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“...nor enough to have with them when out on expeditions against bandits. He has also been accused of putting down a number of dummies <>n liis roll so as to draw their pay for himself, etc. All such conduct is both disgraceful and reprehensible in the extreme ; we therefore command that these t>ree officers be forthwith cashiered and dismissed from the service. (9) The same high ocial further de- nounces General Chang Yu-yun, command- ing the Right Battalion of Hie Left Division of the same Brigade, and Ta Tai, Manehu Major of the Left Battalion of the said Brigade, for cowardice, stating that when they were detailed to take their men to attack a robber fastness they first delayed their march to an unconscionable degree, and next, when in front of the fastness, dared not lead an attack. The two officers we hereby command to be cashiered as a warning to the rest. The Board of War is to take note thereon. (10) We have received the memorial of the Censor Pan Ching-lan, asking that orders may...”
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“...appointed marine sub-prefect of Kaimen, Chekiang province. (2) Li Ping-heng, Governor of Shantung, denounces a number of magistrates and directors of studies belonging to the various district magistracies of his province, for incapaci y, avarice, or fraud. We hereby cashier the accused officials as per list handed us by the said Governor. (3) The same Governor denounces Gen- eral Peng Chin-yang, commanding the front battalion of the Yellow River Con- tingent, and Tu Yung-fu, Colonel com- manding the rear battalion of the same contingent for drawing the pay of dum- mies n on the battalion roll for their private aggrandisement, and also of having done river embankment work in a slipshod man- ner. Both the accused officers are hereby degraded to the rank of First ('aptain and removed in punishment thereof. The ex- pectant Major Yen Ta-sui belonging t > the River Conservancy Bureau is also accused of wasting a l*t of government money on useless river works, etc. The accused officer is degraded to...”
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“...officers who served through the campaign in Kuldja (Ili) after the reconquest of Chinese Turkestan to the Imperial Rule, and ot his rank of full magistrate restored to him n consequence, with the exception of awaiting preferment from the Board of Civil Appointments instead of being sent to Honan as expect- ant magistrate. In 1895 the accused came to Tientsin and through the usual u go- betweens n was engaged to and legally married to a daughter of the late Chang Lin, Second Captain of the Huhaiwu battalion, near Peking. At the time the accused got acquainted with one Huang Chen, an expectant deputy magistrate, a connection by marriage. Shortly after his marriage, his mother-in-law, who was re- ported to be quite well off came and lived with her daughter the wife of Cheng Ting- pih ;but eventually for some reason or other removed again to Huang Chens her son-in-law) house, and with her- she removed also everything she Sessed to the latters house. This the envy and jealousy of Chang against Huang...”
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“...chief of brigands K^ng-hsiao-pa-erh, who was with difficulty traced to Newclnvang, last winter, arrested at that port, brought back to Peking, and semenced to execution by the Board of Punishments, lately. The follow- ing are the names of the deserving officers and the promotions accorded to each, by special Imperial grace, in order to stimulate their brother officers and men of the gendarmerie to greater earnest- ness and diligence in their duties: Wu K*uei-lin, Lieutenant-Golonel of the Right Battalion, Peking Gendarmerie, is hereby ordered to be handed to i he Board of War for special promotion ; Wu H^n-chang and Wang We-huan, S-cond Captains, brevet First Captains and decorated with the brevet dark blue button and peacock feathers are rewarded with the privilege of assuming the brevet button of Majors as soon as they shall have obtained the posts of First Captains ; Wu i ao-lin. First Lieu- tenant and brevet Second Captain, is to be rewarded with the brevet of h First Captain as s^>on aa...”
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“...and aa soon as the said sentences have been given out the said Commandant shall be permit- ted to recommend for special promotion an.d pecuniary reward the deserving and energetic officers who effected the said capture. (3) A postscript memorial by the same high officer reports the flight from his post of a volunteer Second Captain and hereditary noble of the 8th grade, belong- ing to the Southern battalion of the Gen- darmerie force of Peking, named Peh Sung-nien, and the request that the said refugee be cashiered for his conduct. The request is granted aud the commander of the said battalion is empowered to pro- secute search for the runaway so that he may be brought to punishment for his misdemeanour. The Board concerned is commanded to take note. (4) Decree commanding that the deserving officers whose names had been recently recorded in the Grand Council for first; vacancies, shall be introduced in ba^ch ea- of two at a time each morning, commencing from the 23rd of the month, in the...”
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“...Mar. 2326.] 35 of the evil, and that any dereliction of duty will be visited with even severer punishment in the future. 24th March. IMPERIAL DECREE. Li Pei-yung is appointed Major of the Right Battalion of the Viceregal troops of Chihli province. No papers of interest. 25th March. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) We have received a memorial from Wang Tin-sianga censor, c- mplaining bitterly of the laxity of the regulations and system of organised frauds in the Im- perial schools specially established for the primary and higher education of children belonging to the Imperial Clan and the Collateral Branches (gioro)3 and praying that commands be issued insisting on a thorough overhaul of existing regulations and the establishment of stringent rules for future guidance of all concerned, etc. We hereby command the members of the Imperial Clan Court to act coi'jintly with the Imperial Schools Board and consider the memorial in question and report to us the result. (2) Sliih Kang, Senior Brigadier...”
