The Archive · 1925

Troop Trains

Fengtien Troops

Two troop trains, bringing approx imately 1,000 select Fengtien ets from the Military Training Col lege of the Three Eastern Provinces (of which the Young General is president), left Nanking for Shang) [at 7 am. and 1.30 pin. yesterday, the first arriving at Shanghai North Station a few minutes before 3 p.m.

The second batch arrived at about to when the other two trains, one of Jwhich will bring Gen. Chang Hsueh Niang, commander-in-chief of the 3rd Fengtien Army and son of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, would leave Nanking. Gen. Chang and his men arrived at the Southern Capital on Thursday and up to the present had not left, although they were to have left at! 5 o'clock on the same day of their arrival, a special train having been, ordered for that hour. They will probably arrive this morning.

The troops which have already arrived marched immediately to the 4th Chapei Police Station in Kung-hho Road, which is to be their headquarters during their stay, and shortly afterwards a number >f them were detailed to different sections of Chapei for patrol duty. the men having been brought here to maintain peace and order in Chinese 1.30 a.

The special train bringing Gen. Chang left Nanking at 1 o'clock and is expected here between 8 and 9 o'elcek this morning.

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