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“...recommend a penalty, is hereby to be
degraded two steps of rank and fined nine
months1 salary without the privilege of
commutation.
2nd January.
INSPECTION OF KANSU TROOPS.
Yang Ch4ang-chiin, Senior Guardian of
the Heir Apparent and Governor-General
of Shensi and Kanau, reports the result of
the autumnal inspection of the various
battalions in the provincial capital of Lan-
chowfu. The regiments inspected were
the regular garrison, a newly organised
foreign drilled foot battalion, and a half
battalion of foot and half battalion of
cavalry belonging to the Fangyhig or brigade
forked defence. The musketry drills of
the troops were very good, as well as their
volley tiring, while the rocket and heated
shot drill also showed proficiency. The ca-
valry target practice on horseback was good
and the men showed good form in attack
and defence. The short sword, lance and
target drills also were very smart. As was
usual, memorialist made a note of the best
men and also granted them rewards for
pioficiency...”
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“...leaves vacant ati important military post
on the Tongking border where the troop3
have to He constantly on the alert in sup*
pressing frontier brigandage and in prevent'
ing Annamese pirates from entering Kuang*
tilng territory. Hence an energetic office^
and one well acquainted with the region
should be selected to command the frontier
troops of the Cl^in^chow and Liencho^
prefectures. This officer memorialist tind^
in the person of Brigadier-General Fen^
Shao-chu, who is Colonel of the middle
battalion of the right brigade of the Su>
army corps, and who is also a clansmai1
of the retiring General and has served on
the frontiers for many years. Memorial'
iat has, therefore, appointed the sai
day of the 12th moon of last year
(20fch January) the Wojen (.Japanese) land*
ed at a place on the Shantung coast
called Luhfenghui...”
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“...BMGADIER-GENERALSHiP OF NANAO.
Li Han-chang, an officer of the premier
button, Junior Guardian of thp Heir-
Apparent, and Viceroy of the T'vo Kuang\
presents a memorial conjointly with T4an
battalion of the Nanao
gavriaon, in command at Nanao to act in
his stead. Whilst Liu Yung fu remained
near by at Formosa this niigh*, perhaps
have been well, but now as an edict has been
issued commanding tlie presence of Liu
Yung-fu at Peking, he will be leaving his
command for some time and it would thus
be necessary to appoint a person of higher
rank to be acting Brigadier-General of
Kanao, which lies, half in Kuangtung, and
half in Fukien, within the partial jurisdict-
ion of the Viceroy of the latter...”
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“...work of his yamen to
neglected, and people coming to him
have their rights protected were to
for his successor, etc. The said Sub-
prefect is forthwith cashiered and dismissed
the service, as is also the acting Colonel of
the Taichuang regiment who has bee^
found guilty of drawing pay for a lot of
dummies is his regiment. Li Ping-heng
also denounces Tsao Chen-yuen, the acting
Lieutenant-Colonel of the right battali
of the Tsinchien regiment for coward#
on the ground that when ordered to take
battalion to Tengchow, the said Lieutenant
Colonel used all sorts of subterfuges i11
order to be excused from going to Teng'
chow. We therefore command that the
said Tsao Chen-yuen be degraded to th0
rank of a Captain, as a punishment £^r
his fault.
(2) Chfen Hsio is appointed Brigadier
General of the Soochow and Sungkian
Military Circuit of Kiangnan.
9fch March.
HANDING OVER THE KUANGTUNG
GOVERNOR^ SEALS.
Li Han-chang, Junior Guardian of th0
Heir Apparent, an officer of the premia
button and Viceroy...”
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“...utmost necessity to put
the local authorities, civil and military,
constantly on the alert so as to crush any
rising in the bud. Recently, however
memorialist begs to report that he has
received successive petitions from chehsieus
of HaikangSuichiand Shihch(eng
districts belonging to Liuchow prefecture
rting the existence of a secret society
their armed incursions into the
districts named above. Upon rescript of
these petitions memorialist at once ordered
the immediate despatch of the left battalion
belonging to the Chengchow (Hainan
island) Brigade to the scene of the dis-
orders to co-operate with the local garri-
son and militia regiments for the suppres-
sion of the said society which was called
the Hungyi Tang (>Society
holding the tenets and aims of the Hung
clan, i.e the clan from whence sprang
Hung Hsiu-ch fiian the Foun*
der of the Taiping dynasty, usually called
the Chief of the Taiping rebels. Aft#
considerable fighting and difficulty
Kuo-sheng and Ho Kuo-ching were cap*
tured...”
