In lu tho he beginning IH the hue main stress was us u S taut laid on oil the tho artillery a e my and Infantry I ii ii mit iy I arms artas of lilt tho lit service The Tho cavalry CI which IH In I strongest point is III Ja inH weakest HI This luck lack Is not nol so sit I touch much felt fell however because of thu Ihl roughness i H of or tho lie country over OWl which the Iho hue lighting must occur If It 11 were a it 1 level leel country such as os lust with which the lie Cossacks ate familiar there thore ml might ht be u it 1 different story Mary Hut In the hills tho t lie a I I e and a t hors of cit Japan J a alire lire arc at III homo hii i ito There eve her lier Ii C r nun I chiess ar artillery ii r tillery 1 which In is really the him Mower flower of ot her army can un do tb Its most effective work The I hi lie e ii mt period 01 of oC Pt Japans Jul hull 5 military iii II evolution ci from ro in the t lie beginning i ii I mug of the Ii e inn rebellion lout In i ii I S C S to 10 t o the tho I lie opening 0 I II l of oC the Ihl i t Ii I ii 0 la P an ii Mo Will war Wit r III In 1894 Thin served not only to open tho the eyes of lit the lie world to the lie Cnut I t a n new military ii I II ii ii ry power had lint entered l the Iho ito Hold hut but like u a revelation to tolie tim lie The rho adoption of nf western iesi ti n methods flue hinds hud not i ut hG hoen n III i ii vain lIln vii I ii Tho careful and trill drill of or the tho thein thomen in men n In I ml bull both hot Ii the lie I army linn ii and ii mi it navy 1111 tho Iho t ii o marksmanship I mi Ito of lilt lie gnu osra In thy the and on Oil eu the llie lie ships the tho yean of oC study Riven KIell lo lu system lIlt on nn alth cu It hi the lie I ii g Impart Imparted I u mu ri riel ed el I lo to I o J ii and ii nil m I n by b A run rill y exports from roni HID unit America nil tholie things had homo borne fruit nil I Tim Is IH Island land lit kingdom hi I a Imd not lIot ii 0 1 only Oh l overcome her hel hereditary y and onil overgrown neighbor I on Ott both hoth land hantl and pet pea but sho shio hind had done Iono doneIt It In a it manner that glory upon i her II r nuns Her lIer ambition to bo be the lie th lead butt IT ir r of ul the his orient was given a it 1 realm fresh spur she gained the confidence that hat comes from rein the a she shei i received front from other nations forti lied her belief In herself The deeds of oC her hor heroism I item of her soldiers ut it ut Iju at lie tho Yalu alu Him and II III nt at Port lort Arthur very 01 dear to this soldIer loving lohl country Tho Jho recital of ot these th e exploits would WillI II still further fan the tho Hume mae of military I I I it my ardor or and with ts I t hi this his HS till A 1 basis she would go 10 forward tH to other victories She would show sho tier her herself self worthy of or the lie slut sho ins Willi re receiving I The world has hall failed In lit one ono regard to 10 todo todo do du justice to ho the thue soldiers of the lie mikado j III In Ills oils victory over China The Tho lack of or I proper appreciation tl coutie through an on underrating of ft the Iho 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