Piraey Suppression ' Bureau, and, since April 15, the garrison commander of Canton, has been signed the task of clearing the insurgents from the North River District. At the head of 9,000 troops, this commander has gone to the ingtitk area, 6,000 of these soldiers being his own men and the remainder Kuangsi regiments which Wong Shin-hung, the governor of their province, has loaned Canton in this emergency.
When the northern expedition first started, Chiang Kai-shek made known that there would be no consetiption of coolies, as has been the case in most wars of the past, nor does the- government relish the jea of using such a method' of securing. coolies at thi: time.
An offer of $15 a month for every man who would enlist for service with the North River expeditionary force was made several days ago, but even the unemploy-were slow to take up-this offer; $15 2 month behns deemed too low a wage..'For that Sexson, the
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