military training. Subsequently he made Lieutenant-General. In May 1920 General Hsiung was awarded the Second Class Chiaho. In November 1920 he left the University and very soon was appointed Chief Staff Officer to the High Inspecting Commissioner of Chihli, Shantung and Honan, who was no other person than Marshal Tsao Kun. In February 1922 General Hsiung received the Second Class Tashou Chiabo. In July 1922 he was made “Chang Wei” Chiangchun, a member of the College of Marshals. In September 1922 General Hsiung was appointed Civil Governor of Shantung--this position he is still holding. In October 1922 he was given the Second Class Paokuang Chiaho. In November 1922 he was appointed to hold concurrently the post of Associate Director of the Shantung Rehabilation Bureau and also that of Director General of the Administration of the Kiaochou Port. He was also commissioned to cooperate with Dr. C. T. Wang in taking over that Port from the Japanese. In February 1923 another appointment was given to him and that was associate director for the Construction Works of the Kungchiakou Breach of the Yellow River. In May 1923 General Hsiung was ordered to be censured in connection with the Lincheng Outrage, but to remain in position as before. In November 1923 General Hsiung was given the brevet rank of a full General.
