'The mutiny in the rear of the! Kiangsu army, which has been ruamoured for several days, has been Fe: Verified as having taken place in the {19th Division, which is usually stationed mostly at Yangchow, with some troops at Chinkiang.' Two regiments of this division decided that they would fight no more.
Its commander, General Yang Tsung-pu, is one of the late Marshal [Feng Kuo-chang's lieutenants, who was kept on by both Li Hsun and Chi "Hsieh-yuan because of his seniority in the Peiyang Military! Party. His troops have always been regarded as weak and his loyalty to a much junior Tuchun, like Chi Hsieh-yuan, who is only just passed 40, was doubted. His regiments were sent to the Thsing front where they were not particularly useful to Kiangsu, General Chen Tiao-yuan's men soon replacing them. They were then sent to the rear to guard the railway and no further actual war service was plan-ined for them. This displeased two lof the regiments, which mutinied. [The matter was very shortly and summarily liquidated,
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