Li Hung Chang’s Private Army Attracts Global Attention
A long profile surveys Li Hung Chang's private army concept in China, detailing the Eight Banners heritage, voting on personal force recruitment, and the viceroy’s wealth armed with modern weapons. It notes Japan's secret service model under Gen. Yatabe alongside other imperial power dynamics and a memorial-tinged glimpse of McKinley's Antietam act.
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TV Hung Chang
China
The
Eight Banners
Li Hung Chang
Japain
Impe
Li Hung ‘Chang
Japan
Secret Service
Gen. Yatabe
United States
Uni
I-Ho-Tan
Europe
America
Get. Yatabe
Germany
France
Chitta
Consular
Diplomatic Service
Bureau of Information
Tokio
Onffea
McKinley
Antietam
Twenty-third Ohio
Root
Burnside
Kanawha
Stone Bridge
Hill
Ohio
William McKinley
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Filipino Boy Juan Joins Kansas Regiment Education Tale
A San Francisco arrival features Juan, a barefooted Filipino mascot for the ta tenth Kansas regiment, later educated by Lieut. Ball. Juan learns quickly, speaks clearly, writes legibly, and adapts to school life, becoming popular among peers after stowing away with Funston’s fighters. The piece contrasts military transport limits with big armies and transportation challenges in China.
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Juan Guriendo
Kansas City
Colin H. Ball
San Francisco
Juan
San Fernando
Funston
Ball
Lieut. Ball
Kan~sas City Times
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Seymour
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London
Solmon
England
B. Paul Newman
Washington
Chicka~ Manga National Park
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
LI Ung Chang
Canton
Chinese Imperial Railway
Yatabe
Theodosius the Great
Aulus Cornelius
Ticinus
Hannibal
Lawton
War Department
Gen. Lawton
Col. Denby
Boston
Tournal
Russia
Chicago