The Reorganization Conference Talks But All Commanders Increase Their Armies Peking, March 7.
The meeting of the Rehabilitation Conference on' Tuesday will discuss the readjustment of the litary system and the disposition the troops throughout the 'A motion supporting Marshal Lu Yangchslane's (Tupan of Kings system be abolished will Iso be discussed at the xame meeting.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
From letters published by this paper on Saturday and to-da; first of these two suggestion pears slightly farcical. heavy rethe latter for Feng Vu-hsiang (the Christian Why these troops are being recruited nobody appears to know. Inquiries have been made and the gentlemen well versed in' Chinese Politics say that, in spite of their [standing strength, all of the military ders without a single exception fare increasing their armies. The Jexcuse given is that the men are being taken in to fil the ranks of those who have died or been killed lor incapacitated. And yet, many of [these military leaders have not been Jengaged in war for months and have. not lost a single man in battle! Surely there is no reason for these ito "All their ranks" as they have too many troops already. It has been asked, how many men are required to fill the ranks and is there Jany overlapping? If so, why are. the military leaders not content with the numbers they already have instead of recruiting more? At present, regimental commanders have Jenough soldiers for " brigade, and brigade commanders have enough for a couple of divisions.
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