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YASUKATA, COUNT, a Japanese soldier. He was born in 1846 in the province of Chikuzen, and during the rebellion of 1877 warmly espoused the imperial cause, winning distinction in sev eral battles. In the Chinese war of 1894-1895 he commanded the Fifth Army Division, and afterward helped in reorganizing military affairs. During the Russo-Japanese war he distinguished himself as general in command of the Russo-Japanese war he distinguished Second Army at Kinchow, Telissu, Liao- Yang and Mukden. Three years after being made general he was in 1906 named chief of the general staff, an office which he held for six years, becoming field-marshal at the close.
OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, an institution maintained by State and Federal appropriations to encourage the study of scientific agriculture and electrical and