The Archive · 1898

'THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER'S ARMY

REFORMS, At the competitions for military degrees to be held to-morrow, the following ollicers are commanded fo superintend the Archery Examinations, "Prince Tsai Lien, Chi Hsin, Duke sai Ying, Jung Hsiuy Sung Kui, Wen Chih, Prince I Mu, and Shou Chang.

[Wale:—It was the special desire of the Emperor to have presided over the above examinations of Manchu youths in tars shooting with modern weapons of precision prior to the Imperial visit to Tientsin, the practice of archery having been previously abolished.]

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