Port Arthur fame, was born in 1649 in Choshu. He joined the army st an early age and fought in the Civil War of 1877 as a captain. In the Japan-China War he served as Brigade Commander, and so con-spacious were his services that on the conclusion of hostilities he was raised to the peerage and decorated with the third class of the Order of the Golden Kite. In 1895 he rec-cived his promotion to Lieut.-General in command of the gnd. Division (Sendai): For a short time he served as Governor-General of Formosa, but lo preferred to return to the army and served until 1900 as Commander of the 11th Division (Marugame). On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, General Nogi, as he then was, was placed in command of the ard Army and undertook the attack on Port Arthur and the turning movement jin the battle of Mukden. His dogged perseverance in the attack on \\'the most impregnable of first-class fortresses," and his ultimate success, won for General Nogi worldwide fams and for the Japanese army a glory that it will never lose. General Nogi was one of the finest figures that the war produced, his pluck and tenacity enabling him to -arry out tasks which, to all appearance, were impossible. Socially, at least in the presence of foreign. ers, the late General was a silent man unless directly appealed to. He created the impression of being man of deeds more than words. His neat figure and pleasant face with a closely cropped grey beard and moustache, was a symbol of strength and alertness. That he should follow his Emperor in death after OF
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