. Review of reviews and world's work. g the lines required by theirmilitary service. Electrical engineers, tele-phone and telegraph operators and linemen,—there is probably not a man in the entire organi-zation who is not well schooled in at least therudiments of electrical science. Probably the chief reason for the wonderfulefficiency of the Mikados army is the remark-able faculty which the Japanese possess for copy-ing and adapting. They have carefully andeffectually studied the military text-books ofevery nation, and have accepted and incorpo-rated all that is best from each one. When theal
. Review of reviews and world's work. g the lines required by theirmilitary service. Electrical engineers, tele-phone and telegraph operators and linemen,—there is probably not a man in the entire organi-zation who is not well schooled in at least therudiments of electrical science. Probably the chief reason for the wonderfulefficiency of the Mikados army is the remark-able faculty which the Japanese possess for copy-ing and adapting. They have carefully andeffectually studied the military text-books ofevery nation, and have accepted and incorpo-rated all that is best from each one. When theallies made their memorable march to Peking,the splendid preparedness and efficiency of theJaps was a source of wonder and astonishmentto all other nations. Tn his 1900 report to theSecretary of War, General Greely, chief signalofficer of the United States army, pays the Jap-anese the highest encomiums upon the efficiencyof their signal service. When the Mikados soldiers effected theircrossing of the Yalu, early in May,—in the face. Copyright, 1904. by Coilitr s li A JAPANESE TELEPHONE STATION IN A KOREAN HUT ALONG THE INE OP MARCH. of what had been pronounced by military expertsinsurmountable obstacles,—all the world won-dered. But the Japanese did not. They hadnot recklessly attempted a feat seemingly impos-sible to accomplish. Each foot of ground hadbeen carefully gone over, and when their leftflank was advancing on the Russian right, it wasapparently marching into the fire of its own bat-teries. But this was not the case, for, throughits signal corps, the Japanese artillery was al-ways in perfect touch with the movements of theinfantry, and, when the infantry advance wasmade, the artillery fire was instantaneouslyshifted so as not to conflict with the maneuver. It was in this engagement that the uniquespectacle of infantry capturing a light batterywas witnessed, and it was owing to the splendidline of communication established by the Jap-anese that this was possible. Ag
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