Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Tsu-shan

Lieut. Commander T. S. Chu

徐祖善字燕謀

(Hsu Tsu-Shan)

Lieut. Commander T. S. Chu, was born at Wusih, Kiangsu in 1890. He received his naval education in the Nanking Naval Academy, graduating from that institution at the head of his class in 1908. Following his graduation, Commander Chu served in the Chinese Navy on the high seas for two years. In 1910, he was sent by the government to pursue a course in naval architecture in the United States. Commander Chu studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the degree of M. A. in Naval Architecture was conferred on him in 1915. During the subsequent two years he worked in various Navy Yards and Submarine Works as naval architect. In the winter of 1916, he wrote a book in Chinese on Submarine Construction, which was published by the Commercial Press, Shanghai. Early in 1917, Commander Chu was deputed by the Ministry of Navy to participate in watching the Great European Conflict, being attached to the Second of the Grand Fleet of Great Britain and the fleets of France and Italy, visiting practically all the important scenes of war both on land and In recognition of his services with the Grand Fleet, the British government has conferred on Commander Chu the Distinguished Service Order. In the winter of 1918, Commander Chu was appointed Assistant-Naval Attache to the Chinese Legation in London. In the following year, he served on the Committee on Naval Affairs at the Paris Peace Conference. As one of the commissioners to inspect the autumn manoeuvres of Japan, Commander Chu went to Japan in the fall of 1919. Upon his return, he was attached to the Bureau of Naval Affairs of the Ministry of Navy, with the rank of sectional chief, holding concurrently the office of special commissioner at Shanghai of the Department of Aeronautics. In the Spring of 1920, Commander Cha was delegated by the Chinese government to welcome the Italian Army aviators engaged in the Rome-to-Tokio flight. In February 1921, he was appointed acting Councillor of the government Aeronautic Bureau and concurrently chief of the general affairs department of the same bureau. In December 1922, he was appointed superintendent of the Kiaochow Customs, which position he is still holding. He was awarded the Second Class Tashou Chiaho in January 1923.