In view of what Gen. Chang had in connexion with his troops it as impossible for the writer to inspect any of them, but he was able to see a goodly sized squad of men parading the streets of Chapel. They were under the command of a tall Fengtien colonel, who looked extremely smart in a uniform of green-grey serge, made after the American and Russian army style. This officer carried his sword drawn and an automatic pistol, and the men under him were clad in the well-known grey uniforms.
Their ap- pub vance was excellent and gave the idea of how upright Chinese soldiers can be if they are properly trained. Not one of them had a bent back, and if they slackened they were' immediately given 2 sharp "touch" on the shoulder by the "colonel. in charge. All the equipment which the men bore, including. their uniforms, was made in Mukden.
The most outstanding features remarked by the writer were the men's esprit-de-corps, their diseiplined appearance, their snap and vigour as compared with the mereenary troops which Shanghai has been accustomed to seeing, their military order, their subservience duty, their outstanding physique and' their well-kept and clean uni forms. The officers one and all, struck one as being very keen and intelligent and most business like. (On the whole, they are men who compare favourably with the troops fof some other countries we have teen.
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