Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

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brigades of second infantry reservists, 7 mixed brigades of
second reservists, and a number of second reservists and militia. Classified by the fields of operation, the North Korea
Army consisted of I division and I brigade, the Karafuto
Army, I division, while practically all the rest went to form
the Manchuria armies. The approximate strength of our
Manchuria armies was: 250 infantry battalions, 20 cavalry
regiments, 200 artillery batteries (some I,ooo guns), 6 engineer
companies, and machine-gun corps and commissariat troops.
The forces that took part in the war total I,088,996 persons, of
whom 999,868 went to the front. The losses from this war
were not so large as is generally supposed. The following are
the details:
LOSSES OF RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
Noncommis- Civilians
Causes Officers sioned officers in army Total
and privates and navy
Killed in battle.........,926 58,I05 52 60,083
Died from disease......... 278 2I,I97 404 21,879
Dismissed from service.. 71 29,367... 29,438
Total.............. 2,275 108,669 456 I 11,400

It will be seen from this table that 60,000 were killed and
22,000 died from disease, totaling 82,000. Even including
over 29,000 dismissed from service on account of ill health
and other disabilities, the total figure does not much exceed
II,OOO. It may be here added that the horses lost in the
war totaled 38,000, including those invalided.
The Japanese naval forces put in service during this war
were 72 warships of various classes totaling 261,629 tons. In
addition, there were 50 torpedo boats representing 5,429 tons.
The losses from the war were twelve warships of various
classes totaling 45,352 tons, and 7 torpedo boats representing
558 tons. Most of these losses, however, were due to collision
or to striking mines, and not to fighting itself. The following
table shows our naval forces employed and lost during the war: