List of the main cadres of the Imperial Army up to 1896

1. Main cadres of the army in 1894:

(1) General Staff:

Chief of General Staff: Lieutenant General Liu Yun (Marquis)

Chief of the Operations Division: Major General Yang Zhengjin

Chief of the Training Division: Major General Wu Dingguo

Chief of the Intelligence Division: Major General Zhu Tao

Director of the Logistics Division: Major General Ma Chengwu

Chief of the Armament Division: Major General Hook

(2) List of principal officers

(1) Praetorian Guard:

Commander of the Beijing Garrison Brigade: Brigadier General Chen Jiayun

Commander of the Praetorian Guard Teaching Brigade: Brigadier General Wu Beinian

Commander of the Praetorian Hussar Brigade: [Dong Fuxiang] Brigadier General

Commander of the 1st Praetorian Guard Division: Major General Ding Jieyun

Subordinate:

Commander of the 1st Janissary Brigade: Colonel Lu Zixiang

Commander of the Second Janissary Brigade: Colonel He Pengcheng

Commander of the 3rd Janissary Brigade: Colonel Wang Zhen

Commander of the Second Praetorian Guard Division: Major General Zhong Xiahuo

Subordinate:

Commander of the Fourth Janissary Brigade: Brigadier General Zhang Yaoqian

Commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Praetorian Guard: Brigadier General Liu Bailiang

Commander of the 6th Janissary Brigade: Colonel Liang Tianhe

Commander of the Third Praetorian Guard Division: Major General [Nie Shicheng].

Subordinate:

Commander of the 7th Battalion of the Praetorian Guard: Colonel Zhang Yiye

Commander of the Eighth Battalion of the Praetorian Guard: [Xu Bangdao] Colonel

Commander of the 9th Battalion of the Praetorian Guard: Colonel Du Zhuolin

Commander of the 4th Praetorian Guard Division: Major General [Zuo Guigui].

Subordinate:

Commander of the 10th Janissary Brigade: Colonel Gu Yingyang

Commander of the 11th Janissary Brigade: Colonel Xiao Ruhai

Commander of the 12th Janissary Brigade: [Wang Debiao] Colonel

Commander of the Fifth Division of the Praetorian Guard: Brigadier General Zhang Yao (concurrently)

(2) Wehrmacht:

Commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade: Colonel Tsunamisky

Commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade: Colonel Zhao Feixue

Commander of the 1st Infantry Division: Major General Deng Jian

Commander of the Second Infantry Division: Major General [Liu Yongfu].

Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division: Major General [Wei Rugui].

Commander of the Fourth Infantry Division: Major General [Xu Xiang].

2. The appointment certificate of 23 September 1895

(Emperor Guangxu's last military appointment letter)

He was awarded the title of Duke of Wuwei Liu Yun as Chief of the General Staff;

Earl Liu Kun was awarded the title of General of the Army;

Admiral Liu Buyun, Viscount of the Navy;

Viscount Yang Zhengjin was awarded the commander of the reserve army;

Lieutenant General Ding Jieyun was awarded Viscount Ding Jieyun as commander of the Praetorian Guard;

Lieutenant General of the Northeast Military Region;

Lieutenant General of the Baron Hook Army Commander of the Zhili Military Region;

Baron Liu Bailiang was awarded the commander of the East China Military Region;

Awarded Baron Wu Beinian as Lieutenant General of the Army Commander of the South China Military Region;

Awarded Viscount Nie Shicheng as Lieutenant General of the Southwest Military Region;

Awarded the Baron Wu Dingguo Lieutenant General as Commander of the Northwest Military Region;

Conferred the title of Viscount Zedoqilan Army Major General as Commander of the Tibet Special Military Region;

Baron Zhang Yao, former army major general, commander of the Mongolian Special Military Region;

Viscount Lin Taizeng, Vice Admiral of the Zhenyang Fleet and President of the Imperial Naval University;

