Background
Mr. Cho was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, China, in 1885.
Mr. Cho was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, China, in 1885.
Cho Tzu-pei taught botany at schools in Ningbo for several years. He participated in the revolution against the Manchus in 1911. Mr. Cho built two dikes in Zhejiang in 1915 — the Chia Ho dike in Fenghua and the Hsiang Shan dike in Xiangshan. He served successively as commander of the 2nd regiment of the Volunteer Corps of Fenghua and took part in many anti-bandit campaigns in 1929. Mr. Cho went to Guangdong and became adviser to the Financial Bureau of Wei, Chao and Mei districts in 1914. Later he was appointed chief secretary in the Office of the Commissary-General attached to the Headquarters of the Generalissimo of the Revolutionary Army.
Mr. Cho acted as a director of the Department of Military Supplies of the 6th Division of the Revolutionary Army and concurrently chief of the Nanjing office of the same Division and of the 8th Revolutionary Army.