When the troops heard of their General's action, they subscribed a considerable sum of money, and presented him with a white marble tombstone, to be erected in the family burying ground the memory of the old man. The General courteously refused the gut as a memorial to his tather, but told his men that he would have carved upon it the names of their gallant comrades who fell in last year's campaign, adding that had it not be. for the devation of the dead heroes, he, their General would never have attained to his present position in the Army. It is reported that this stone is now to be seen in a prominent position in the camp at Nanyuan, Peking. Such delicate acts of understanding sympathy with his soldiers have endeared him so greatly to them that one is not surprised at the passionate loyalty he inspires in all ranks.
Another striking fact is that the nearest relatives' of every one of Feng's soldiers who fell in battle have received a substantial compensation from the General. Our letter carrier, a_bright young fellow enlisted three years ago, was killed last year in Honan. Within a month or so of his death, the parents of the lad, simple village folk, received $230 with a letter of condolence from the General's staff, an action which made a profound impression upon the neighbourhood. It is so characteristic of ths Commander's solicitude for the families of his soldiers, and yet so contrary to Chinese precedent in these degenerate days, that one does not wonder at the admiration he evokes_in a people who have been led by bitter experience to write down every Tuchun, or General as a selfish grasping tyrant oblivious to every interest in life save the accumulation of riches and honours for himself.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.