| New Army | |
|---|---|
| 新軍 | |
.svg) Flag of the Qing dynasty | |
| Active | 1895–1912 |
| Disbanded | 1912 |
| Country |  China |
| Allegiance |  Emperor of China |
| Branch | Imperial Qing Army |
| Type | Army |
| Role | Land warfare |
| Size | Corps |
| Part of | Military of the Qing dynasty |
| Garrison/HQ | Beijing |
| March | Soldier's Training Song |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Yuan Shikai 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 combined modernised army corps formed under the Qing dynasty in December 1895, following its defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. At first it consisted of a few experimental units, but after 1901 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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- ^ Yoshihiro 1968.
- ^ Fung 1980.
- ^ Brunnert & Hagelstrom 2007, pp. 285–288.