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“...and come up to Peking and report at the Board of War for an audience. (2) Taking Poprefect of Puchou Shansi; Pang Hsi, prefect of Liangchou, Knnsu ; and Wen Huan} prefect of Heng- chou, Hunan (all Manchus), are hereby commanded to resign their posts and report at the Board of Civil Appointments for an audience* (3) Appointing a large number of ocialg to the Metropolitan and Provincial ad- ministrations. 14th May. IMPERIAL DECREE. Liu Lung-kuang is appointed First C iptain of the Left Battalion of the Middle Brigade, belonging to the Division of the Col"nel Commanding at Hochienfu, Chihli province. COUKT CIRCULAR. His Majesty went this morning to Eho Park to pay his usual obeisance to the Erupress-Dowager, and returned the same day to Peking. 15th May. .IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) We hereby, appoint the 18th instant for the examination of the theses of the competitors for posts of Literary Chancel- lors in the province k2) Lo P^ng-^n is appointed Brigadier- General of the Yen-Sui Military...”
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“...sentences on the five men above noted, we command the said Commandant to present to us a list of the deserving of his officers and men who distinguished themselves by their bra- very and energy in capturing these des- peradoes, in order that adequate rewards may be granted to them. Further those officers and men of the disciplined battalion of Fengtien province who assisted the gendarmes in capturing Ka"g Pa-erh in Newchwang, and later on the five members of his gang in other parts of Manchuria, are also to be rewarded for the effective aid given by them to the Peking gendarmes, and the said Commandant is hereby commanded to include the deserving ones of the said battalion in his list to be presented to us. (3) The Court of Sacrificial Worship announces that the 13th day of the 5th moon (12th June) will be the anniversary of the birth of Kuan Ti, the God of War, and that it will be necessary to offer special sacrifices at his godships temple on that day. We hereby command Kai Tai, Prince of Cheng...”
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“...June 1315.] 61 their camp there ran a mountain stream. An attack was at once made on the enemys camp and the troops crossed the stream to be met by a storm of missiles, consisting of arrows, stones slung from slings, and bolts and bullets from matchlocks. As the enemy had been joined by other tribesmen, encouraged by the formers recent succes- ses, they outnumbered the troops. So the militia battalion of Mongpa was called out to assist and the next night the troops fording the stream stormed the enemya camps killing a large number of them. The enemy retreated and the troops burned 300 to 400 of their houses and captured a large number of spears and swords and a quantity of skin rugs and clothing of the savages. Ninety heads were also brought back to camp by the troops as trophies. The enemy twice again made a stand against our troops, but were defeated both times, losing thiiteen of their headmen, who were decapitated on the spot as soon as captured, in order to strike fear into the ...”
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“...Autum- nal Equinox, we shall go in peison io the Imperial Ancestral Temple to offer up pacifices in honour of the occasion. Prince Taai Hsun will sacrifice before the Rear Prince Ming Hsun before the Western,, and Te Sheng before the Eastern altars. (4) The Board of War prays that two high military officers be appointed to command the Imperial guards selected to police the examination halls of the Mmchu candidates for the licentiate or B.A. degree. We hereby Hppoint Fen Ch(e to command the Lefr battalion and TS Kuei to command the Right Battnlion on the said occasion. IMPERIAL AUDIENCE. His Majesty granted audience in the Wenhua Throne hnll this morning to the new Japanese Minister to Peking. 5th July. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) The Board of Revenue is command- ed to deliberate .on the memorial of the Censor Hsii Tao-kun praying that in- structions may be issued commanding tho...”
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“...discrim- ination, and for recommending the accept- ance of donations from such a criminal. 15th July. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) Liu En-pu is appointed Chief Special Examiner of the Kiangsu M. A. competi- tions, and Chu Hai-en is appointed Assist- ant Examiner. (2) Peh Ghin-lin ia appointed Chief Special Examiner for Shensi province, and Liu Hsio-chienAssistant Examiner at the M. A. examinations in the said province. (3) Chao K4uang is appointed Scond Captain "f the Tribute Rice military police battalion of Anhui, at Nganking. 16th July. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) Sung Lin, Civil G *vernor of Mouk. len, reports that h s maladies are such that he feels that he cannot c -ntinue the duties of his oce properly and, therefore, prays that he be permitted bo resign. fLs prayer ia hereby granted and he is allowed to return to his Banner Reservation to recruit his health. With reference to a postscript mem- orial by the said high official praising the talents and abilities of Chili P^ng (another Mancbu)...”
