Minguo Beijing zhengfu lujun xunlian zongjian shimo.

This article examines the establishment of the office of Director of Army Training by Yuan Shikai in 1915. The aim of the new post was to create an office at the highest level of military training within the central government. The article explains the structure and management of the training school itself. Yuan Shikai’s aim was to effectively implement a program of military education and technical training. Due to historical circumstances, the efforts failed. At the time of Yuan Shikai’s death (June 1916), the Director of Army Training had already lost his power and authority. By the summer of 1917, the directorship had been abolished.