The Spirit of missions . eak winds ofwinter are howling dismally around. Hirosaki is an old castle town, and atone time was the capital city of thedaimyate of Tsuguru, which also gave(382) the name to the straits of Tsuguru, whichborder it upon the north. The noon gun,which booms out every day at twelveoclock, signifies that this city is nowthe headquarters of a division of theJapanese larmy consisting of about 15,000men. Soldiers, mounted and on foot,are seen everywhere at all hours of theday. The general in command of the divi-sion, Yamane, is a soldierly-lookingofficer. Recently when on a c
The Spirit of missions . eak winds ofwinter are howling dismally around. Hirosaki is an old castle town, and atone time was the capital city of thedaimyate of Tsuguru, which also gave(382) the name to the straits of Tsuguru, whichborder it upon the north. The noon gun,which booms out every day at twelveoclock, signifies that this city is nowthe headquarters of a division of theJapanese larmy consisting of about 15,000men. Soldiers, mounted and on foot,are seen everywhere at all hours of theday. The general in command of the divi-sion, Yamane, is a soldierly-lookingofficer. Recently when on a country visita-tion to one of the out-stations near Hiro-saki, I passed, on the way to the railroadstation, a double line of infantry of the31st regiment, which forms part ofthe force in Hirosaki, and one couldnot help being struck with the fine per-sonnel of officers and men. They wereawaiting the arrival of their superiorofficer, who came by rail in due time andwas greeted on the platform by GeneralYamane and his I This city was stirred to its heartin September by a visit from the CrownPrince of Japan, who spent two daysI here. The former feudal lord, who nowi lives in Tokyo but whose residence wasI anciently in Hirosaki, repaired here toI greet the Crown Prince, and went in pro-i cession with him through the castle grounds of this daimyo wereconverted into a public park after his retirement, and in one of the bastionswhich remain are preserved many hand-some gold lacquered boxes, hangingscrolls, suits of armor and trappings ofwar horses. And shortly it is proposedto erect near this museum of relics abronze statue of one of his famous an-cestors. Nothing can be more beautifulthan the view of Iwaki San, a sacredmountain back of Hirosaki, which can
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