The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . JAPANESE MAKING CAILING-CAKDS. rilK .).\l-ANKSK KJIIIUK: STATISTICS. ?MJ. JArANESE AIITIFICIAL FXOWEU-MAKEIt. iliird .section ul (he military orf^iiiiisatioii of llie country is Kukoumiiigomif, a K])ecic3 of landwehr, or national }^uanl, in which i>u;ht to be enrolletl every Jaitanese from theage of seventeen to forty, witliout anyexceptions. It is, however, nevrr to U-called out unless the enemy is on thefrontier; then the reserve is incor|K)ratetlwitli the
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . JAPANESE MAKING CAILING-CAKDS. rilK .).\l-ANKSK KJIIIUK: STATISTICS. ?MJ. JArANESE AIITIFICIAL FXOWEU-MAKEIt. iliird .section ul (he military orf^iiiiisatioii of llie country is Kukoumiiigomif, a K])ecic3 of landwehr, or national }^uanl, in which i>u;ht to be enrolletl every Jaitanese from theage of seventeen to forty, witliout anyexceptions. It is, however, nevrr to U-called out unless the enemy is on thefrontier; then the reserve is incor|K)ratetlwitli the regular army. Advancement tothe grade ofollicer is theoretically dcerecilto depend on merit and education. Thisarmy has happily never yet been put tothe test, but it is doubtless superior tothe olil military caste of Samourai, or two-sworded miMi, who were aholislied whenthe new army law was passetl in standing army will thus consist ofabout .JljOSO men in peace times, and ofllj,:i5() in war, hut, of course, the numberof men in arms will be vastly increasedwhen the whole of the available fightingstrength of the country is musteretl. Thenavy is the most powerful possessed by any Easte
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