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Show Real Strength of Japan Outaldir are not nblo to form an accurate opinion of the real condition of the military resource of Japan, writes Jlhel Hashlgtichl Kven thn syniiolbctlc people of Iturope and America aro In the dark on the subject sub-ject I have been Informed by an Intimate In-timate friend who ha been In the service ser-vice nf thn lapanese nrmy for three years that Japan can call Into service nt short notlco 1 BOO.OOO men ot strong physique, besides the large national guard, for according lo hi Information, Informa-tion, SI9 I8S men which wa the number num-ber eligible for conscription In 10I had no objectionable physical defect, and belonged to tho first class, a shown by physical examination Tho men who belonged (o the second class had merely slight defects In Ihe eye or In some other bodily function. A for Ihe nanl force. 27.8CS men tba total number nf seamen In tho active and the first and second reserro, ser vices nre of tho best phjslque In case of necessity moro than double this number can be recruited from tho merchant marine, na well as from tho eager applicants for admission to tho service One million five hundred thousand la n large number, but it Is a small portion of 8.031,098. which Is tba number of males from 17 to 40, who wore available for conscription service ser-vice In 1808 Foreigners are apt to supjiosv that the flower of the Jnpaneso soldiers and sailor are necesaarlly the )oung men of the Samurai class on whom too much eulogy ha been already lav-labfd. lav-labfd. True, the Samurai clans havo long been the flower of tho Japaneae lighter, and. Indued, most of tho gen ernl nnd admirals and other high officers, are still of the Samurai class; but thn rank and file of the army and ot the navy to-day are composed moro of pleblans than of tbo patrician Samurai class It Is undeniable that tho flower of thn Japanese fighter Is now at tho front World' Work |