(2) Liu Yung-fu, formerly leader of "The Black Flags," and now Brigndier-General at Nanao, having received permission to pro-coed to Peking to he presented at Court, Chang-chih-tung asks that his doing so may be postponed for a month or sv for the following reasons. Three of the tive battalions which the General commands have until recently been serving in Hainan, and as the trouble there is now over, it is proposed to disband them. The men nearly all belong to the frontier country, and they will be treated liberally and sent back to their homes at governnient expense. The presence of the general is necessary to complete the arrangements in connection with their departure, but it is hoped that he will be in a position to start for Peking eatly in October. 'The Viceroy intimates ina separate Memorial that Lin Yung-fu is to be transferred to the post of Brigadier-General at Chieh-shih, in succession to Lai Chen-juan, who has' been appointed to Kiungchow.
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