The regulations for the new school soon to be opened have been recently circulated and students are being sought. The pamphlet states that the Imperial Government has decided to carry on military affairs after the model of Germany and for this purpose has already engaged German instructors for the army. Now it is decided to open a school after te model of the one at Tientsin where military tactics, geography, mensuration, drawing, mathematics, and other military studies will all be taught in the German language. As this language is difficult to acquire only clever and premising boys need apply for admission. At present 120 youths will be admitted who are to be between 13 and 20 years of age, and who have already had good Chinese education. Candidates are to be taken four months on probation and if approved must then give an agreement to remain three years. During the first year each pupil will receive Tls. 2 per mensem and if examinations are successively will be added one tael each year so that during the last year be will Teceive Tls. 4. At the completion of the course of study the students are to be sent to Germany for one or two years' further study. On their return to China they are to be placed in charge of a camp of soldiers and after four years may become Generals. These are the flattering inducements held out to pupils, and the prefects and magistrates of the province are commanded to search out good pupils so that the full number of required pupils may be obtained. What the results of the new plan may be will be seen some years hence. At present we can but wish it complete success.
8th September,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.