We have received a memorial from ug Keng, Tariar-General of Ili, in ch he states that his subordinate officer Wo Hong-ngéh, Mancha General of the Solon M prays leave to retire from and gives sufficient cause therefor, ition is hereby granted and Wo Hong-ngéh has our permission to retire to his Banner Reservation Note.—The Solon Militia of Ili are desfendants of a Manchu tribe of that name who occupied a portion of the Amur territory, and who were transplanted thence into Tu soon after the conquest of Kashgar the Emperor Kien Lung in the 18th century. they und the -anothee Manchu tribe transplanted from the Ainu: were then renowned as dushing ca troopers and daring raiders and were large tracts of land in the conquered 1 to cultivate and pasture thei: herds in return for military service in time of war, Their descendants of the present day are however, greatly deteriorated from the parent stock and though still liable to serve when called upon betray more of the ignorant rustic than the independent bearing of a rough-rider which still characterises the Manchu tribes of the Amur, The fine horsemanship and daring of the Solons and other Amur Manchus under the Tartar. ral E-ko-tang-t during the late war wi Japan in Manchuria were s favourable comment by their enemies in 1894. - Translator.
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