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“...following military officers stationed at
Shanghai, Kiangsu :-Hsiao Chen-chiang,
Brigadier-General commanding the three
battalions constituting the local garrison of
Shanghai named the bln Chiinor 4*Shangbai
Brigade has been accused of falling
considerably shortof tlep>opercomplement
of the battalions in question and also of
compelling the officers and men of each
battalion to contribute a portion of their
pay to a M Regimental Fund i.e fr
expenses towards entertaining the friends
of the General Commandingor his superiors.
Liu Tsu-bsien, Major-Commandant of the
Right battalion of the same corps has been
accused of keeping hia battalion below its
proper strength in even more shameful a
manner than the said Hsiao Chen-chiang.
The latter has therefore been recommended
by the said Viceroy tobe degraded to a First
Captain as a penalty ; but in our (.pinion
this punishment would bo too light for
so serious a crime as the said Brigadier
General has been accused of and lie as
well as Lu Tsu-hsien is...”
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“...eradicate at one stroke this defrauding
both ot the revenue aa well as those who
a e entitled to receive their monthly
allowances of rice from the granaries in
question. Hence it is desirable that steps
should be taken, as a beginning, to gradu-
ally modify the present system and to
appoint special days for the opening of the
granary doors an t the distribution of rice
to the various recipients of the Imperial
bounty, and that these special days should
be proclaimed by statute so that each
Banner, battalion, military, nr civil depart-
ment shall know exactly the date when
they are to present themselves at the
granaries to receive their rice grants.
Furthermore that the dates for the ex-
amination by Crown officers of the rice
reserves in the granaries be also fixed so
that there may be no mistakes made in
this connection, etc. Let a report be
speedily sent up.
(3) P u Tuh is by special grace made an
Imperial Body-gunrdsman of the Premier
class and he is further permitted to do
diPy at the Grand...”
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“...14
[Jan. 2527.
and Hua Chin-shou is made a Reader in
the same institution.
26th January.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Appointi' g a number of officials to
the metropolitan and provincial administra-
tions.
(2) Chou Ying-kuei is appointed Major
of the Rear battalion of the territorial army
under the Provincial Commander-in-Chief
of Kiangnan (Lower Kiangsu).
(3) Li Ping-he"g, Governor of Shantung,
reports the successful completion of the
work of repairing a breach in the Yellow
River which took place in July-August last,
at a place called the Great Temple of the
Kao family. It appeared that this breach,
caused by the autumn freshets, was made
in the vicinity of the above-named temple
which is situated in the district of Shou-
changhsien, Shantung, and caused con-
siderable damage to the country in the
vicinity. The said Governor at once sent
the Taotai Ma Yii-kai and the prefect
Li Yu at the head of a large prby of
military officers and soldiers who are re-
ported to have worked zealously...”
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“...The Board of Civil Appointments
and of Wav are commanded to look over
the list of deserving officers and men
presented by the Captain-General of Gen-
dar.nerie for promotion, and report on the
same at an early date.
FuJiin, Governor of Anhui, denounces
the following military officers under him :
Men Hsio-chila Captain of the Anhui
disciplined Brigade, for lax discipline and
keeping his men under no control; Fang
Sing-ko, a lieutenant in the left battalion of
the Governors-Brigade, and Wang Sheng-
shou, a lance corporal in the right battalion
of the same Brigade. These two have
been charged with constantly breaking the
regulations of their several battalions and
with acting in a rowdy manner. All of
the accused officers above named are to be
forthwith cashiered as a warning to others
9th February.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Lei YU-chun is appointed Brigadier-
General of the Hsiichou (south bank of
the Yellow River) Circuit of Kiangsu.
(2) On the 8th instant in accordance
with a memorial...”
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“...military
officers belonging to the territorial forces of
Szechuan : Chiang Kuo-lin, an expectant
Colonel of Szechuan aud now acting
Colonel of the Suiching battalion, is
accused of fault-finding, cruelty, and always
demanding money from his soldiers in such
a way that the latter are on the verge of
mutiny and full of complaints to make
to the memorialist. Liu Chuan-tai
also an expectant Colonel, is accused
of possessing avariciousness and covetous-
ness, and of a false and crafty nature. He
has been especially distinguished for his
audacity and reckless conduct towards his
superiors. Li Hsing-j@n, acting Major of
the Salt excise battalion, is accused of
possessing many evil habits of an aggravated
nature, and has been found unwarrantably
interfering with civil cases amongst the
people. Ho Chuang-chii, First Captain of
the battalion, and Wang Ping-tsing, an
expectant First Captain, have been found
guilty of avarice, fraud, and being addicted
to deceiving those about them. All of which
conduct...”
