TH CHINO-JAPANESE WAR. 379 
The army is organized in seven separate divisions; the Guards 
division, which is recruited throughout Japan, and six others which 
are numbered from one to six and which are territorial in the 
fullest sense of the term. These six territorial divisions are all 
alike, except that some of them include coast defence troops. The 
Guards division is rather smaller than the others, but it is or- 
ganized practically in the same way ; so that when once you have the 
organization of one division you have the organization of the whole 
Japanese army. Hach division is intended to be a complete unit in 
itself and consists of two infantry brigades, one regiment of artillery, 
one battalion of cavalry (I call it battalion because that is the word 
used throughout), one battalion of engineers, one train battalion, one 
medical corps; and besides these, the intendant staff, the accountant 
staff, the veterinary staff and the law staff. 
In war time the infantry is composed thus :—Four companies make a 
battalion ; three battalions make a regiment; two regiments make a 
brigade; and two brigades make a division; so that there are six 
battalions in a brigade and twelve battalions in adivision. A company 
numbers about 220 officers and men and is divided into three sections. 
In the artillery, two batteries, of six guns each, make a brigade division 
or battalion, and three battalions make a regiment, of which two are 
Field Artillery battalions and one is a Mountain Artillery battalion ; so 
that there are six batteries or 86 gunsin a regiment, and therefore in a 
division. With regard to cavalry, two squadrons of about 160 non-com- 
missioned officers and men each, form a battalion and that is all there isin 
a division, but since the war they have been raising a 3rd squadron. 
With regard to the engineers, three companies of the same strength 
as in the infantry form the battalion, and on mobilisation two of 
these companies are used as field companies while the 38rd company 
forms the bridging and telegraph sections when they are required. 
There are two bridge sections in each division, one for a bridge 96 
metres long and the other for a bridge of 86 metres. The telegraph 
section has material for 30 kilometres of telegraph. 
The train battalion ceases to exist as such on mobilisation, but pro- 
vides the transport for the whole division—i.e., regimental transport, 
divisional supply columns and divisional ammunition columns, though 
a large number of artillery and infantry reservists are used for the 
ammunition columns. 
_ The medical corps on mobilisation forms a bearer division and six field 
hospitals. I call it a bearer division because I do not know what other 
name to give it. A bearer division consists of a central staff and two 
bearer companies. ‘The bearer companies are composed chiefly of 
infantry soldiers ; they do not treat the wounded, but carry them to 
the central staff for treatment. The central staff is composed of 
medical officers and medical attendants, and they form the dressing 
stations as required. 
The intendant staff does the work of our Pay Department and 
Army Service Corps combined, but without the transport work of 
the latter. 
