(1) With reference to the memorial of Chang Chih-tung, acting Viceroy of the Liang Kang, forwarding an application from Wang Té-sheng, Brigadier-General of the Hochou Circuit, Kansu, who is now on sick leave in his native province of Kinngsu, requesting to be allowed to resign his post on account of the difficulty experienced by him in regaining his health, we willingly grant Wang T'é-sheng's prayer as a mark of extra grace.
(2) Yang Ch'ang-chun the retiring Viceroy of the Shen-Kan provinces, denounces the conduct of Fan Tze-hsiang, Major Commandant of the garrison of the city of Yunganhsien, Kansu, and recommends that he be cashiered but' allowed to remain in the army in order to retrieve his former ill-success. It appears that the said Major Commandant was besieged in June last by the Mahommedan rebels and being unable to withstand the assaults of the enemy was compelled to abandon Yungan-hsien, in. consequence of which the city fell into the hands of the rebels. In punishment for this we command that the accused Major be cashiered and dismissed the service: nor shall he be permitted to serve as a volunteer.
28rd January.
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