The Viceroy at Nanking submits an application for permission to retain the services of Liu Chan-chun, a Kinngsi man who was formerly Brigadier General at Tingchou in Fukien. During the eight ears which he spent in Fukien General in, who combines great courage with much experience of military affairs, maintained excellent discipline in the army and directed coast defence measures with energy and skill. Shortly after his arrival at Nanking the memorialist sent for the General to take charge of the defensive Preparations which are being made on the yangtze and along the coast, and he has found his services so efficient that he now formally applies for permission to retain him.—Granted by rescript.
4th October.
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