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“...await orders from th?
said Viceroy. As according to the rep(>r
of Lou Yun-cl?ing, Provincial CoHr
mander-in-Chief of Hunan, there
already 1,250 men belonging to the
raised Ching brigade which might b0
utilised for the Viceroy Ghangs purpose
it only remains to enlist another 250
to make up 1,500 men or three
battalions now called the, First Middle
First Right and First Left battali"3
of the Ch^ing Brigade. And then
enlist another 1,500 men to be callg
the Second Middle, Second Right
Second Left battalion of the said Chi^
Brigade. In addition to these there
be raised a bodyguard of 300 men for
Commander-in-Chief of this Brigade. TIllS
bodyguard ifc has been decided shall
commanded by an officer who shall als*I
act as chief of the military secretariat
the Brigade. In addition to the
Commander there should be two division
generals to command three battalions each*
The first three battalions had their
complement of officers and men complete^
on the 27th of November, 1894. The Second
three battalions...”
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“...right and left batta-
lions of the rear division f the said
brigade were ordered to take train from
Lichang for Shanhaikuan to join the rest
of the corps there. Just before the men
were entrained, some of the discontented
soldiers of these two battalions began to mur-
mur saying that they bad heard of the exces-
sive rates demanded for rice and cereals at
Shanhaikuan and that it would be difficult
for them to buy sufficient rice out of their
small pay. Intimidated by these words
the rest of the battalion showed a dis-
inclination to get ir
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“...
THE SUICIDES OF WE1HAIWEI.
Li Ping-heng, Governor of Shantung,
1 us the following repurt of the officers
s died at Weihaiwei before and sub-
hj|?ent to the surrender of that strong-
p to the Japanese. Ho states that Liu
th C an (Liu Poo-chin), Commodore of
Hght Squadron ; Chang Wen-lisueu,
evet Commodore ; Yang Yung-lin, acting
Commodore of the left squadron; and
Huang Tsu-lien (a returned American
student), Expectant First Captain of the
First Class and Second Captain of the
right battalion of the Taping brigade
at Canton ; had shown themselves able to
lay down their lives heroically in a crisis
of danger so as not to bring disgrace upon
their Imperial Master.n Such loyalty and
heroic determination are worthy of our
sincerest admiration and we therefore com-
mand that the said deceased officers be
granted extraordinary government aid and
posthumous honours as if they had died
fighting gallantly on the battle-field. As
for the already degraded Ting Ju-chcang,
the cashiered Admiral...”
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“...Liu Kun-yi to grant an
additional allowance of forty per cent
rations to the troops quartered in Chihli
and without the Great Wall, memorialist
at once issued orders to the Generals
and Colonels under his command to dis-
tribute the extra rations upon giving
their men their pay fbattalion of the centre
brigade of the Tientsin army corps at-
tempted to evade the new regulations By
pocketing the extra forty per cent for
his own benefit, and only distributed the
extra allowance to his battalion upon being
found out by his superior officers and
compelled to do so. Yang Hung-shiin
has evidently been guilty of peculation and
frustrating us in our endeavours to amelior-
ate tlie condition of our troops. He is
thorefore forthwith cashiered and dismissed
for ever from the public service. As his
Cominanding Divisional General, Li Yung-
yuan, has been guilty <>f oversight and
failure in...”
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“...Governor-General of the Yiinkuei provinces,
denouncing certain officers commanding
troops in Yunnan for peculation and mis-
appropriation of the troops piy and
rations, it is not enough merely to compel
them to refund to th? soldiera whafc
they have misappropriated in expiation of
their misdeeds, hence we further command
that the officers in question, viz., Tseng
Shao-mei, 3rd class expectant sub-prefecfc
and commandant of the secondary right
battalion of the Lingping regiment; Chang
Hsien-fu, brevet Colonel and Major com-
manding the right battalion of the Ling-
ping regiment; and Tsui Chin-tou, brevet
Brigadier-General and expectant Colonel
of the Yiinnan territorial armies be forth-
with cashiered and dismissed from the
service as an example and a warning to
others. Let the Boards concerned take
note thereon.
(2) The Censor LiNien-tze denounced the
other day Yi Kuei, the Manchu Brigadier-
General and Deputy Military Governor of
Slianhrtikuan for avarice, rendering false
accounts for expenses...”
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“...at Shanhaikuan
ih8. *^eroy of the Liangkiang provinces,
?C^nS him to authorise the Grain
Department of Honan to pay
eral Li Yung-fangcommanding the
^tv*an ?ava]ry Brigade, cn route for active
1Ce in Manchuria, Tls, 4,800 in order
to enable him to pay for 250 odd war
horses at Tls. 16 per horse for a new cavalry
battalion. As the rule in Honan when-
ever a cavalry battalion is raised is
merely to pay each trooper a monthly
salary equal to double the pay of & foot
soldier, and as this has been the usual way
of passing such accounts at the Board of
War from time immemorial, and further-
more as it is the custom for the Command-
ing officer to provide these horses for his
battalion out of the money thus paid by the
Provincial Treasury, memorialist fears that
if he authorises the payment of the above
money under the heading of War horses,
that the Board of War will refuse to pass
his accounts for the reason, that there are
no precedents for such an item. He there-
fore begs leave to refer the...”
