General of Hupeh and Hunan, yesterday wired the following proposal to the Central Giovernment concerning the curtailment soldiery (1) The number of soldiers be fixed and the national troops be organized into 40 divisions (2) The deficiency in the soldiery be not replenished in future (3) Old and young soldiers to be weeded out (4) Superfluous soldiers be turned into workmen, to be employed in the construction of national roads as well as in reclamation work.—Eastern News Agency.
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