One regiment, the best of the 19th Route Army, which Tsai Ting. personally had commanded, his Cadet Regiment, ig still intact, and absolutely independent of all political amit tion, It alone refused to knud down. to be coerced into joining either the Canton or the Nanking armies, After the Fukien rebellion was crushed, punitive expeditions Were sent to overwhelm it, but 1. cluded its enemies. Tired of repelling its foraging incursions, Gen. Chan Chal-tong finally started sene riga monthly allowance, as much a: is given to the ordinary Kuangtung regiment; and sinic then these [veterans have stayed put in wester Fukien, living peacefully in thei camp.
In it¢ heyday, the 19th Route Army comprised five divisions. Two were worsted and so broken up that th could not be reformed when the Fukien revolt was put down, The cies three surrendered to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, and are now the Sixth Route Army, an integral part of the National Army, stationed in Honan Province.
Coming back to the appropriation on which the old Cadet Regiment has "been living it is Interesting to nots that, while the money is being disbursed' by he Canton Military' Headquarters, it is not derived from fax collections as is true of the appropriation for ordinary military expenses. What is being given this fen nant of the 19th Boule Army comes out of a fund that was built from the voluntary contributions the people of Kuangtung to reward soldiers who had defended of Reporters Suspicious of all news gatherers since, posing s reporter, Sun Feng-ming made the attempt on the I Mr. Wang Chirg-wel, Canton oMcials have Kept them lately in the background. The News Reporters Guild yesterday gravely deliberated, and fwalh urge that 20 for whom it will vouch should have special privileges, that they may be in the. front line when a notable lands from a steam~ for, or when he delivers an oration, Those accorded this privilege will [have a special badge of identification.
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