Not long thereafter, Chiang Kai-shek made his famous appeal for "100,000 young men, 100,000 soldiers," and Ho responded by exchanging the pen for the sword. He was among the first class of "youth soldiers" to graduate.
不久蔣委員長號召「十萬青年十萬軍」，何延泰就投筆從戎，成為青年軍第一期學員。