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THE ARMY
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carbine rifles of the same pattern; the Army Service Corps also carry sabres.

Field Artillery use both field and mountain batteries of quick-firing guns and carry bayonets.

The Emperor, in time of war, mobilizes a part, or whole, of the army, and draws up the order of battle of the forces.

Generally, the forces composing an army are as follows:

Several Infantry divisions; Cavalry brigades; Field Artillery brigades; Field Telegraph; several troops of Landwehr; the Army Staff.

If necessary the following forces are added:

Foot Artillery; Railway Corps.

The war establishment of a division is usually formed with:

Infantry, 2 brigades; Cavalry, 1 regiment; Field Artillery, 1 regiment; Engineers, 1 battalion; Bridging (or Pontoon), 1 column; Ammunition, 1 battalion; Army Service Corps, 1 battalion; Field Army Medical Corps.

The transport of men and horses and their supplies, whether by railways or steamers, is performed entirely under military management, furnishing effective organs for its execution; only special services, such as arranging the movements of trains or steamers, being done by the railway officials and the inspecting officer (navy) in the troopships, and also by sailors.

The regimental transport (horses) attached to troops are divided into two parts:

(1) First section for fighting Personal reserve horses.
Ammunition.
Medical materials.
(2) Second section for camp Baggage.
Supply.

Besides the above, there are divisional supply columns constituted as follows:

Ammunition Battalion; Army Service Corps; Bearer Corps; Field Hospital; Pontoon Column.

The supplies for the men and horses of the field force are divided as follows:

For the fighting troops and the Bearer Corps, 7 days—that is:

Emergency rations for men, 2 days; the second section of supply, 1 day; divisional supply column, 4 days.

The men of the divisional supply column have three days’ rations—that is:

Emergency rations, 2 days; the second section of supply, 1 day.

All Japanese subjects from seventeen to forty years of age are liable to military or naval service, which is divided into four terms of service:

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