On the rey nest of the Ministry of War, the Waiwupu hax notified the various foreign Legations here that the third annual grand army manoeuvres of the Tachao troops in Kiangsu and Hoopeh will take place in th y of of the Taihu and Chienshan districts in Anhui Province, from the 25th to the. 28th of the Chinese 10th moon (corresponding to November 18,19, 20 and 21, 1908) instead of in Octmber as was recently reported. General Wang Ying-chieh, fately acting Junior Vice President of the Ministry of War has been appointed special Imperial Commissioner and with the assistance of Lient.-Generals Chang Piao and Tri-kun, Commanders of the attacking, and defending forces. is to camplete the necessary det The forces will consist of the 8th and 9th Divisions of Luchan stationed lat Wachang and Nanking respectively. As three officials from each Power may attend the manerneres in addition to newspaper correspondents (as was allowed during the manoeuvres in Hokien and Chang-prefectures of the Peiyang Luchun in 1905 and 1908) an English-speaking Taotai has been placed in charge of the foreign and native reception houses at Taihu Hsien where the: office of the ner will be establishnown yet whether Fang or Viceroy Cheng Kori-lung will be- present at the mancurres,
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