The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

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rule the Mauser rifle is used. II
intended hat the arms and ammln.
ton shall eventually all be stand
arized.
Does China use any America.
guns?'
I think not; [ have seen none in
the camps | have visited. N1ur
arms are too costly
A Bunch OF Small Armies.
Are the various divisions under
the control of the governors who crg-
ate them
Yes, but all are subordinate m
Picking, and may be directed Iron.
the capital. The forces of tn.
viceroys are becoming more and NOR.
a part of a large com binatiOn: AND
in time they will form n army. A.
it is now, they are rather a bunch %.
small armies than one compact
homogeneous organization. This .
necessitated through their being sup-
ported by the provincial governments
When the imperial revenue system
has been reorganized, as it Will hs
some day, the celestial gOVernnon,
Will decrease
Wei Paid Soldiers.
What wages do the troops got.'
Comparatively speaking, they ar.
we'll paid. They are now reccivIu-
more than the oldiers Of Europe
and in consideration of the low rp--
Of living and the wages of the 9TH.
classes of society they receive almo-.
as much as your men at home. IN.
American private receives about +.
cents a day, or thirteen dollars a
month. The lowest private here Gels
II cents a day and a clothing ALLOW
ance. Sergeants receive about So
a month, li~eutenants $3.50 and cor-
tains $40, with al allowance for en-
tertaining. The major Of the Chi.
nese battalion is paid 100 taels, or 81
monthly, and he has in addition lac
taels for allowance. \ colonel gyl-
200 taels, with 200 taels extra, and
general commanding a division has
400 taels, with an allowance Of Go.
teals. This gives. the general 1.noo
taels monthly, or about $50 American
dollars. That is $4,000 a year. Il Is
not at all bad"
An Effective Police.
How about the Grill of the army l'
And is it being made into an e1fectN Z
force 2"
The drill is excellent. and that is
so in every division [ have visited.
The men go through their eVOIutionz
as we'll as any troops haze seen. As
to shooting, they have not had much
practice at that. Ammunition costs
heavily, and 50 far the army has not
had enough money to spend q great
deal on target practice"
Speaking of their effectiveness.
while the Chinese soldiers are not as
efficient, man to man, as European OE
japanese soldiers, yet they are rap
idly improving, and / see no reason
why they should not become so. They
nave proved themselves efficient i'm
suppressing all internal disorders thai
have recently arisen. This means that
the government has already in its
hands what it has never had before.
and that is a machine for the imme-
oiate quelling Of a rebellion. 1t also
means that the government will soon
be IN position to do as it pleaSeS. ana
that it will be able to regulate taXi-
ton and revenue system for thu
whole empire. When that time comes
We shall have a new him indeed,
How the Government is QueilinG Re
beIliOnS.
There is nothing that has done -
much to make the army popular as
the two or three rebellions which
have been put down by the e troops
within the past two years.
The railroads nave enabled the SOL
diers to be quickly sent to the seat oil
trouble, and possible revolutions have
been stamped out in their beginning.
There was one such rebellion on the
western borders of Shantung about u
year n a half ago. The government
telegraphed the army commanders al
Hankow, and by the Hankow-PekInS
Railroad an effective force was soon
On the ground. 1t was only q year
ago that a rebellion was put down IN
Tunnan by the foreign trained troops.
and last November a revolution
which would have involved all China
was nipped in the bud at Anking on
YangtSe. That was perhaps the most