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Show Japan Plans to Slash Army Toklo. The Japanese army will be reduced to a total of 56,000 enlisted men, according to reorganization plan proposed by the war office and approved ap-proved by the cabinet, it was announced an-nounced Tuesday. The total number of divisions In the army bill remain unchanged, un-changed, but the number of companies, compan-ies, squadrons and batteries will be decreased. In the reitdjustment there will be slight increases in the railway, telegraph and aviation sections of the land forces, as well as in the heavy artillery corps. Reductions in the army It Is estimated, will effect a saving of yen 250.000.000 during the nert twelve years, and thereafter yen 23,000,000 .annually. |