The Russo-Japanese war - medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908 (1908) (14770731944)
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Title: The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Great Britain. War Office MacPherson, William Grant, Sir, 1858-1927
Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Military hygiene
Publisher: London : Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University
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Soldiers drawn up for gymnastic exercises, Tang-hsiang-kung-tai,summer of 1905. A horizontal bar was made of a tent pole fixed betweentwo trees. A climbing platform is shown on the left of the photograph. No. 3, (After page 505.
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Kit and pack of the Japanese Infantry soldier during the battles of Hei-kou-tai and Mukden. Chinese straw boots and peasants shoes are shown added to the ordinary pack. (Photograph by Colonel Tulloch, C.B., Indian Army). MEDICAL.—REPORT 41. 506 (41) Daily Life of a Japanese Infantry Soldier in Time of War. Report by Lieut.-General C. J. Burnett, C.B., Head-QuartersThird Army, 14th July 1905. As I have now visited all the divisions of the Third Armyand seen the men in quarters and at ordinary routine work, itmay perhaps prove of interest if I give an account of the dailylife of a Japanese infantry soldier not in actual contact withthe enemy. The life of the artilleryman or cavalryman isprecisely the same, except that he has stables and the exercisingof his horse. The Japanese soldier, at this season of the year,rises at 5 a.m. and has his first meal at 6 a.m. At 7 a.m. he ison parade, which keeps him employed for three hours, all told.He then returns to his quarters and does what he