Beiyang Army/beiyang Clique in Power 1911-15

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    Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?
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    The power that I have on you is to spare you;
    The malice towards you, to forgive you. Live,
    And deal with others better.
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