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“...was 3rd class expectant sub-
prefect ;the second was a military licentiate
and the third named held the military rank
of a lieutenant in the army. Fu Feng-
Biang, the brother, was in 1891 a member
of the Military Secretariat of Yu Lu,
Tartar General of Fengtien, and held in
addition the post of superintendent of the
Moukden Powder Works. In the latter
part of August, 1894, this officer was
transferred to the atafl* of the late General
Tso Pao-kuei then holding Pingyang and
had command of a battalion of cavalry under
him. On the 12th and 13th of September last
General Tso Pao-kuei held Pingyang against
the attacks of the Japanese, and Fu Feng-
siang and his two nephews were in the
midst of the fighting during those dftys
and with his own hands cut down several
IVojen who had come up to attack at clos
quarters. On the second day General Ts
Pao-kuei died fighting heroically against
great odds and Fu Feng-siang, his
nephews and several others of the
Generals staff gathered around to defend...”
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“...and energy
in them, we hereby grant the recommenda-
tions of the said Governor. With refer-
ence to the expectant Second Captain of
the Middle Battalion belonging to the
Shouchou garrison, Lu Fa-k 6, who has been
charged with being too old and on the road
to decay, Li a Ching-yuanSupernumer-
ary officer of the same Battalion, in com-
mand of the military post at Tingchiatsih ;
and Chou Tsi-chang, a hereditary milit-
ary noble of the 9th class, both denounced
for having been unable to hit any bulls
eyes with bow and arrow at the recent
inspection conducted by the said Governor,
the whole three above named are hereby
stripped of their rank and ordered to
be dismissed the service. Fu Yiin also
charges the military chiijen graduates, An
Tien-kuei and Hsli Chin-chiin, who were
appointed recently to serve as volunteer
officers in the Middle Battalion of the Shou-
chou territorial army, with having shoun
lack of practice and ignorance in archery
and horsemanship at the late inspections ;
we therefore...”
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“...once
apd to make good the valus of the missing
^fles. The proper Boards are to take note
the above.
(3) With reference to the memorial of
the Court of Sacrificial Worship reporting
.J^pon the solemn rites to be held ab the
Temples of the Earth and the Seasons and
Showers, let Prince Tsai Hsiin go to
superintend the slaughter of the sacrificial
nimals at these altars and let Chieu Ying-
FuVice-President of the Board of Rites,
the entrails.
(4) Chao Wan-chung is appointed Major
of the Left Battalion belonging to the
^hengnan Brigade of Kueichow.
23rd June.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Li Ping-heng, Governor of Shantung,
denounces the Shantung expectant assis-
tant magistrate, 'Veng Shou, for rendering
false accounts and various other glaring
misdemeanours and recommends that the
said Weng Sh"u be cashiered and driven
back to his native town in punishment
thereof. As the said expectant officer
while in charge of the branch ordn nice
department at Huanghsien had been peti-
tioned against by the...”
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“...Jdly 1518.]
95
15th July.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
Wu rra-cheng, Governor of Hunan, de-
nounces certain ocers for having encour-
?ged and incited their soldiers to acts of
^subordination against tlieir General and
^quests that a decree be issued upon the
^oject. e accuses Chou Chieh-pin,
Colonel commanding the Left battalion of
Paochieh Brigade, and Chu Chen-lin,
Senior Major of the same battalion, of hav-
lng spread false and malicious reports
Upon learning that the battalion in ques-
tion was to be disbanded, thereby inciting
tfie soldiery to proceed with hostile inten-
tion to the house of their General, Cheng
Lien-pah, and creating a great disturbance
Upon getting there. This is clearly mutin-
conduct and setting the military laws
and the law of the land at defiance and
^nnofc be leniently passed over. Colonel
Chou Chieh-pin and Major Chu Chen-lin
are therefore ordered to be instantly
^ahiered and prohibited forever from
offering their services in the future in any
Part of the empire...”
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“...denounce the magistrate
in the severest terms and cashier him.
As for the said General Chang Ch*i-kuang,
as the Governor finds that he has shown
due energy in suppressing piracy and keeps
his men in a proper state of preparation
there is no necessity to deal with him, as
also in the case of the Brigadier-General
Fei Chin-tsu and the prefect Feng Hsiang-
hua who have nob misbehaved themselves
in any way as had been stated by the
accusing Censor. As for the Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Yiihuan battalion who ia
also captain of one of the Ningpo steam
corvettes, as he has been guilty of breaking
the regulation which prohibits officers
keeping their wives and concubines with-
in the precinct? of the camp, he is to
be degraded to the rank of second
captain and his captaincy of the corvette
is to be taken away from him. The
captain of the other steam warship attached
to Ningpo, namely the expectant sub-
magistrate Wu Yuan-ting, has been
found to be of too young an age for a
post of importance and...”