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“...the ac-
cused noted above be instantly cashiered
and dismissed the service. As for Lien
Chieh, department magistrate of Ining-
chou, and Tso Ping chiin, district magis-
trate of Nganjenhsien, who have been
charged with lack of abilities and mediocre
talents, let them be ordered to resign
their posts and await other employment.
With reference to the charge against Fu
Cheng-luDg, expectant Lieutenant Colonel
and acting Commandant of the Kiukiang
Rear battalion, to the effect that he is too
lax and unable to maintain discipline in
his battalion, let him be ordered to report
at Nanch4angfu, the provincial capital of
Kiangsi, and let the said Governor quietly
investigate his ordinary conduct and see
whether he is really what he has been
described....”
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“...DECREE.
As the post of prefect of Yunnanfu is
one of great importance let the Viceroy
and Governor of the said province select
the man they think best fitted for the post,
and let Tscao Hung-hsiin be appointed to
the post vacated by the prefect of their
choice.
28th February.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
Tan Chi-hsun, Governor of Hupeh and
acting Viceroy of the Hukuang provinces,
denounces a certain military officer in the
former province. Li Chung-fa, expectant
Colonel and Commandant of the middle
battalion of the Wukang brigade, has been
charged with being unable to keep his men
in order when on the point of disbandment,
insomuch that the troops mutinied and
caused a great disturbance, etc. This is a
plain proof that the said Colonel did not
observe proper discipline when the batta-
lion was in commission and he is therefore
punished by being instantly cashiered and
dismissed the service.
29th February.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Chang Shun, Tartar General and
Military Governor of Kirin, reports...”
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“...T*an Chung-linVicerny of the Two
Kuang provinces, denounces a number of
military officers under his juris]iction.
Hou Mien-chung, Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Yiilin battalion, of Kuangsi ; Wang Lung-
chang, First Captain of the Right battalion
of Lunumen, Kuangtuni; Peh Yii-chin,
Second Captain of the Jaoping battalion
Kuangtung : and Tan Kuang.tse, Second
Captain of the Ch(aochoufu Right battalion;
are all accused of being superannuated
and unfit for active service in the
army. They are therefore all commanded
to resign their present posts and retire into
private life. With reference to Lin Yu-
ch ceng, acting Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Yiilin battalion of Kuangsi, who has been
charged with beiugr of a crafty nature and
absenting himself without good cause from
bis battalion ; Lu Yli-te, First Lieutenant
of the Right battalion belonging to the
Hsiinchou Colonelcy of Kuangtung, who
has been accused of maintaining no dis-
cipline in his company ; Huang Pao, First
Lieutenant of the Kuangtung...”
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“...Chang Yin-buHn, Kang Yi, and dhen
Hsio-fen, Vice Presidents, of the said
Board. As for the rest of the joint me-
morial hereby quoted let it be as requested.
(2) Tai En-pu is appointed Supervising
Censor and Keeper of the Seals of the
Board of Works.
(3) H ui]g Liang-pi"g is appointed acting
Censor of the Shansi Circuit.
7th April.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Fen ( having been ordered with
his battalion to camp in the Southern
Hunting Parks, Yi Kung, Imperial Clans-
man, is hereby ordered to act pro teni. as
Chief Director of the Imperial cortege.
(2) A1^ Seh Ling-h, is ordered with his
battalion to camp in the Southern Hunting
Park, A K6-tan ia ordered to act tem-
porarily as General commanding the Red
Banner of the Imperial Household Guards.
(3) As Kuei Hsing is now ordered to
camp with his brigade in the same Park,
let Yii Te be made acting Lieutenant
General of the Bordered White Hauchiin
Banner Corps.
(4) Tsa-la-feng-Jt who is ordered to the
same Park is hereby ordered to give over...”
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“...Wuchang,
Hupeh, inspecting en route the new forts
that be previously had ordered to be erected
at T'ienchiachen, and the new mines at
Tayen mountain. When memorialist arrives
at Wuchang he will report in another memo-
rial the result of his inspections.Rescript
Noted.
