The new Chief General in Hunan formerly held a command in the Canton provines. On being transferred to his new post he brought with him a body of seven hundred and fifty men, who had been previously under his orders and in whom he could put great confidence. But it is the desire of the Board of War at the present moment to effect economy wherever possible by diminishing the strength of the army rather than increasing it. The Governor of the province has therefore found great difficulty in providing for the expense occasioned by this addition to the local forces. The plan which seems to him the best is to disband cne of the existing battalions, which numbers five hundred men, and to discharge two hundred and fifty more from three other regiments. The new comers will be formed into two battalions of three hundred and sixty men each, and the remaining thirty men will make a personal guard for the General. As the General's headquarters are at Chrangté Fu, the new.troops will be stationed in the vicinity of thnt place and of Li Chou; while the troops formerly guarding those' regions will replace the disbanded battalion in Liling, Linyang, Hsiangt'an and Yuhsien.—d proved.
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