Tokyo, Mar. 23.
In an extensive re-shuffle of high Army posts, Gen. Count H. Terauchi, the War Minister, to-day appointed Major-Gen. R. Isogal, Military Attache to the Japanese Embassy in China, to the important post of direc-for of the Military Affairs Bureau lof the War Office. Gen. Isogal will be succeeded by Major-Gen. S. Kita, a member of the Army General Staff.
Gen. Baron S. Honjo, Chief Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty, was placed fon the waiting list, his post being taken by Lieut.-Gen. 0. Usami, commander of the Seventh Division, quartered at Asahikawa, Hokkaido, who was formally installed into his new office in a ceremony in the pre~ sence of the Emperor this afternoon!
Other changes ordered to-day clude:
Licut.-Gen, ¥. Umetsu, commander of the Second 'Division' and former Jeommandant of the Japanese Garri-North China, promoted to Vice-Sfinistor "of War' dri succession to Lieut.-Gen. M. Furusho, who was lardered attached to the Direclorate-General of Military Aviatio:
Lieut-Gen. 'T. "Nishio, Assistant Chief of Sta of the' Kwantung Army, promoted to Assistant Chief of the Army General Staff, succeeding Lieut-Gen. G. Sugiyama, who was ordered attached to the General Staff, and Licut.-Gen. K, Imal, director of the Military Affairs Bureau, whose post is being taken over by Major-Gen. Isogal was ordered attached to the Directorate-General of Ammunition.
The virtual retirement of Lieut.
Gen. Hashimoto and Licut.-Gen. Hori from their posts was ascribed by informed circles to the fact that the divisions they commanded contributed ofoers and men to the muthous force, which, on February 26, forcibly took control of the Nagato-cho district and assassinated three leading statesmen, The entire re-shuffle was interpreted by these observers as a consequence of the uprising.—Domei.
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