The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
THE HEADS OF THE
CHINESE ARMY
Generals Who Have Won Distinction
and the Strange Methods by !" hicn
They Achieved Greatness.

Rv Charles Edward schuh. -,

to men who have uhoei eli risen in
training and have sttu - this high
tho service of their country 70 Ills
post. oa loving peo-
ihe go, art of Europe has sprung
ron, the Orientals; they eAcei ~ t .i
making of fine goods and' oe, 80 -
standards of painting chahseu' Ru,
lures were the finest III nc nic,,oi,s
in war they were never cohsp,euos:> ~
Two Chinese have a proVerp: ~
-,o.i won will ever be a soldier. iSnl
30 is mentioned as a warhlhs "
bovs: they must never qusiltoi' ca.
so except in the case OIL ldn,itS tin-'
which amount to nothlnS' ~
rs a+ neace with itself; reheiilons are
nv Go o. ,,1 the art of lighting is neg
lected. .1r,ost the
Whole of the East. it conquered greater
nart of Europe, but Europe was theti
ar IT'S weakest. Centuries nave PasSs
since then; and, in the reilnehient "
modern Chinese civilization, the di. ~
warfare has Jared badly compared TO
the other arts. Tho |
,-o1,nrest of them all is Tu Tsin, war
,io-. Who came into prominence at the
close of the Japanese war he was
nresent at the last battle, and was one
of the few who We're not shot IN the
back; he ran too fast. When asheu
the reason of their defeat, he said:
"The japanese came at lis as though
wild. We shot down those VINO We're
in front. but just as soon as man 1e!l
in the front ranks, some one from the
next line would take his place. You
can't fight people that way. WI men we
shot down those who took the others
places. some one else would come ana
IN ,lp the ranks. and on they would
Il
people OF that kind. They dld not hho"
when they were WHIPPED. Somebody
had to run and as they would not we
did. and then they shot us in the PACK.
FIGHT BRANELY.
Yet is must not be supposed that the
Chinese are towards. They hght brave
" and when they are face to face with
an enemy, armed with spears they are
the Drawer soldiers of the two. They
fight desperately, and to the death Ihey
do not calculate or coming out OF bat
tie alive: and a Chinese soldier lnNarl-
ably disposes of his estate and BIDS 1are-
well to his family forever before gong
to war He knows that he VIII fSht
until he is dead
The trouble with the Chinaman. in
the battle of to-day, is that he does not
understand modern weapons. lie knows
little of dynamite and nothing OF lHd-
dite: war balloons are novelties to nm,
high explosives barely a name; he IS
not used TO the Mauser. and he has not
calculated upon the tricky QUANTITIES Oh
the disappearing gun
There is another difficulty under which
the Chnaman labors. He does not love
his flag. His country and his famiiy
he loves; and he may have devotion
to his cause: but that wild unreasonlng
love of flag IS 4 stranger to him. Inc
national flag does not figure in his home
n.
OF his education: he does not sing about
it and rally around it.
The love of flag has been the turning
point OF many a battle. When the enc
my threw In the shot and shell. and all
hope seemed gone. the sight OF the GEAR
old flag, waving overhead, brought
lump into every throat, and made every
heart the stronger. The Chinese. on
the other hand do not thrill before
their flag though they may honor It.
Ii Hung Chang once was reported TO
have SAID that he doubted If every
Chinaman knew his flag when ne saw
it. This statement by no means ap-
plies to the intelligent Chinese that cross
the ocean to live in America. but to the
millions stored away on the banks OF
the Hoang Ho and the hundreds OF
thousands that dwell along the Yang Use
KianS.
Still China has some faithful leaders,
upon whom she can depend
These military leaders came lately to
real zing sense OF hna,s weg knees
| in war, and resolved to remedy it. 1t
! was under their instructions that the
| Chinese troops allowed themselves to be
| organized by the Germans. and taught
! the arts of war. When the Germans
! took part of China for their own, and
! armed it, they selected native Chinaman
for guards and, after arming them, and
| uriformins them they taught them how
! to fire the rifles and how to use the field
| guns. the Chinese Generals meanwhile
! noddng apprnvnl.
! LEARNING TO FIGHT.
| Russia did the same thing in her own
quarter of China, or the part which
| also sent rifles and had her own native
! TROOPS. The Chinese accepted the in
| structions and profited by them. The
| skill of the present is wholly due to the
faithful lessons they have so faithfully
| learned the past few years.
| y few of the Chinese Generals have
| refused 10 become acquainted with
/ modern methods claiming that China
had always excelled. and always would
excel in war. One of these. Wo Tung
! Lang, fought in the Corean War. When
| about to start for Corea. somebody
| asked him if he id nos think 1t wou,d
be a good thing to study the geography
[ Of COrea:
Geography of Corea"' sad he: what
| do care about the geography OF Corea!
| will just go over there and have two
! or three engagements with them, and
| that will be the end OF it. There is no
use of my botherng myself about the
| geography of the country"
AS matter of fact, he went over and
| had the engagements. but the result
| was not what he had predicted. One
| of his soldiers, who was laid up in a
| hospital after his return, explained what
| happened. He and the others In most
| of the hospitals were shot in the back.
y General. prominent in past wars,
! was General Yell. He was. however.
I suspected of stealing the government
/ money, and was removed. The direct
| cause Of the removal was the fact that,
| though money was regularly sent him
| for the troops. little. if any, of it ever
! reached Its destination.
| A man who VIII lead the troops IS
| General Mich. He is big, fat. good
| natured man, artistic to the ends OF his
| pointed fingers, and as sentimental as
a poet. 1t is difficult to picture General
| Mich in battle. But he will go to war,
| nj "a