There is scarcely a village in the Kiangshan and Changshan districts, fon the Fukien and Kiangsi borders, but what have suffered from the hands of marauding soldiers. Chuchowfs bought off the Kiangsi Army and when the "consolation money" was paid over the men moved back over the border. Tt was a great sight to seo these troops straggling along the main roads, their coolies loaded down with all kinds of baggage conspicuous among which were numerous pigskin boxes. The police and local militia were all relieved of their arms, and it is said there are not half a dozen rifles left in the whole county of Changshan, In some of the villages in the line of march, the floors of the houses have been ripped up, in search for money and other valuables. Shops have been cleaned out and in one store I saw an iron safe which had been smashed to pieces, the contents being carried off.
Representatives of this army wait-fed upon the gentry and shopkeepers of all the market towns in the Chuchow and Yenchow prefectures. In the Shuenan County, the officials prepared 460 tables in order to feed the incoming troops: fortunately they did not reach that length but the Suian county was relieved of several thousand dollars.
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