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ARMIES OF THE
FAR EAST
DIFFER IN ORGANIZATION.
THE JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN
FORCES.
Styles ol Organisation of the Two
Armies ns Shown by the War De
. partraent Reports—Some of Rue
sin's Arms* Corps Are Saiil to Have
Had Only 21,000 Soldiers In the
Rattle of Liao Vang.
By R. M. Lamer.
Washington, Nov. 4.—Some of the
military experts in this country are
evidently in the dark as to the con
stitution and organization of the Rus
sian and Japanese armies. Military
authorities in the War Department
are frequently applied to for informa
tion on this subject. From these in
quiries it is ascertained that some of
the most distinguished military en
thusiasts in the service and out of it,
are unable to fully appreciate and un
derestand the conflict now going on in
the Far East, because of the general
lack of information as to the number
of men constituting a'regiment, bat
talion, divison and corps in the Rus
sian and Japanese armies.
A distinguished jurist from the
South, with a streak of military en
thusiasm in his nature, recently wrote
to a friend in Washington to this ef
fect:
"I would like to inquire something
about the constitution and organiza
tion of the Russian and Japanese
armies so that the interesting reports
of the military movements published
daily could be better understood. The
formation of these armies seem differ
ent from ours. The Russian infantry
battalion seems to have 800 men and
the regiment seems to consist of three
battalions or 2,400 men with artillery.
A divison seems to consist of 15.000
and an army corps of 25,0<' yet an
army corps seems to be constituted of
at least one division of cavalry, and
presumably much more infantry and
about 12S cannon. Somewhere I have
seen that the paper strength of an
arjny corps is about 42.000, actual
strength about 36,000, and there are
eight guns to a battery in the artil
lery. but if that is true, as there were
nine army corps collected at Mukden,
before the recent battle, the strength
of the Russian army would be some
thing like 324,000, which seems incred
ible."
Tlie Annie* of the Kn*t.
In reply to this inquiry the follow ing
Interesting information was obtained
from the official records of the War
Department:
A Japanese regiment of infantry con
sists of three battalions of four com
panies each. When mobilized for war
the company has 5 officers and 235
men; the regiment has 68 officers and
2,768 men; the brigade has 139 officers
and 5,577 men; the battery, six guns,
has 5 officers and 198 men; the artil
lery regiment has 36 officers and 1,194
men; the squadron has 5 officers and
136 men; the cavalry regiment has 17
officers and 416 men.
The division consists of two intantry
brigades, a cavalry regiment, an ar
tillery regiment, the various detach
ments of special troops and the trains.
If at full strength the combatant
strength of a division is 351 officers
and 13,271 men In addition it has
about 196 officers and 5,104 men, class
ed as non-combatants, comprising the
various detachments of special troops
and the train service.
When the reserves Join, the strength
of a division is increased nearly one
half.
The Russian Organisation.
The strength of Russian organiza
tions is more variable. The infantry
company has three or four officers and
238 or 240 men; the infantry battalion
has it or 18 officers and 958 men; the
infantry regiment has 78 officers and
3.8T8 men, if containing four battal
ions; if containing but two battalions,
as in the East Siberian Rifles, the reg
iment contains 39 officers and 2,008 men.
The squadron has four or six officers
and 165 to 168 men; the four squadron
regiment has 35 officers and 675 men;
the 6 squadron regiment has 41 officers
and 975 men: the battery usually has
eight guns; its strength since the be
ginning of the introduction of a rapid
fire gun is not known. A division con
sists of two brigades of two regiments,
an artillery brigade of six batteries,
and various detachments of special
troops; a corps consists of two infan
try divisions, one cavalry division, one
mobile artillery park, and various de
tachments of special troops; having a
combatant strength of 1,010 officers and
41,097 men; and a non-combatant
strength of 200 officers and 5,637 men;
the total artillery is 108 guns.
The Field Force..
It must be understood, however, that
organizations in the field frequently
fall far below the maximum numbers
and practically never reach them. Not
only must the casualties of battle and
the absentees from sickness be allowed
for. but it must be remembered that
units are frequently sent piecemeal and
not held until the mobilization is com
plete. This Is particularly true of the
Russian army. In which In some cases
a battalion is expanded into a regi
ment by calling out the reserves.
