New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
CHINESE TO STUDY WAR
Member Of General Staff Comes
to Enter West Point.
COUNTRY'S FUTURE BRIGHT
Soldiers Are Now Esteemed, He
Says, and Standing Army
Numbers 100000.

Lieutenant NJ A. Shumou Tao attached
10 the General staff Of the Chinese army
arrived yesterday from China 10 enter the
United States Military Academy at west
Point in June. Lieutenant Tao SAID yes
terdav at Hartley Hail. Columbia I'M
versity. that he should be in the army as
sjstIng the pacifcation OF the brigands that
are doing so much damage In China, cX-
cent for the fact that upon the outbreak
Of the revolution the Manchu government
sent off to Japan all the military men
whom it suspected Of revolutionary lean
ings.
In November. 1911 Tao said "a batch
Of the cadets at the War College In Picking
we're packed off to Toxic, ostensihly TO
complete their military education. hut IN
reality We were 10 be kept in the Japanese
schools until the Manchus could with sdfe-
iv recall us When we read In the Japanese
papers Of the eXtensvcncss or the reNolu-
tion We wanted 10 60 HON" at once hut
we're restrained by the Japanese authorl-
lies, with whom arrangements must nave
been made TO detain us.
Some OF Us studied At tn" Imperial
Military Academy in Toxic. others were
sout TO various schools Upon the fall or
the monarchy We prevailed upon the
Japanese 10 let MS return to China, and a
fow received their passports I was among
the fortunate number. and Immediately
proceeded 10 Pcking and offered my serv-
ices to President Yuan Shih-kal VINO Hdlp
there was to bo little fighting, and sent
me to America.
.In 1911 the Manchu government asked
and received permission from the United
States TO educate ore Of its cadets at West
Point. The American Congress had given
rs consent by special act. ] was nominat-
ed. and am here 10 enter as 'plcbc' in
June"
Asked If he had seen either Wing ShinF
Wen or Ting-Chai chen. the two Chinese
graduated from West Point in 1893. Tao
said that Wen was now a brigadier general
I'm the army and Chen had Joined the
faculty in the War College at Pekng.
Tao sail he remembered hearing that
chen was chatting at his inactivity while
his cIassmate was gathering in military
gIories at Wu-Chang and Nanking. wen
had thrown UP his job seven months be
fore" continued Tao, and had retired 10
his home in Canton, when, through the
influence OF his uncle, Wen Tsung-Iao,
then Deputy Minister Of Foreign Affairs IN
the sun Yat-sen administration Wen re-
ceiyed command Of regiment Of dare-to-
dies which distinguished itself both AT
the battle Of Wu-Chang and at TN" storm
ing Of Tiger Hill fort, near NanklnS. AZ
the latter place wooden cannon ball
from the city Whistled past Nens ears
and he went after II as he would q base
hall. understood he played ball with 2"st
st West Point After the surrender of
NauIling there was no serious fighting, and
Wen was brcvetted brigadicr general for
gallantry on the field
Lieutenant Tao was enthusiastic whom
ever he spoke Of the revolution. and he
came more so when he talked OF China g
military future.
Soldiers now" nc said, are highly cs-
teomcd. which was not 80 a few years ago,
whom men of my profession were despsed
"a interiors. This change is due 10 th"
awakened martial spirit Of the nation. ""
have no surcr proof Of that than that
tbou.auds of unbiddcu volunteers ilock"d
70 the republican recruiting stations, as a
result Of which We have standing army
of 10000 veterans as the nucleus Of th"
modern army