Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

same way. Each has four regiments of
infantry, one Of cavalry and one or ar
tillery: In addition each division has a
battalion of engineers and transport
troops. a balloon and telegraph section.
as we'll as company devoted to sanitary
work. It numbe's all told 1852 men. In
Guiding officers. soldiers. clerks. employees
and servants of all kinds.
Are such divisions already organized
in all of the provinces?'
No But they have been begun in
every province and they are actually IN
operation in about three-fourths of them:
Some provinces, such as Chilli and
Szechwan. have three divisions OF armies
Of 36 OLO men each, while others. such as
Honan, Shansi and Chekiang. have only
one"
troops, and the military expert replied:
1.-The most of the drilling is done by
Chinese who have been educated abroad,
although few of the viceroys and gov
errors have Japanese or German officers
in their employ. However, foreigners
are used chiefly in the military schools.
the actual details Of organization being
carried out by the Chinese themselves:
This country has now many graduates OF
foregn1 military academ es. and 1t is an
nuaIly sending more and more army stu
dents abroad. There are thirty Chinese
studying In such schools in Ftance. six IN
Germany. two in England and two at
West Point. Many are being educated In
Japan. and there are several thousand
graduates now In the service. The young
Chinese began to go abroad for military
instruct on as soon as the Boxer trouhle
was over The majority of them went to
Japan. choosing that country for several
reasons. One was the forbearance and
kindness of the Japanese troops during
the rebellion. and another Japan's prox-
unity to China. The fact that education
there cost less was great inducement,
as was also the Japanese language. which
is SO allied to the Chinese that these peo-
pie learn 1t more easily than any other.
1t is for this reason that they have adopt
ed Japanese text books, which are now
being translated into Chinese.
Tell me something about China's mill
tary schools
They are now to be found in every
province and in every large city. The
government scheme provides for pro-
vincal military school at the capital OF
each province and academy at every
one of the larger cities. The provincial
schools might be called the primary mill
ondary or high schools. In addition
there is to be military university, or
war college, at Peking.'
These schools are first-class, and are
run along modern lines the expert went
on II visited one the other day at Han
kow, about six hundred miles from the
sea up the Yangtse river. The school
there has 1000 students. and buildings
have been put up to accommodate 5000.
The pupils are bright young soldiers, de-
tailed by the regimental commanders Of
the forces at Hankow. They range in
age from eighteen to twenty-four. and
enter the school for a course of three
years. They are actual soldiers who live
in the barracks and who go through their
regular drill. although they put In sew
eral hours every day in the school. They
are the brightest young men OF that
army and are being educated to become
the officers OF the future. Those who
rank highest will be given the best
places and put in command, while the
others will teach in primary military
schools. When the academies are started