General Ch'en Kuang-yuan
陳光遠字秀峯
General Ch'en Kuang-yuan was born at Wuchinghsien, Chihli in 1878. He received military education from the Peiyang Military Academy and served in the Peiyang Army through different ranks. In 1912, the first year of the Republic General Ch'en Kuang-yuan was given the rank of Brigadier-General. In July 1913, he was appointed Occupation Commissioner of Chihfeng, Jehol Special District, which position he held until May 1914 when it was abolished. The troops that were then in his command were the 12th Division. He was ordered to move his sɔldiers to Ksiyuan or the western suburb of Peking for the protection of Peking. In May, 1917 when General Tuan Chi-jui, Prime Minister, was dismissed by a mandate in consequence of his decision to force the Parliament to pass a bill on China's declaration of war against Germany, and all military governors of the dif-
