foremost more partly he told them he was a relative of robert e. lee. nd they thought that was wonderful. is this american strategists, with great credentials. he was not a relative of robert e. lee, and they hired him to help organize and train this ramshackle army to putting together in china. in the summer of 1900, homer lea went to china, he got a lieutenant generals commission and his army which was not a formal army by today's standards. and wandered around china, he didn't accomplish much. and this coincided with the boxer rebellion so there was a lot of discord and activity in china. the military venture was crushed by thepeial government. homer lea left china, came back to united states but continued working with the chinese. next episode going back to china and leading a resurrected force in america, covertorce over training plan, across american cities, across the nation, over 2000 chinese joint military schools. in reality it was a very thin veil for training a covert army. the schools were supposed to teach conventional english, math, social