JAPAN'S ARMY.
_4 . COUNT OKU RETIRES. By Teleeraoli—Press Asaociation-OojyrieM (Rec, January 21, 5.5 p.m.) Tokio, January 20. Count Oku has resigned the chief command of the army. Viscount Hasegaira succeeds him. .V i' /.■ .i > Count Oku \s G5 years of age and has been Chief of the Japanese General Staff Since I'JOG. A Samurai of the Oita clan, ho held the rank of major in the Imperialist forces during the Satsuma rebellion, and in the course of it performed an act of heroic courage and resoluteness which gained him the greatest fame in Japan. After being besieged by the rebels in Kawamoto Castle for four months, he made a desperate sortie at the head of his battalion successfully penetrated the enemy's lines of investment, and effected a junction with other Imperial troops which forced the Satsuma men to retire. lie commanded the Fifth Division during the China-Japan War of 1895, and was rewarded with the title of baron for distinguished service. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1901-5 General Oku commanded the Second Army. He was made a count in 190 G.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1343, 22 January 1912, Page 5
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