This paper is a basic research on the emergence and quantitative expansion of Army Academy for the understanding of the educational background of New Army. For more comprehensive understanding of it, multilateral analyses are required, including the...
This paper is a basic research on the emergence and quantitative expansion of Army Academy for the understanding of the educational background of New Army. For more comprehensive understanding of it, multilateral analyses are required, including the emergence and quantitative expansion of Army Academy but also the change of the attitude towards military and Army Academy, a shift of competitive rate for admission to Army Academy and its background, Army Academy graduates" careers, and the ratio of Army Academy graduates within New Army and their activities, etc.
The emergence and quantitative expansion of Army Academy concentrated, the quality of education in it is neglected, while the qualification for admission, quorum, curriculum, terms of completion, staff, etc. of it are partly discussed. At the end of Ching Dynasty, a number of Army Academies were established, and much more students were enrolled and graduated than those studying abroad. The program for the establishment of the military academy system seemed to be more successful than any other for the military revolution.
With the help of the positive social attitude towards New Army, the graduates of Army Academy won high-speed promotion, and many of them had the political power at the end of Ching Dynasty. They occupied many positions extensively, ranging from high-ranking officials of New Army, such as 段祺瑞, 馮國章 and 曹?, to rank-and-file, but they mainly occupied the commanding positions as the backbone of the army. The influx of the graduates of Army Academy could improve the educational quality for New Army, especially for commanding officers. This improvement was largely achieved by the intelligent"s attitude towards enlistment, though not discussed in this paper.
From the discussion above, re-analysis is required of the status of the students studying abroad within New Army and their roles in the revolutionary activities of New Army, etc. In modern Chinese history, those studying abroad played a special role, though fewer in number than Army Academy graduates and the intelligent enlisted. Social influences are said to be related to both qualitative matters and quantitative ones, so the latter should be paid attention to, with the fact that emphasis of those studying abroad is influenced by the Japanese studies of modern China emphasizing covertly the Japanese role. Above all, it should be noted that the Japanese studies are related to the theory that the democratic revolution in 1911 was initiated by the society of those studying in Tokyo.