Human resources of independent army was from righteous army, ex-soldiers of Korean Empire and graduates of national educational institutions founded around 1910. Righteous army growed at national level after the assassination of Empress Myeongseong and proclamation of the ordinance prohibiting topknots in 1895. Then it became one of the main resources for independent army in Manchuria after the annexation. Meanwhile, ex-soldiers graduated from Military School of Korean Empire went to Manchuria and performed a role as leaders to raise new independent army based on their military knowledge and experiences. As they demonstrated their ability in many national educational institutions, some great leaders of independent army appeared in the 1920s.
There were two ways to raise the sinews of war of independent army. One way of it was raising money in local area, Manchuria. The other way was getting money from wealthy people or organizations in homeland. These two were important strategy to make budget for independent movement organizations founded since March 1st in 1919. However, fund-raising ways were various according to scale, systemicity and use of human resources of organizations. Bohabdan and Daehandoklipdan also raised money in Manchuria and homeland and then, their destiny was determined by the use of it.