张鸿翼为震亡官兵写祭文--“民国地震科考第一人张鸿翼”补遗

Zhang Hongyi wrote a memorial for officers and soldiers died in the earthquake:Addendum to“Zhang Hongyi,the pioneer of earthquake scientific investigation in the Republic of China”

1917年7月31日早晨,云南靖国军十二团官兵行军途中突遭大地震袭击,死亡300余人。翌年4月,十二团官兵在大关县吉利铺黄金坝举行公祭,悼念震亡战友,并树立纪念碑。张鸿翼时任云南省督署上校秘书官,为公祭写了一篇感人至深的祭文。公祭震亡官兵,为其写作祭文,在我国震灾史上都是第一次,也是唯一的一次,值得永志史册。

On the morning of Jul.31,1917,officers and soldiers of 12th regiment Yunnan Jingguo army corps were suddenly hit by a major earthquake during their march,and more than 300 people died.In April of the following year,officers and soldiers of 12th regiment held a public memorial ceremony on Daguan County Jilipu Huangjin Dam and erected a monument to memorize their comrades.Zhang Hongyi was the colonel secretary of Yunnan provincial governor’s office at the time and wrote a very moving eulogy.It is the first and the only time in the history of earthquake disasters in our country that an eulogy was written to memorize the officers and soldiers died in an earthquake in public,and it is worthy of eternal history.