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“...officers as may
have distinguished themselves, as we are
highly satisfied with the services they have
rendered.
No papers of interest.
8th January.
RECALL OF A GENERAL OFFICER TO HIS
PROVINCE.
Chang Chih-tung some time ago made
application that the newly appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Hunan province,
Lou Yiin-ching who is at present serving
in Kuangtung, be directed to lose no time
in repairing to his post and that he be also
instructed to bring with him 750 men of I
the Ching Tzu battalion whom he has !
there under his command. Li Han-chang
points out that the soldiers in question are
stationed at the Tiger Island Forts and
that it would be extremely inexpedient
to move them. He gathers, however, from
the copy of Changs memorial which
lie has perused that affairs in Hunan
are in a very critical condition, and that it
is quite intelligible that Lou should wish to
have tried men under him. He has accord-
ingly issued orders that new men be at :
onqe enlisted for the Humen and Shachiieh...”
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“...36
ah. 2931.
there had been an officer of that name
in a certain battalion, but he had died of
his wounds at a place in Shensi twenty-
three years ago. The memorialist there-
fore arrested the soi-disant Liu Wei-mei,
who was tried before the Chief Justice
and the truth concerning him discovered.
Cases of this kind, continues the memo-
rialist, are of frequent occurrence, and are
dicult to prove when suspected. The
cause lies in the fact that in military
testimonials no sufficient particulars are
inserted so as to facilitate the identification
of the holder, and they therefore c m easily
be handed from one person to other.
What is needed is that in all cases they
should contain an account of the recipients
birthplace [and parentage together with
bis age and personal appearance. The
memorialist suggests that general orders
to this effect should be issued by the
Emperor.Referred to the Board of War.
30th March.
DEPAKTURE OP GRAIN JUNKS.
The Governor of Kiangsu reports the
departure of...”
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“...rebellion,
aa distinct as possible from an ordinary
outbreak of banditti. In a country travers-
ed by a network of mountain roads, and
constantly haunted by mounted brigands
and other freebooters, had not the danger
been nipped in the bud, no one can say
how widely it would have spread. Not
only would Jeho have been overrun, but
alarm would have been felt in the vicinity
of the capital. The troops from the coast
had move than a thousand li to travel
before reaching the scene of action, but
each battalion hurried to the front with all
possible speed. In the intense cold of the
winter outside the passes, they suffered
terribly from the frost: but this deterred
them no more than did the showers of
bullets from the guns of the enemy. In
the more hard-fought battles the carnage
was very great: as is proved by the reports
of tho officers engaged in restoring order,
who state that they have buried twenty
thousand corpses. Nor is all the praise du^
to those who were in the thick of tho tights,
for that...”
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“...ANG ARMY.
It appears fr"m a memorial presented
by the Governor of Heilungchiang, that
a special body of troops has recently been
raised in that province, supplementary to
the regular army and known as the Fron-
tier Defence Force. It consists altogether
of eighteen battalions; of these ten are
cavalry the enrolment of which was com-
pleted two years ago, and six are infantry
dating from the beginning of last year.
There are in addition to the above a
naval battalion for general service, and
another called the Mo River battalion,
which is apparently also a naval force. The
object of the Governor in his memorial is
to obtain the Emperurs sanction for a
system of promotion and rewards among the
officers of the said force. He quotes certain
regulations established a few years ago by
the Board of Admiralty for the Provinces
of China situated on the coast, and in
special cases for inland Provinces, where
there were important roads to be guarded.
It is in conformity with these regulations,...”
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“...existing battalions, which num-
bers five hundred men, and to discharge
two hundred and fifty more from three
other regiments. The new comers will be
formed into two battalions of three hund-
red and sixty men each, and the remaining
thirty men will make a personal guard for
the General, As the GeneraVs headquar-
ters are at Ch'angte Fu, the new tioops
will be stationed in the vicinity of that place
and of Li Cliou ; while the troops formerly
guarding those regions will replace the
disbanded battalion in Liling, Liuyang,
Hsiangtaii and Yuhsien. Approved.
RETURN OF TROOPS Tu HEILUNGCBIANG.
The Governor of Heilungchiang states
that last December at the request of the
Kirin Government a regiment of cavalry
belonging to the Frontier Defence Force
was marched with all possible speed to
Potuna to assist in guarding that part of
the country. As soon as the rebellion was
crushed the Kirin authorities had n more
need for services of these troops ; and
about the middle of January they were
sent back...”
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“...guilty of instigating the commis-
sion of a deliberate murder. For this,
decapitation is the ordinary penalty ; but
on account of the peculiar atrocity of the
crime in the present instance, he is con-
demned to be beheaded without delay.
'Referred to the Board for an immediate
report.
FOREIGN DKILLED FORCE IN SHENSI.
The Tartar Commander-iiChief at Sian
Fu has obtained permission to establish a
foreign-drilled force from among the Tartar
soldiers under his command. It will consist
of a battalion of five hundred men. He
now asks that he may have five hundred
rifles and a supply of ammunition from
the surplus stores of the Peking Field
Force. He also begs for some drill-in-
structors, armourers and cartridge-makers
from the same source. He will set apart
Tls. 1,000 for the extra pay of the force,
till final arrangements as to expenditure
can be made and reported for approval.
He would like the munitions and officers
to be forwarded by the, local authorities
along the government route...”
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“...here will be of
unusual difliculty, owing to the depth of
the water and the force with which the
stream is directed against the place.
There is further inconvenience from the
fact that many repairs having been
effected of late years in this neighbourhood
the stock of millet stalks in the surround-
ing neighbourhood lias altogether boon
exhausted. Officials have therefore been
sent further inland to purchase materials,
and in the meantime General Wang Te-
kuei has been directed to empluy two
battalion of soldiers in digging a temporary
channel to draw off some of the water and
relievo to pressure at the breach.
TSO TSUNG-TANGS EXPLOITS IN nUNAN.
In accordance with the permission
grantod some time ago by the Emperor, a
temple has been built to the honour of
Tho Tsung-t^ng in his native town of
Cl^angsha. His Majesty is now requested
to ordain that official services bo performed
at the temple twice a year, and to remit
the trifling sum at which the ground
acquired for the temple is assessed...”
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