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to be Military Governor of Heilungkiang to succeed General Hsu and General Hsu was transferred to be adviser to General Chang Tso-ling. In December 1917 he was appointed by the Central government to be aide de camp of the College of Marshals, Peking, and he held this post for a brief period. In October 1920 he was conferred the Fifth Order of Merit. In December 1920 he became commander of the Fengtien troops in Mukden and Chief of Staff to General Chang Tso-ling, High Inspecting Commissioner of Manchuria. During the Chihli-Fengtien War in 1922, General Hsu took an active part as Commander of one brigade of Cavalry. After the defeat of Fengtien, General Hsu retired into private life and has been residing in Tientsin ever since that time.
