At this time, persons who would later become leading military men and statesmen participated in the government army: Major General Tateki TANI (later, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce) as Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Sukenori KABAYAMA (later, Navy Minister, Chief of the Naval General Staff) as Chief of Staff, as well as Major Gentaro KODAMA (later, Army Minister, Chief of the General Staff), Major Soroku KAWAKAMI (later, Chief of the General Staff), Major Yasukata OKU (later, Chief of General Staff, General of the Army), for example.
この時の官軍側には、司令官の谷干城少将（後に農商務大臣）、参謀長の樺山資紀中佐（後に海軍大臣・軍令部長）はじめ、児玉源太郎少佐（後に陸軍大臣・参謀総長）、川上操六少佐（後に参謀総長）・奥保鞏少佐（後に参謀総長・元帥）など、後年の大物軍人・政治家らが参加していた。