SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 31 May 1904, Page 5

SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR.

JAPANESE EFFICIENCY. The testimony of the New Yoik Herald as lo the efficiency of the Japanc&e troop*} deserves notice (writes th© Paris conespondent of Tho Times to his journal) as that journal can scarcely be suspected of over-indulgence wheu , dealing with Japan. The Cbemulpo coirespondent of the Herald, in a letter dating fiom tho latter end of February, expresses the following views: — ''In spite of the difficulties to contend with, the transport, department of the Japanese army has lauded in one woek 100,000 tons of supplies, 2500 cavalry horFes, and some 20,000 men. This has been accomplished without noise, confusion, accident, or congestion in tho streets leading to the landmg-jetty, with far less noise and confusion than attends the discharging of the carjto of an 800-ton coasting steamer. . . . Thrappearance of tho sturdy, silent, and well-equipped Japanese soldier excites as much admiration ns docs the wonderful thoioughness and system of the department charged with his transport and housing. >ot a single case of drunkenness or disorder is apparent. . . . The impression given by a sight of the Japanese army in the field is one of sturdy readiness, endurance, and eilence."