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Citation Information
C. G. MAN1\TERHEIM
of the railway and some of the senior mandarins of the province have formed a company that has acquired the coal mines and begun to work them rationally.
The military forces have already been organised on a different footing from those in the provinces I have visited hitherto. The tchyping troops have been reduced to such an extent that, although they still exist on paper, they may be regarded as disbanded in actual fact. A so-called »ying» does not consist of more than 3 or 4 men. There are some exceptions, indeed, in places, where there are no new troops and posts have to be maintained. However, side by side with the new ludziun troops other organisations of troops have been formed that replace the tchyping garrisons and are at the same time more closely allied to the ludziun. The armed forces of the province thus consist of lu lziun, fandziun u djyng dziun and police troops. Owing to the presence of the last category of troops, the ludziun brigade is really quite mobile and should be available for use against foreign enemies independently of the interior state of the country.
The following ludziun troops are stationed at Kai-feng-fu:
Infantry .... 47th regiment armed with Mausers with to cartridges 88
48th »
Cavalry of the t5th » » » Mauser carbines with 5 cartridges
2 ying
Artillery of the t5th » (in one ying 4 mountain guns for 2 horses and 8 field guns, all 2 » with armoured screens — stated to be manufactured in Kaifeng. Same rifle as infantry. Swords in metal scabbards.) Sappers of the t5th ying 2 tui, armed the same as infantry.
Manchurians I in of 4 tui of about 5o men. Altogether stated to be 35o men (according to Perera 504) . Armed like infantry.
There are the following »fandziun» troops in the province:
Nanyang djentai 3 ying putui, 2 ying matui The different ying are stationed in dif-
Hwaitien » 4 » » I » » ferent places of the Djentai district
Kweiteh » 2 » » I » » besides being scattered at a great num-
ber of posts.
Yu cheng dziun troops (for the last 3 years): Suchow tungling — 4 ying putui, I ying matui
(detachments called tsoâ dziun) The different troops are probably also
Wei whei fu tungling-4 ying putui, I ying stationed in different places, from which
matui (ju dziun) .. posts are occupied. Details unavailable.
There are police troops now in most of the towns. In Kai-feng-fu ying of 600 men and 5 officers of police has been formed. This is distributed at police stations of I officer and 120 men each, armed with Hotchkiss. Infantry drill is done every other day. Guard duty 3 hours a day. Pay 4 taels monthly and free quarters. — Examination in Chinese for enrolment. Subordinated to a Njetai.
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