New Army

New Army
新軍
Flag of the Qing dynasty
Active	1895–1912
Disbanded	1912
Country	China
Allegiance	Emperor of China
Branch	Army
Part of	Military of the Qing dynasty
March	Soldier's Training Song
Engagements	Boxer Rebellion Xinhai Revolution
Commanders
Notable commanders	Yuan Shikai Yinchang Zhang Zhidong Tieliang
Nominal Commander	Ronglu 1895-1903
Insignia
Flag of China (1889–1912)

The New Army (Traditional Chinese: 新軍, Simplified Chinese: 新军; Pinyin: Xīnjūn, Manchu: Ice cooha), more fully called the Newly Created Army (新建陸軍 Xinjian Lujun^[a][b]), was the modernised army corps formed under the Qing dynasty in December 1895, following its defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. It was envisioned as a regular and professional fully trained and equipped according to Western standards with a reserve. In 1903 an imperial edict expanded it to 36 divisions of 12,500 men each, or total of 450,000 in peacetime supplemented by a further 523,000 reservists in wartime though it never achieved a strength above 300,000.^[1][2][3]

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