Modern History: Henchman of the Manchus Tientsin, Sept. 13
Field-Mazshal Chang Hsun died from heart disease yesterday at 3 p.m.—Eastern News Agency.
Field-Marshal Chang Hsun, one. of the staunchest supporters of the Manchus, was nearly 80 years of age at the time of his death. He was a native of Kiangsi and not, as generally supposed, a Manchu. Gen. Chang, who was of the old school, worked his way up from the ranks. He was one of the quaintest yet strongest men in the whole of China and did not give up his principles [or the support of the Ching dynasty even up to the time of his death. For a long time after-the establishment of the Chinese Republic, Gen, Chang demanded that his soldiers keep their queues and some, even up to the present time, still cling to this.
His first important post was that of Brigadier-General at Ningyuanfu, Szechuan, in 1904. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Yunnan forces in February, 1908, but did not assume the post. Seven months later he was given a similar position at Kansu, and three years later he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Kiangnan forces, with headquarters at Nanking, and with permission to wear the Yellow Jacket. Gen. Chang was in charge of the forces loyal to the Slanchus when the Revolution broke out. The City was attacked by revolutionaries and he effected a masterly. retreat to the northern -bank of the Yangtze, although he had no gunboats at his disposal. Thereafter he commandeered practically the whole of the available rolling-stock of the Tiensin-Pukou Railway, using it as a portable camp for his forces. Though barbarously severe, he won universal admiration by the manner in which he preserved discipline, among his forces, and peace and order in the vicinity where he was encamped. The Manchus promoted him Viceroy of the two Kiang provinces (Kiangsi and Kiangsu) as an inducement for him to. recapture them for the Imperial House. He continued to occupy. strategic posts along the Tsin-Pu Railway for months after the abdication of the Manchus, although better posts were offered him in Tibet and elsewhere,
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