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Excerpt from Translation of the Peking Gazette: For 1873 Although the two deposed officers were not guilty of the crime of deducting from the soldiers' allowances, yet, from the time of their vacating their posts, the petty officers and volunteers under their command assembled in crowds to extort money. All this trouble has arisen from an inability to control their soldiers on ordinary occa sions, and both officers are alike guilty in this respect. We command that both be degraded to the rank of Tsan-tsiang; and that the four sergeants Le Chun-lin, Ching Tsung-jin, Ching Kea-tsai, and Le Kin-tae be deprived of their rank. Le Kin-tae, however, in originating the disturbance and in making a pretext for extortion, is more guilty than the others, and we therefore command that he be sent to Bih-lung-keang, to fill the office of an official suffering punishment, in order to assert the dignity of Military law. Let the others be dealt with in accordance with the terms of the 'petition. The pro per Board is acquainted with the case. Respect this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