As an example some of the Russian
army corps at the battle of Liao Yang
are said to have had not more than
21.000 present.
Statements of strength not based on
official returns are liable to be very
erroneous, and no statements based on
official returns have been made pub
lic.
Flection Law Decision.
Columbus. 0., Nov. 4.—The Supreme
Court to-day reversed the decision of
the Circuit Court In Cleveland In the
matter of the validity of that clause
of the election law providing for the
closing of the polls at 4 p. m. In cities
of over 300,000 population, and voting
■will be stopped In Cleveland and Cin
cinnati at 4 p. m. on election day. The
decision means that the leaders of
both parties in Cleveland and Cincin
nati will be compelled to make their
usual efforts to get the vote out by 4
o'clock.
Injured In Football tinme.
Annapolis. Md., Nov. 6. Midship
man Charles Clifford Gill of Kansas, a
member of the fourth class at the Na
val Academy, Is dangerously 111 at the
Naval Academy Hospital, as the re
sult of Injuries received while at prac
tice at football on Wednesday after
noon. The young man badly Injured
his kidneys bv falling upon the foot
ball and another man falling on top of
him.
OBITUARY^
Paul llet nsnouone, Parle.
Paris, Nov. 4,--Paul DeCaaeagnac,
the prominent Bonaparllat deputy and
journalist, and omr th* most notorious
duaiiat in Fiance, died suddenly to
night
He Has About Recovered from His Attach of Gout
Rome, Nov. 4.—The Pope considers that he has been restored to his
usual health, and to-day resumed his audiences, receiving, among others,
Cardinals Oreglia, Martinelli and Tali ani. To the latter he said the weather
was so tine that he could scarcely resist going for a walk in the gardens,
but Dr. Lapponi still forbids him to go out.
BALLANTINE WAS
ELECTED AGAIN.
Florida Veteran* Will Meet Next In
Jacksonville.
Ocala, Fla., Nov. 4. —The reunion of
the Florida division United Confeder
ate Veterans came to an end last
evening.
Maj. Gen. Ballantine of Fernandina
was re-elected commander for another
year.
The next reunion will be held In
Jacksonville.
Motormnn Was Killed.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 4.—A runaway
car on a branch of the Pittsburg. Mc-
Keesport and Connellsville Railway
dashed down Versailles avenue In Mc-
Keesport to-day and collided with a
coal wagon.
Thomas Framan, the motorman, was
instantly killed and five passengers
were injured, none seriously. Farman
was crushed to death as he stood in
the front end of the car, making vain
efforts to check it.
All Save One Carried.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 4.—A1l of
the propositions voted upon by the
members of the International Typo
graphical Union have carried, except
the one providing for an increase in
the salaries of the international pres
ident, and the international secretary
treasurer. The proposals include the
establishment of an eight-hour day.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1904
POPE PIUS
MUCH LAWLESSNESS
FOUND IN MOROCCO.
Washington, Nov. 4. —Consul General
Hoffman Philip reports to the State
Department from Tangier by mail un
der date of Oct. 19 that in Morocco,
particularly in the northern portion,
there appears to be an increasing ten
dency toward lawlessness and disre
gard of authority among the restless
tribes.
From the south, where the people
heretofore have been more loyal than
in the north, news has been received
of serious disturbances. Fighting has
taken place between the two power
ful chiefs of Mogador and Morocco
City, one chief having been placed in
control of a large section of the coun
try by order of the Sultan, and the
other rebelling against being super
seded and refusing to obey the Sul
tan’s summons to Morocco City.
The followers of the pretender have
renewed their activity in the north
and east and there has been much
fighting in the neighborhood of the
French frontier.
Governor to Investigate.
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 4. —Gov. Brodie
of Arizona has gone to i Clifton and
Morencl to investigate the scandal en
suing from the placing of orphan chil
dren from a New York foundling asy
lum, a Catholic institution, in private
families.
The report that he has been com
missioned by President Roosevelt to
seize the children is erroneous. After
a recent protest by the people of Mo
renci against the asylum methods and
their taking summary charge of the or
phans and disposing of them In private
families, the Catholic authorities at
the asylum presented the matter to
President Roosevelt. Gov. Brodie was
in Washington at the time, and the
President requested him to investigate
and report.
