The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-30
The Chinese Army.

The th'n~Fe army. which 10, Ks s,6-
i'cicusly f"gm.d,hlc oa pap r. is div.d-
sd Mt, thr-c classes. namely: (l) tie
B.n,ermrn. ~ tho oops 81 tho Green
Sta, dard. go tho Volunteers, or
',,rascs." The BnnncrIncn are the
dcsc.-' dants OF tho Mautchoo Tartar.
VIII" con II e ed Tho county in the y y
tcei,th ccntu y. and numbc. about
IOl,,yo. "a u, the, d. not form ono
effective army corps: they arc only .
Glass 81 men who sill draw profit rom
I t. c.nd,iest O: hiD2 achieved by their
aaccs.o:s. innrei. in or,:ee that cer-
Ia "A privileges WI ~ they enjoy may IL.
~a.s remain III the hsnds II The origin.
81 giAntss .. th.y are not allowed to
marry , tinass wuInrn unless there DO Q
deficiency VI girls loiong'ng Il the rig
ujSr sanner fAmlcs. such u cxse, 3
may b added. is If extremely rare &C.
Nh. During The period immsdi.
sse!y following tneir settlement on Chi
s.esc soil i; was . ositive necessity for
tho I artars 81 keen themselves copsti-
tut 4 as ~ armed force il they wished
(, maintain their ~ endency: but
nowadays. when thai ascru!ency is
Joss and nss disputed. the 'kauncr,'
ITO .. 70 1t lie more than tho outward
snow o. military org .nization." tn,y
. sma | part o. tais Remarkable force 5
laid. wivafcs rccciving between .
sound aud ten shiilin 3 = month. with
. ration Ut ri,o. same q ce;s AFRO AID
pointed tor life. Others hold n hcrrdi.
lAry rank.
The tro'ps Il the Green Standard arc
said TO number $4,000 ucn. Wretch.
eddy pad. these soldiers have nearly
ell o! them other callings besides ,hs
hi itary inc. aud they arr careful t.
wear t.cir uniforms rs seldom "a pos-
. tis. sonnet ines the, at As police
nen. hey AN :ho oHly ros.Inen IN
tue nApira. In China tho state does
not undo. Lake 10 :orwa ard tho cor,c-
s.ondcDco Il private prnsons; but tho
dspa.t hes Ut msndarins a. the Central
ovein 4 emf &c. travel il urgent, AZ
the rate Of LOO miles in tw, niy-four
hour>. in enler encies. however. il il
n,l,eG IN tho Zimmerman MOI on thu
postal police tina, the authorities q ~
Kin rely. but on ''hnv-s" q Volun-
tcess enlisted Tor tho occasiun.
The sarcss way TO tain military
promote Is to EnoW tn 81 .udard mil
stasy authors by b at 1hs --latest in
date would appear Ia b. tzeasiss Of
{ syenr H.. It IL divided into ten
chapters or lrsrpts." and contains
thc wh.le d'ty OF . private. Firstly,
tho said rriva'c should lo.e and
respect Lis parents; secondly, he
slOuld b not and RESPECT III,
elders thirdly. bs should 10 on
good terms th everybody: fourshiy.
he should instruct M children and
his Younger b o:hvn; Il THY, he
shoTld ti,i emily I'LL tire car:h: SIKH
". be should pcrfcoe himself in ac:h.
en-. on hurScback ~ well q on foos
eevenshly. he mast BE- ecoonm;cal;
eis hth,y. abstain iron wine aud in.
tnxicai;Ng 4 ! Ks: n nthl". 40 q gam.
ing : Q sl,lv. keen ont u I. usrrls.
Odsorrs mus know their Sun-tsr. q,
ex,rs4,. d.uary writer ou tsctiA Who was
prpoahly contemporary with tho anthos
.. n~ nn-s>e a.sesNfood wN
n did Philip Of Maccdon. Who boosted
a. n ho lad taken more towns By gold
thsn by steel. With hin the eseDcs
81 - military Art is corruption and In
ty3cle ..lIahor uuceas ness. he savs.
..so AknuAas your enemy You csn
n = 4 nany wasA but here IL the
hest. Nce3cct no oprorsnn.ty II de-
haurA;ns Sase bcst men on his side; ON I
no,A 0ekcrA no GUS. nor