Vice Admiral Yang Yonglin, Baron Yang Yonglin, Commander of the Beiyang Fleet;

Awarded Baron Chiang Chao Vice Admiral Commander of the Ocean Fleet;

Awarded Baron Vice Admiral Huang Jianxun as commander of the South Seas Fleet.

other

Baron Zhu Tao, Lieutenant General of the Army, Chief of the Operations Division of the General Staff;

Awarded Baron Gu Yingyang, Lieutenant General of the Army, Director of the Training Division of the General Staff;

Baron Xiao Ruhai, Lieutenant General of the Army, Director of the Equipment Division of the General Staff;

Baron Ma Chengwu, Lieutenant General of the Army, Director of the Logistics Department of the General Staff;

Awarded Baron Du Zhuolin as Lieutenant General of the General Staff as Chief of the Intelligence Department.

3. On May 26, 1896, he was appointed to the title of Chin

(Certificate of appointment and conferment issued in the second week after the Guangxingding case)

General Liu Yun, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, awarded the rank of marshal and the scepter of marshal;

Wang Zhi, President of the Imperial War Academy and President of the Imperial Army University, was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General;

Lieutenant General Zhong Xiahuo, former commander of the Northeast Military Region, was reappointed as commander of the Praetorian Guard and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Yang Zhengjin, the former commander of the Reserve Army, was reappointed as the commander of the Northeast Military Region and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Deng Jian, former commander of the First Infantry Army, was promoted to commander of the reserve army and awarded the rank of general;

Major General Zhang Yiye, the former commander of the Fourth Janissary Division, was promoted to commander of the First Infantry Army and awarded the rank of lieutenant general;

Lieutenant General Hu Ke, the former commander of the Zhili Military Region, was reappointed as the chief of the Operations Division of the General Staff and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Zuo Guigui, the former commander of the Second Infantry Army, was promoted to the commander of the Zhili Military Region and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Ma Chengwu, former director of the Logistics Division of the General Staff, was reappointed as the director of the Intelligence Division of the General Staff and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Wu Dingguo, the former commander of the Northwest Military Region, was reappointed as the director of the Logistics Division of the General Staff and awarded the rank of general;

Zhang Yao, the former commander of the Mongolian Special Military Region, was reappointed as the commander of the Northwest Military Region and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general;

Lieutenant General Liu Bailiang, former commander of the East China Military Region, was reappointed commander of the South China Military Region and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Nie Shicheng, former commander of the Southwest Military Region, was reappointed commander of the East China Military Region and awarded the rank of general;

Lieutenant General Gu Yingyang, former director of the Training Division of the General Staff, was reappointed commander of the Southwest Military Region and awarded the rank of general;

Major General Liang Tianhe, former commander of the Fifth Janissary Division, was promoted to the head of the Training Division of the General Staff and awarded the rank of lieutenant general;

Xiang Lan, the former commander of the Praetorian Guards Cavalry Brigade, was promoted to Colonel of the Blue Army and promoted to the commander of the Mongolian Special Military Region and promoted to the rank of major general;

Colonel Zhao Minhe, the former commander of the Fifth Janissary Brigade, was promoted to the commander of the First Praetorian Guard Division and was promoted to the rank of major general;

Colonel Chen Xingyun, the former commander of the 7th Janissary Brigade, was promoted to commander of the 2nd Praetorian Guard Division and was promoted to the rank of major general;

Colonel Shen Xingyi, the former commander of the 1st Marine Brigade, was reassigned to the Army, promoted to the commander of the 3rd Praetorian Guard Division, and was promoted to the rank of major general;

Colonel Hu Weiwei, the former commander of the Janissary Mixed Artillery Brigade, was promoted to the commander of the Fourth Praetorian Guard Division and was promoted to the rank of major general;

Colonel Xiao Lieri, the former commander of the First Janissaries Brigade, was promoted to commander of the Fifth Praetorian Guard Division and promoted to the rank of major general.