(1) A Decreo.—We are in receipt of a Memorial from Ts'en Yii-ying in which he reports that the Imperial troops have made a successful assault on the holds of some rebels in the Lo-hei district in Yinnan, and have captured their leaders. The measures taken for the pacification of the country are also adverted to in the same Memorial. Chronic trouble has been occasloned on the frontier by the frequent risings of the Lo-hei aborigines in the prefecture of Shun-ning in Yunnan. Not long ago, a rebel leader, named Chang Teng-fa having gathered together a band of marauders and infested every part of the country, 'Ts'én Yit-ying sent troops to operate against him from all sides atid gained n succession of victories. They took over a hundred rebel encampments, captured a great quantity of arms and' ammunition, and received the submission of more than 10,000 Chinese and aborigines who had joined the rebels, Chang Teng-fa's son, Chang Shih-pao, and his younger brother, Chang Cheng-liang, were captured one after the other. Finally, Chang Teng-fa himself was tracked out and caught in a cave on the top of the, Ta-ching mountain, and all three were openly executed in presence of the army. Credit is due to all concerned for the prompt and effective manner which the country has been pacified. We command that Ts'én Yiiying to given back the two steps of commutative rank of which ho was formerly deprived. We authorize him likewise to recommend for rewards or posthumous distinctions' all the military and civil officers who distinguished themselves on the occasion, as also all those who were wounded or killed in the field of battle. Let him also furnish Us h a report on the number of additional civil and military establishments which, having regard to the circumstances of the case, he thinks ought to be created for the control of strategic places.
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