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General Chiang Tso-pin was born at Yinchen, Hupei Province, in 1883. After having received Chinese education in the native province, he went to Japan where he entered and graduated from the Imperial University in Tokyo. In December 1907 he enrolled in the Military Officers' Academy. He was one of the 64 Chinese students of the fourth batch admitted to that Academy. General Chiang took the course on Infantry. Upon his return to China after graduation from the Academy, he took examinations in Peking and was given the rank of Chu-jen. Subsequently he was appointed a professor in the Government Military College. There he translated into Chinese several Japanese books on military tactics and terminology which brought to him much fame. While in Japan, General Chiang made the acquaintance of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and became a strong revolutionary agitator. He took a prominent part in the First Revolution. The Provisional government was inaugurated in Nanking on January 1st 1912, the Brithday of the Chinese Republic. On the 4th, President Sun