9th April.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) T(an Chung-lin, Viceroy of the two
Kuang provinces, denounces in a special
memorial certain civil and military officers
of Kuangtung for misconduct, viz :Tu
CLin-cbu, first captain of the left battalion
of the Kuangch
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“...Liaochou, for allowing his
servants too much latitude and enriching
his pockets thereby; against Chou-Tao-
yuen, district magistrate of P(uhsien, for
being a hypocrite and hence making it diffi-
cult for his superiors to believe or place
any confidence in him ; against Wang
Chih-fa, an expectant Major of Shansi, for
encouraging his men to create disturbances
thereby showing a lamentable want of dis-
cipline in his regiment; and, finally, against
Chang Yu-tlsai, First Captain of the
Lungan Left battalion, who is accused of
bad habits and being incompetent to dis-
charge the duties required of him. Let all
the above named be forthwith cashiered as
a warning to all. Let the Boards concerned
also take note thereon.
COURT CIRCULAR.
The Board of Rites memorialised this
morning that the time for changing the
winter for the summer official hats had
arrived, and prayed his Majesty to name
the date for the above change.
15th April.
IMPERIAL AUDIENCE.
Chi Pang-chen, Judge-designate of Chih-
li, was...”
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“...Intendancy of Kueichou.
(3) Appointing a number of officials to
the Metropolitan various provincial ad-
ministrations.
(4) Chang Chung-hsingr is appointed
Police Censor of the Western city of
Peking
(5) Appointing the time fr pacrificial
worshipat the Imperial Ancestral temple, the
temples of Heaven, Earth, and the Seasons,
and naming the Princes and Ministers who
are to assist in the said ceremonies.
2 ;th April.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Shen Chao-liang is appointed Major-
Commanding the left battalion of the Tatung
Military Circuit of Shansi.
(2) On a former occasion one Wen Yao
(Manchu), criminal deputy judge of the
Judicial Commissary of Hulan, in the
Heilungchiang province, was cashiered for
certain grave offences and Yen Mou, the
Governor Adjoint of the said province, was
ordered to try Weil Yaos case and report
the result to us. En Tse, Military Gov-
ernor and Tartar General of Heilung-
chiang, now reports that the said Wen Yao
has had the audacity and contempt for
the laws to secretly...”
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“...50
[April 26May 1.
another leave of absence fr a month, and
let Huai T a-pu discharge p>o tem. Pa-k*6-
tan-puTs duties at the Stud Oce.
(2) The same officer prays on the same
grounds to be allowed also to resign his
other post of Commandant of the Left
Battalion of the Vanguaril Divis'on of the
Imperial Household Guards. Let Chin
Chang discharge pro tem. the above duties
during Pa-k^-tan-pu^ leave of absence of
one month.
(3) Ch'en Chao-we-i is promoted the
rank of Recorder, and Li Fa-tsao, is ap-
pointed Reader, of the Hanlin Academy,
respe tively.
(4) Chen Pancr-jui is appointed Adviser
to the Bureau < f Transmission of Imperial
edicts and despatches.
27th April.
(1) Let the commoner Liu Wen-feng, a
native of Shuntienfu, who appeab d per-
sonally b*> us at the Palace gates, be handed
to the Board of Punishments who shall
make a strict investigation of the mails
complaints au l report the result to us,
(2) Tentr Tseng, Brigadier General of
Hsiuing, Kansu, is promoted to the post...”
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“...afternoon.
No papers of interest.
13th May.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) The Censor P(eng Sb6h denounces
the illegal and cruel custom pi'evaleiV
amongst Generals of Brigades and Divi-
sions throughout the Empire where these
officers mulct the legal dues of regimental
commanders, granted by law and custom
to the latter, keeping them for the benefit
of their own pockets and doling out to the
regimental commanders the small amounts
which are denoted salary." By right
each commander of a regiment or battalion
should draw a certain extra sum at regular
intervals wherewith to provide the uniforms,
clothing, boots and shoes of each soldier
under him. The commander has also always
been expected to apply to and receive
from the Ordnance Bureau of his circuit
or military district, all arms, ammunition,
etc., under the heading of warlike stores,"...”
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“...May 1314.]