ANOTHER STORV OF~
JAP TORPEDO BOATS.
St. Petersburg. Nov. s.—The Novoe
Vremya this morning prints a long dis
patch, dated Vigo, Oct. 28. and credit
ed to a man of the Baltic squadron,
containing a remarkable summary of
events leading up to the firing on the
British trawlers and the incidents of
the night of Oct. 21.
The letter states that Admiral Ro
jestvensky and the admiralty, before
the sailing of the squadron, received
from secret agents a mass of informa
tion regarding the plans and where
abouts of the Japanese in European
waters. The letter says:
"The Japanese had torpedo boats in
the Norwegian fjords, and also pur
chased a number of fishing vessels at
Hamburg, Hull, Southampton and
Christinia.
“Before leaving Skagen, Admiral Ro
jestvensky received further specific in
formation, stating that four Japanese
torpedo boats, accompanied by a col
lier, were waiting west of Cape Ska
gen. The Baltic squadron left in the
morning, and the Japanese, in order to
make a night attack were obliged to
follow and catch up with the warships
in the North sea.”
BARK PTONEERTOST
WITH ALL HER CREW.
Hamburg, NoY. 4.— The German
bark Pioneer of Buenos Ayres, for
Hamburg, has been lost with her en
tire crew of eighteen.
The Pioneer sailed from Buenos
Ayres April 11 for Falmouth, England,
and was posted at Lloyds as missing
Sept. 14.
BLODGET SECOND TIME
VICTIM OF ROBBERS.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 4.—The safe of
James L. Blodget, an aged private
banker at Hermitage, was blown open
early this morning. The robbers got
$1,500 in cash and certificates of de
posit amounting to $22,000.
Blodget was robbed in a like man
ner of $12,000 about three years ago.
DRUGS FOR HEADACHE.
Their Constant Use Can Always Be
Avoided.
From the Youth’s Companion.
It may be said, wdth little fear of
contradiction from those who know
the facts, that if a cast-iron law for
bidding the use of any drug whatever
in the treatment of headache could be
enacted and enforced there would be
much less misery for the coming gen
eration than there is for this.
A sufferer from repeated headaches
who has found a means of relief in
"headache powders” or other even
less harmful drug may dispute this
assertion, but the victims of some
drug habit or the friends of one whose
heart, poisoned by acetaniltd or anti
phyrin, has suddenly ceased to beat
before its time will look at the matter
from another point of view entirely.
Durifig the Spanish war numbers of
would-be recruits were rejected . be-
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kind of sickness is just to be
able to attend to duties and
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The eternal grind keeps many
in the traces who ought to be
in bed.
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cause of a weak heart; and in the
epidemic of pneumonia which ravaged
the country last winter an unusual
number of deaths occurred from fail
ure of the heart to meet the added
strain.
Although various causes have doubt
less been at work to weaken the
hearts of the present generation,
there can be no question that one po
tent influence has been the indiscrim
inate use of headache powders.
In all cases of habitual headache
recurring periodically, a physician
must, of course, be consulted that he
may find the cause—eye strain, disease
in the ears, nose, stomach or other
more distanct organs—and remove it
if possible. But the separate attacks
of headache have to be relieved, if
very severe; and in these cases it is
better not to resort to drugs, unless
the drugs are taken under the special
guidance of the physician. In the
congestive headache, marked by throb
bing, and made worse by stooping or
lying down, a cold towel or an ice
bag applied to the head, a hot water
bag to the spine, a mustard plaster to
the back of the neck or to the inner
side of the thighs or a hot mustard
foot bath—one or more —will often
give relief when many drugs fail.
In the anemic form of headache,
marked by pallor, in which the pain
is made less severe by lying down,
massage of the head or the applica
tion of warm cloths to the head and
face will often be found grateful. A
threatened bilious headache may
sometimes be warded off by a dose of
epsom salts, as may other headaches
due to “auto-intoxication;” and one
due to overuse of the eyes or eye
strain w'ill usually, if taken at the
moment of the first warning, be ar
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Tom—“l did. That’s why I got caught.”
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