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WHO'S WHO IN CHINA

General Lu Yung-ting

陸榮廷字幹卿

General Lu Yung-ting was born at Hu-ming Hsien, Kuangsi Province, in 1856. He was at one time a leader of outlaws but later reclaimed and took military service when Soo Yuan-chun was Commander-in-Chief of Kuangsi troops. In 1903 General Lu was commander of an expedition against the bandits in Kuangsi during which he distinguished himself as a good fighter. He was gradually promoted to Brigade General of Tso-chiang Chen; Commander of the Defence Forces and Patrols of Lungchow; and Provincial Commander of Kuangsi. In 1911 General Lu was appointed