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“...relieve
that city, from whence he could sally forth
chastise the rebels. Now the following
the ocial report of the said Brigadier-
General :Ou the 31sb of July I led
the following battalions (in obedience
to instruction received) to relieve Ho-
viz: the Hunan Chang battalion
Colonel Pan Chang-tsSng; 1st
battalion, Colonel Su Yung-fa ; Left batta-
^n, Colonel Chu Sheng-ta ; Right half
battalion (Oh *i) Lieufc.-Colonel Li Chang-
the foreign drilled (Lien) infantry bat-
lion, Colonel Liu Chung-liang; the foreign
filled cavalry battalion, Colonel Chin-
Heng-lin ; all four and half battalions forin-
lpg the Chennan Brigade ; the Left batta-
of the Western KansuBrigade(67pJts/),
Colonel Yi Ching-an and the Right half
cavalry battalion(C/t*i)of the WuyiBrigade,
^ieut.-Colonel Chii Shih-lung, or a total
force of five and a half infantry, and one
half cavalry battalions, started for
LaoySkuan, halting, aa the first stage,
at the Eight Li temple (Pa li shih.) Oil
the next day, (1st August,) the corps...”
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“...the following
tticers to Tientsin, namely, W6ng Shou-
lenj expectant Taotai of Yunnan ; Chang
ung.shunexpectant Taotai of Hunan,
fellow provincials of the Viceroy
ang.Translator) ; Tso Hsiao-tung (late
1Ceioy Tsos grandson) and Siin Pao-chS,
^attached expectant Taotais ; Han Ts4ien-
expectant prefect of Yunnan ; and
J? Yunnan expectant magistrate Ch*en
^hih-fu. The military officers are Huang
^heng-hsiang, expectantColonel of Yunnan;
thang-ching, a Lieutenant-Colonel
cniinanding the Right Battalion of the
brigade attached to the Haimen,
^hekiang, Brigadier-Generals Command ;
^Ung Sien-ti, expectant Lieutenant-Colonel
2,. Hupeh ; and Li Hung-ping, expectant
Captain of Hunan. The above are
herefore ordered upon receipt of this
Ycree to present themselves before Wang
.^n-shao for duty and retention for service
the Peiyang. If any of the above shall
,?Ve shown extra ability and energy in the
1(5charge of their duties, Wang Wdn-fthao
hall be allowed to report their names to us
special rewards...”
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“...infantry battalion
INTO AN ARTILLERY COttPS.
Sung Fan, Governor of Yunnan and
Acting Viceroy of the Yun-Kuei provinces,
reports that in the whole province of Yun-
an there are only two companies of field
artillery, one company being established
Mengtze and the other at Talifu (the
^ttonghold of Yunnan Mahornmedaniem
As this corps is manifestly
Jhadequate for the needs of the province
any serious disturbance should happen,
enaoriali't, after mature thought, has hit
Upon a plan by which this arm of the
Service could be efficiently strengthened
Without adding to the expenses of the
Provincial government already bard put
it through the curtailment of the Im-
Perial subsidies caused through the recent
War, There are now in the provincial
^pital of Tunnan a large number of
pieces (ranging from brass muzzle-
*Ming pieces made some eighty years
^8o up to some of Krupps beat make
^nt down after the war with France
and these, memorialist proposes
hand over to. the middle battalion of th
J^hienwei...”
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“...Oct.: 1921'.]
137
^ithout further reference at once for trial
the Board of Punishments.
The same 'Censor has denounced the
ocia]s f(r trying to defraud the
joking soldiers of their rice1 allowances.
& stated thdb at the Fengyi granary
?en the day arrived for the soldiers
.the middle battalion to receive their
Ice allowance the dcials afc the said
Srnary made1 various pretexts in delaying
do so with intent to defraud the soldiers
J, their rights. Then w commanded the
l arJ of Revenue to investigate and they
t?.Ve found that no rice was distributed to
e soldiers on the day in question although
k e granary people reported to the said
^ard that thia had been done by them.
'y we want to know, allowing the as-
.ertions of the granary ocials to be true,
h the soldiers did not get their rice,
was it then that* gotthe rice in-
p?ad of the proper recipients ? The said
I n'aor points out a granary official named
i Chin-san ,alias Liu Ch^-shan, as
been in the main the principal
p'ef in such...”
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