THE JAPANESE ARMY.
In calculating the size of a national army, it is hardly possible to get beyond approximate figures. Hence a calculation of the strength of the Japanese army just produced must be received on that basis, but without any suspicion that it wandeivs far from the truth. Indeed, the authority responsible for the statistics vouches that the actual numbers are in excess of those given. Taking the figures as they are presented, it would appear the number of men actually under arms, or, in other words, serviug with tne colours, in Japan, is:—lnfantry 192,260, cavalry 14 590, artillery 11,270, engineers 10,400, commissariat 9,240, heavy artillery 5,690, mountain artillery 1,620, communication troops 2,000; total, 124,590. This is the military strength on a peace footing, being more than double what it was when the Russo-Japanese war broke out. On a war footing the army is put at 1,214,00, exclusive of 10,000 troopa serving in Formosa; 15,000 officers and non-commissioned officers serving with the colours, and a very large number of officers and non-cnmmis-sioned officers whose name? are borne on the reserves.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9655, 20 November 1909, Page 4
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181THE JAPANESE ARMY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9655, 20 November 1909, Page 4
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