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MESNY'S CHINESE MISCELLANY

1420. HSIANG SHAN HSIEH ш:-

The Hsiang Shan Brigade, composed of two regiments. Each regiment is commanded by a Tu-stu, Major, who has a Shou-pci, or Second Major, for his Adjutant. At the same time the Major commanding the Left Wing Regiment performs the duties of Brigade-Major and Adjutant to the Brigadier-General. Each regi- ment is divided into two Shao or companies, called in both cases the Tso Yu Shao, or Left

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and Right (Wing) companies. Each company i commanded by a Ch'ien-tsung, Captain, who is assisted by a Tou Ssu Pa-tsung, First-Lioutenant, and a Er-ssu Pa-tsung, Second-Lieutenant, thus

giving

a total of seventeen officers for the whole brigade, besides the usual complement of non- commissioned officers and men.

1421. TA PENG HSIEH

:-The

Ta Peng Hsich Brigade stationed at Chinese Kowloong, opposite the British Colony of Hong-

kong.

The brigade as usual is commanded by a

Brigadier-General, Fu Chiang, or Isich Tai, called Hip Toi in Cantonese.

The brigade has a Tu-ssu, Major, as Adjutant to the General, but it is composed of two bat- talions, only cach commanded by a Shou-pei or Second-Major. Each battalion is divided into

the

usual Left and Right (Wing) Companies or Shao, having a Ch'ien-tsung for Captain to cach Company, with

Tou and a Er-ssu Pa-tsung, First and Second-Lieutenant, besides the usual number of non-commissioncl officers and men, thus giving a total of sixteen

officers.

1422. CHIEH SHIH CHEN # #- The Chieh Shih Chen division, composed of a staff corps or Chên Piao of three regiments and a territorial regiment called the Ping Hai Ying.

Jan. 9th, 1896.

manded by a Ts'an Chiang, or Colonel. Each regiment has a Shou-pei, or Second-Major as adjutant.

The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the central regiment acts as the General's Adjutant. Each regiment is divided into the usual left and right wing companies, and is commanded by a Chien tsung, Captain, assisted by a Tou-ssá Pa-tsung, First-Lieutenant, and a Br-ssu Pa-tsung, Second- Lieutenant, in each case, thus giving a total of twenty-four officers for the staff corps, besides the usual complement of non-commissioned officers and men to cach regiment, besides the General.

1423. PING HAI YING

The division is commanded by a Tsung Ping, or Chen Tai, Lieutenant-General. The central and left wing regiments of the staff corps are each commanded by a Yu-chi, Lieutenant-Colonel; the Right Wing Regiment is commanded by a Tu-ssu, or Major, the Territorial Regiment is com-

-The Ping Hai Regiment. This territorial regiment, as I have said, forms part of the Chich Shik division, and is commanded by a Ts'an Chiang, Colonel, who has a Shou-pei, or Second-Major, for his Adjutant. The regiment is also divided into two companies, each having a Chien-tsung, Cap- tain, a Tou-ssŭ Pa-tsung, First-Lieutenant, and a Er-ssa Pa-tsung, Second-Lieutenant, that gives eight officers, besides non-commissioned officers

and men.

1424. NAN AO CHÊN YU YING ★ UЯ6

-The Nan Ao (or Namao as it is pronoun- ced locally) division has but two staff regiments, Tso Yu Liang Ying, and one of them, the left wing regiment, is payed and equipped by the government of Fu-kien province, as the station is partly in Fu-kien territory and partly only in Kuang-tung territory. The Right Wing Regi- ment, belonging to this province, is commanded by a Yu-chi, Lieutenant-Colonel, who has a Shou- pei, Second-Major, for his Adjutant.

The regiment is divided into two Shao or companies, each commanded by a Chien-tsung, Captain, assisted by a First and Second-Lieut- enant, thus giving nine officers, including the General, besides the usual complement of non- commissioned officers and men. Beside its staff regiments the Nan Ao division has two territorial regiments and one territorial battalion in the Kuang-tung province.