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from Chiangchun to Tutung and General P'an therefore, became Acting Tutung of Suiyuan. In December 1914 this post was substantiated to him. In October 1916 General Pan was relieved of the Suiyuan post and was called to Peking where he received military advisorship to the President. In June 1918 Marshal Tsao Kun was appointed High Military Commissioner of Szechuan, Kuangtung, Hunan and Kiangsi, for operations against the south. General Pan was appointed Chief Staff Officer to the office of the High Military Commissioner. In March 1919 General P'an was awarded the Second Class Tashou Paokuang Chiaho and in November 1919 he was made a Chiangchun of the Chiangchun Fu or College of Marshals. In 1920 given the Second Class Wenfu. In July 1921 General Pan was appointed Chief of the Aeronautic Department. In February 1922 he was awarded the Fifth Order of Merit and in October 1922 the First Class Tashou Chiaho Decoration and was also made a Chiangchun with special title "Chu-wei." In November 1923 General Pan was removed from the post of Chief of the Aeronautic Department, being succeeded by General Chao Yu-k'e.