The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-26


that Il miwht Re dangerous / hs3 caught
galfn ps@, however. - tee exercises 50 !
sent ~. an1 l determined 10 try.
walxed body through tie gate. 10 one
attempted 20 stop me. and moment aA'sr
l = - y TIE pgeeencs os Q scsne waIco yS~
woslAa expecs 60 fand II 10 camp o1sss4e
Of tie middle agsz-
a. tie back os large Enclosure sat
can1 pounding on drums and SHAKING
eyfnbals and making . most horrible On.
Near these stood q number q high = al
nes@ officials, aud On tie other side o. the
yard we're several con- psnses Of soldiers
beiNs~n these stood . Enan dressed "A re
Uniform o. Chinese private. lie nAo
spear aeout fifteen long IN rs 1aA2t
and he was dancIrg about AMI pes
lag this into the air IA every a.
rsStion. Now he gould is5 4 into an
tnvls3rse enemy 81 Ehs right; nor hs
would hop up toar fess from tie grolnla
and turn clear around befare be again III
70 drive Is into another inyssabls enemy -
sae lsfs. lie poksd il in fTcnt Of him ana
tw1sEe1 himself into hall knot IA trying
20 destroy bis enemies in the rear. as
coatorted his face ia noss horrible II az
nsr 10 inspire fear in bis airy eomoatankss
and he yelled now aad then IS be thrust
sach an exhfbit5on woald have pat
him into a iunatsc zsylum N the
United States. / looked Tor Per
hays ten minutes before anything
happened. aud during this tine second
man came out and began 10 50 through
tie same performances. then sent M
boy for camera, but before ! could use u
an Official came up and objected apollo
gixsd aud left. | ind this the best RUE IN
foreign travel. Gro where yon please. ana
do what you please. buE always DC Fesny
20 apologize II you ask you won get u.
and civil tongue viii carry yon iurther
than a shotgun.
THE ARMY or CHINA.
Bat let me give you some facts about toe
army. This letter is 30 long that cAnnoi
enlarge upon them. First there Is the
Eight Banner Corps. which includes the
Manchus and Mongols. and which Is SUP
posed 10 have something ike 30, 600 men.
OF this army there are in Peking 52rsss
soldiers. and connected with them aoous
Il.ooo supernumeraries. In Mongolia
there are 9.s4f Manchus and 3.2sl super
namsraries. There ara kept about the
summer palace of the king just
about $500 of such troops. Just
outside OF Peklng Is the imperial hunting
park. Feur thousand soldiers are Kept
there. In addition TO these in PekIng
there are artillery and musketry 10 the
number Of 5000 infantry 2 800 and other
troops to the number Of COCO. making
grand total of Manchus surrounding and
about Peking of 10000 troops. These
troops are supported entirely by the gov
eminent. Their officers are of high rank,
and about zoo Of them have high positions
as guards inside the forbidden city, where
the emperor lives.
/ have written already Of Ii Hung
Chang's army IL Is the best drilled and
the best equipped OF any in the empire.
In addition TO these there are the three
great armies known as the army of Man
churia. the army of the center and the
army Of Turkistan. The Manchurian
army contains 70, 900 men, and its head
quarters are In Manchuria above the Chi
nese wall II has good cannon and nrst-
class modern rifles. These, however. are
confined only 20 a limited number OF the
regiments, and there are more matehlocks
than NInchesters. The army OF the center
is also north Of the wall. 1t 10 supposed
TO include So 90 men. liz Is on the borders
of Mongolia. and these Manehurian and
Monaghan troops could be moved down
into Korea If there was any good way OF
carrying their provisions and supplies.
The army of Tnrkistan Is in the western
part of the empire, aud too fan OF for use
at the present time.
ARMIES oF The GovKRsoRs.
In addition to this there are the armies
of the governors. which are scattered
throughout the eighteen provinces of China
and which include all the large centers. In
Shantung there are 20, 600 men. In Shansi.
Is. 600, aud In Fooohow. 80. 80. The gov
srnor OF Honan. one of the most anti
foreign provinces of the empire. has IS 900
soldiers. The governor Of Marking has Is
COO The governor of Fooohow. 81. ass. The
governor Of ChekianR. 5000. and those of
Hups and Human, s.. 90 men. In shsnsi,
kensuh and lii there are 1890 men, and
in Szucheun there are 50 ,sg7. ksantung
has 81, 600, Kwangsi has 1900, Anhui.
q. 600 and Yunnan aud kweichow. AZ, 600.
making a grand total with one or two
smaller provinces added. of 7oi, 5i7. Just
how many Of these troops can be relied
upon In the case of war | don't know.
The reports are those of the Chinese gov
eminent and many OF them may be over
estimated. There Is no doubt, however.
but that there are hundreds Of thou
sands of soldiers in CHINA. aud that they
have many who will fight If they are
properly led. Chinese Gordon, who
handled them during the Tai Ping rebel
lion, said that they made splendid soldiers,
that they were cool and calm, and that
they could do great deal on small ra-
lions. They are full of superstition, and
will carry priests aud soothsayers with
them. They may eat black dogs flesh 10
make them brave, aud their surgeons will
give them ground tiger bones TO inspire
courage. In tight they viii be blood
thirsty and cruel, aud II the war is carried
into the interior IL will be accompanied
with horrors which will shock the West
eFn world.
G OK z. pa,Ln,tsS