(6) Chang Yin-huan, Senior Vice-President of the Board of Revenue, advises that, in regard to certain memorials handed in to the Throne by various officers recommend. ing the rai-ing and drilling of a National Amy after the Western f should said' measures be approved, it would he well to make the movement a universal one throughout the Empire. also advises that each city of the Empire should invite a certain proportion of its citizens to give up part of their time and train as soldiers, that those having received their training be allowed to return to their avocations giving place to an equal fresh body of citizens, and so on until every male inhabitant of the city and district shall have had a soldier's training and thus enable him to be called out at any time either to keep the peace or to foreign aggressor. This national army will only be an auxiliary force to supplement the regular fores in times of consider this matter of urgent Importance and as there ix " tubellion in Kuangsi province just now it would be good plan for that province and Kuangtung to set to work a on the lines set forth in Chang Yin-huan's memorial, the other provinees to follow suit, We grant the Viceroy' and Governors of these Jatter mit of three months to report pon the result of their work in this and one month to the Viceroy of ud Governor of Kuangsi to Tet them not delay in this of doing something for the preserva-protection wf the Empire,
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