Lacking guns, proper uniforms, and reduced to wearing straw shoes, the school could only manage to obtain 30 battered mauser rifles.
當地兵工廠為討好楊、劉二人，故意耽延不發槍械給軍校，第一期開學時只給了卅支舊槍，而且沒有子彈。後來，國父只好向石井兵工廠馬超俊廠長求援，由於馬先生是國民黨員，乃設法運了五百支步槍給軍校。