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“... Viceroy of Yun- Ku^i, we now grant the memorialists prayev and the said Tlsen Yii-pao ia here- by restored to bis rank of a Provincial Treasurer. 11th September. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) As Tsa-le-feng-^ and Kuei Hsiang re now encamped at the camp of instruc- tion in the Southern Hunting Park, their posts in the Capib^l of Captains-General of the' Blue Mongol and Bordered White Chinese Banners are hereby given pro tem. to Huai T*a pu and Kuei Pin. (2) As Fen Cli6 is now encamped with his battalion in the Southern Hunting Park the post of Comptroller of the Im- perial < 'oi tege is hereby given to En Shou pro tem. (3) Thp posts in the capital held by Fen ChS and Hsiu Chili such as the Lieut enanfc- Oeneralsbips of the B -rdered Yellow and Blue Mancbu Banners re hereby given pro tern, to Prince Tsai Ying and A K^-tan. respectively, during bhe former two officers absence at the Southern Hunting Park. (4) Kuei Hsn is appointed acting Lieutenant-General f th* Blue Chinese Panner vice Fen...”
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“...cashiered and dismisAed from oce as a warning to the ocials of Szechuan. A MILITARY LOTHAIRO. To Mu, Viceroy of the three provinces of Shensi, Ka'Su and the New Dominion (Hsinchiang or Chinese TurkestanTrans- lator)^ denounces a Manchu officer n^med Hsiu Chang, holding i he rank of Lieut- enant-Colonel in the territorial nrmy of Kansu, for being of a gay and fi ivol"us fcpm- perament and too fond of the society of wo- men to the detriment of his military duties while commanding the middle battalion of the Kansu Pr vincial Commander-in-chiefs headquarters brigade. Lately, however, the accused officer has been still further guilty of violating the laws of propriety and decorum in that while on the retired list, being in mourning for the death of his father (the period being 100 d>iys for ManchusTranslator^ u he did buy to be his con ubine, the widow of his deceased va- let named Wang Erh And not content with this lie also bought a woman of the people, named Fan Shih, to be a fourth concubine...”
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“...Paoho Throne-hall. (2) P6ng Shou is appointed Searcher of students at the Middle-Left gate of the Palace. COURT CIRCULAR. His Vajeaty will return to Peking from Eho Park to-morrow morning after trans- ncfin state affairs, and the Court will be held in the Capital until further notice. 18th Oetober. IMPERIAL DECREES. (1) Kuo Le-min, Lieutenant General of the Left Division of the Imperial Body- guards, and Teh K(uei, Lieutenant-General of the Right Division, are hereby com- manded to take a battalion each t" form the outer guard around the Examination Halls this day. (2) Sheng Ngeh-Iu, H6ng Nien, Yun Kuei, Ai Hsin-Lien Chuanand En Hui, ,vianchu Censors, are hereby appointed Receivers of Translation Essays at the Examinations. (3) Li Hung-Kuei having present'd a memorial tl morning asking to be excus- ed f om the po^t of Vice-Chancellor of the Examination Halls owini; io illness, he is herein given ten days leave of absence from Court duties, and Hsii Ch&ng-yao is now appointed in his stead...”
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“...Master of Arts degree now taking place. (2) Appointing the monthly Committee to examine provincial officials, commencing from Taotai downwards, who come to Peking for audience. No'e : This Committee is composed of a certain number (if Presidents and Vice- Presidents of Boards and Censors.Trans- lator. (3) We have received t'e memorial of E Ling-ngehManchu Brigade-Ge era] of Liaiiirchou. Kansu province, rep rfcing the escape from eonfi emenfc of one Teh Teng (Manchu) in ex-Colonel of the Left Battalion of the Manehu garrison of Liang- chou who was cashiered, dismisse d for ever, and banished to work on the post roads in Kasbgaria for allege I guilt in pocketing the pay of his troops an 1 secretly selling mwem- menfc grain, etc. In additi* n to tli^ said ex-Colonel, u casliie' ed Muichu chiijSu named En Kuai g, and a cashiered Lieut- enant of the Imperial Guards, natne l Sheng Pai, have also escaped from confinement, presumably in company with the first named Teh Te"g. We hereby connnand that...”
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“...had been infest- ing the towns belonging to the Imperial metropolitan prefecture of Shuntienfu. We hereby command the Board of War to go over the list of names presented by the said Commandant and report thereon to us before permission be granted in the matter. 26th November. No papers of interest. 27th November. IMPERIAL DECREE. We have received memorial from the Commandant of the Peking Gendarmerie presenting a list of names of the deserving officers and men belonging to the Southern Battalion of his forces whose diligence in th^ir duties and bravery shown iu capturing many of the most dangerous bandits and desperadoes in the metropolis had called forth our commendation on the occasion, and in which we gave permission to the said Commandant to send up a special memorial asking for promotions and re- wards for the above-noted officers and men as soon as the sentences of the captured bandits shall have been given out by the Board of Punishments. We hereby com- mand the Board of War...”