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which may from time to time be required
by his battalion. Of late years, how-
ever, peculation, injustice, and cruelty of
treatment on the part of generals of
brigades and divisions have been the rule
and not the exception and the prerogatives
of regimental commanders have, in con-
sequence, been encroached upon and entirely
taken away from them by their superior
officials, the above named generals of
brigades, who invariably use their own
discrimination--measured by individual
avariceiu distributing the above supplies
and stores to their subordinates. Injustice,
overbearing stinginess, avarice, and callous-
ness in regard to the wants of their
subordinate officers and the soldiers are
therefore matters of daily occurrence,
to the extreme detriment of the discipline
and good government of the Imperial
armies. The said Censor therefore earnestly
prays that a prohibitory decree be issued
warning the general officers from practi-
sing such reprehensible conduct in the
future...”
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“...of incarceration at the
provincial capital, resulting in the escape
from custody of the said criminal. It ap*
pears that the said criminal, an Imperial
Clansman of Fengtien named Ju Shan, who
had been found guilty of misdemeanours,
had repeatedly escaped from his place of
incarceration at Moukden to go to Peking,
and so on the last occasion a special escort
was furnished from Peking under the com-
mand of Tsun Hsi, an Imperial Clansman,
and a deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Imperial Clan Battalion, who had strict in-
structions to guard his prisoner safely to
Moukden and then to turn him over to
the care of the ocers of the gaol of the-
Imperial Clan Court in that city. Some-
how the prisoner escaped and is still at
large. This is most reprehensible, and we-
therefore command that not only Tsuu...”
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“...far as the Great Wall for
flying bands of rebels still held the country.
It waa through this campaign of nearly
twelve years that the late Ch*en Shih gain-
ed most of his fame and it waa this siege
of Chincliip*u which is alluded to in the
above decree.Translator.
23rd July.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Wen Chi is appointed Taotai of the
T^ng-bhanglntendancy of Shensi province.
(2) Li Yu-yuan is apointed Major-Com-
mandant of the left battalion of the Hsdan-
hua military circuit of Chihli, and Sung
Ts*un-hua i9 appointed Second Captain of
the middle battalion of the Tientsin mili-
tary circuit in the same province.
No papers of interest....”
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“...94
[Aug. 2527.
25th August*.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Ma Chen-shan is appointed Major
Commandant of the Right battalion of the
Viceregal guards of Szechuan, and Chang
Tien-yuan is appointed to a similar post in
the Kueilin battalion of Kuangsi.
(2) With refeier.ee t > the report of the
breaking of gaol fa condemned prisoner
in the district of Tsaohsien, Shantung, we
hereby command that the gaol-warden Liu
Ting-kuei be forthwith cashiered and that
Li Ping-heng, the Governor
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“...to tho rank of n second captain
in the Shantung territorial forces. Should
it be found in the future that the ac-
cused does not reform, he is to be cashier-
ed and dismissed from the service. As
for the expectant Major, Fang Chin-han,
who has been accused of avarice and
dividing the pay of the troops with hia
subordinate ocers, the accused is hereby
forthwith cashiered and dismissed the
service.
(2) Te Shou, Governor of Kiangsi,
denounces Chin Feng-ch4i, Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Chih An battalion of
Kiangsi, of cruelty in the treatment of
his men and of extortion from the people
amongst whom his regiment is quartered.
He has also been accused of encouraging his
men to create a riot and on a certain occasion
to attack unoffending well-behaved members
of the upper classes. Such conduct is more
that of a rowdy than of an officer of
the army and he is hereby cashiered and
dismissed the service. The accused is also-
commanded to return to his native city at
once, and he is to be placed under...”
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“...way we can. We
therefore command that the accused officer
be forthwith cashiered and placed under
arrest pending the refunding of the money
that had been illegally and improperly
appropriated by him while in office. As
for the other officers who have been proved
to have been his accomplices in defrauding
the government and the men of their pay,
mz, :Wani< Pei-hsu, First Captain Com-
manding the military post at iShahuk*on,
Mongolian Frontier ; Chfien Shao-yii. First
Captain-designate nf the battalion belonging
to the Colonelcy of Luan ; and Chia Hsiang-
chien, an expectant official belonging to a
prefects yamea; we hereby command that
all the persons above named be also cashier-
ed and dismissed the service.
(2) Appointing a large number of officials
to the metropolitan and provincial adminis-
trations.
22nd September.
No papers of interest.
23rd September.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
(1) Kuo-|u tung-wu is hereby appoint-
ed a Manchu Sub-Chancellor of the Grand
Secretariat, with the brevet rank...”
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