Leaving no stone unturned in his search for new and effectly nieans of eradicating the Commun-marauders, General Chiang has devoted his spare time to the st of the Works and memoirs of suc famous generals as the celebrated Tseng Kuo-fan (circa 1960) who fought the Taipings and Tso Tsung-tan (1880) who reconquer-Sinkiang. After exhaustive study, he became convinced that profitable lessons might be drawn from the experience of these past The ' monograph is divided into five chapters, dealing among other things with the system of "Pao-ith Chin" (or mutual guarantee, that fs, a aystem whereby" the Inabitants of a village are held jointly Accountable for the misconduct of Sng of its members), the aystem of ible for the success of the fate Tseng Kuo-fan. against the Taiping rebels, and_with storfge of urplas. food stuffs, bandit. Suppression expenditures, "and methods of offence and.' defence Against the bandits.
The book contains a brief preface by General Chiang Kai-shek in which The. emphasizes that the Tethods of pursed by these past leaders might still be followed with refit at the present juncture—
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