The fact that His Excellency Major-General Cameron, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Hongkong and the Straits Settlements, had offered to make a trip to cally to their work in order to make as good a figure as possi in the eyes of the General; and when it became known that the date of His Excelleucy's return to Hongkong rendered it necessary to hold potion a few days before the tine nally fixed, the officers redoubled their exertions to ly day, wud the sun bring within the Race Course into en pital condition for military evolutions.
16 roridents ut the Settlements assembled in hundreds to watch the evolutions of the Volunteers, and those of the men of the Omat, who attended oan escortter General Caweron; while thousands of Chinese thronged round the course, The whole Force mustered in the Central Police Compound at three o'clock, a high percentage of. every branch of the Corps turning out, The Artillery, under Captai 2 Dallas, with whom were Lieute, Noel and L-mond, mustered 43 officers and men, manning the four guns recently presented by the British Government, The Light Horeo numbered 32, under command of Lieut. do Malherbe and Adjutant Hough, Captain Keswick being in attendance on General Cameron. Of the four infantry Companies, No. 1 showed 26 tile, under Captain Morrison and Lieuts. Dowdall and Cory; No. 2 had a front of 17 file under Captain Bright and Lionts, Auderaon and Gurney; No. 3, 16 filo under Captain Lo ning and Lieuts, Burgoyne and Lewis; and No. 4, 11 file, under Capt. Danenberg and Lieut, Senna, 'The Infantry Gompanies thus numbered, with officers, geants and supernumeraries, upwards of 170 men; and the whole Force, including; the Band under the Chev. BIN.' Vela, an the Anterican Force from the Omaha, totalled fully 400 mon. 'The Volunteer Force was under command of Major Holliday and Surgeon-Major Heuderaon was attached to the Stafl eae Soon'after o'clock the inspecting officer, General Oanieron, arrived at the Police and' On "Keswick, and individually in-Compound, attended by Lieut. Somerville spected every member of the Corps. The hole Force then marched off to the Rac:
by way of Honan and Nanking anilora, under the command of Lieut. W. W. Gilpatrick, with Lieut. P. St.C. Murphy, as ndjatant, and Lieutenants a1, A. Shuteldt, ©.'H. Harlow, and. W. Brown and Cadets Tawresey and G. R, Evans. The escort natched along the bund up Foochow Road to the corner of Honan Rend, where they waited " few minutes for the Volunteer Light Horse to Thee followed along Honan Race Course in the following with his Staff, ting of Captain Keswick, Light Horse, aut Somerville, A.D.0., and Eu Holliday, 4.D.C.; the Town Band under M, Vela; the Auerican marines and sailora under Lieutenant Gilpatrick; Major Holliday, and the Volunteer Infantry; the being brought up by the Artillery.
Maclean, ALM. Moses Councillors, went out to ting base on the Rrco Cou the troops had been veral Cameron went up the Cou cillors and introduced himself to them, shook hands, and said he was glad can opportunity of inspect their army, and that he was much pleated with the kindness of the Americans in pro with an escort, Ho th proceeded with the re Harte marched past General sav ili their auanual and marching drill, und when they had turmed in line again he addressed them, He said he was very much pleased with the courtesy shown in place at his service, and also with the pr with which they had gone through drill, Ho shook hands with Lieuts i went to review the Vulu Americans then marched off Lieutenant Gilpatrick took the occasion, after a slight the men through a number lutions while on the march; but the its on the Nanking Road were very ba d the road was crowded with traps, jinricsha, and wheelbarrows, 80 that the evolutions could not be ex: ecuted without difficulty. Several occurred, one brow having the glass windows atthe back smashed, while a pony got into a jinricsha, It' must, however, he stated that the orders to the Police at the Police Compound and Race Course were well executed. At the former place, only the Volunteers were admitted, and at the latter the Chiness were rigidly kept out.
Meanwhile the Infantry under Major Holliday, the Artillery under Capt. Dallas, and the Light Horse under Lieut. de Mal-here, went through separate evolutions, the Infantry first performing a number of manceuvres in close order, and then ext sented the oppo: quantity of blank expended, the wh before seven o'clock, drawn up in a square around the Staff; the Infantry, Artillery and Light Horse forming three sides, and the public of Shanghai the fourth.
General Canerox eaid—Major Holliday, officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Shanghai Volunteers, it has afforded pleasure to come here a1 inspect this Corps, composed, 1 bel of all nationalities, and forming a geod specimen of how wal, all Junteers and others—pull together in thia Settlement. Nothing could afford me greater plonsure than to see everybody shoulder to shoulder for the common good. I have had a urext deal to do with Volunteers, I had 73,000 under my command in the Northern District, representing one-third of all the Volunteers England; and therefore L ought to know something about Volunteers. I'am colonel of a Volunteer regiment at home, and I take the greatest interest in Volunteering and whatever J say you may depend upon itis said for your good. The beat friend is always the one who speaks openly, and ts out whut there is to be improved, Now, tuking Volunteers in general—and I hope Lam not speaking humbug; have got some about me who have been with England, and who also know about Volunteera—I should aay that' on the whole you compare favourably with most of the Volunteer Corps at tome. You have a great deal to do here; and you cinuot afford even the same amount of time that the Voluntece has at home. A good many Volunteers at home manage to put in their sixty and uty drills 8 yer; and you clu nut do Lkuow. TF do not suppose there is anybody here who puts in much more tha twenty. Am TI right, Major Holliday 7 Major Holliday Now all the olimteers can expect to do in such a very short time is to lay a good fonudation—to have a good system of instruction; 40 that if danger comes and you are called out, all events you have a good foundation to work upon, Now as far as L have seon—and-T wish I had had more opportunity of seeing you—yon have avery fair system of instruction; but there ought to be little more military shooting, You all fire simply lik civiiinns—individual Grin for himself. Bat you must ro-military: tiv 1 combined firing 5 dividual firing plays a very small part in comparison; and therefore I should like to see You—if it can be managed at the range—practiae rapid volley-filmy, even if they are amall yolleya—section volley"—because it that you should not only ion, but with grent rapidity. I should therefore like to see rapid independent firing, rapid volley firing, and so ov, ° Major Holliday know' exactly what I mean, In every Volunteer force, although the mays the men may not have very much time to devote to soldiering, ut all events there must be sve who will be able to afford more time for it than others 5 and the great thing is to have a certain nucleus—a certain number of ofticers—why are able to teach the others what todo. Now as far as I cai assist you I will do everything in my power; and if any of your officers come to Hongk and want to learn, I will do everything ty help them. In England, as everybody wows, a certain number of non-coumil sioned officers frum the regular forces sre attached to Volunteers, and " great deal of instruction is afforded to them that you cannot get here. You are dependent very tuch upon yourselves; and therefore I think it would be a' very god thing if you could have even a very small portion of your mumber better instructed, I hear that your- lectures Tam sorry I have not had an opportunity of attending one—sre merely lectures on ordinary drill. But they ought to go beyond that. "Drill is nothing im itself, It is very necessary; but it is only an instru ment. What can drill do, until it in applied? You must learn how to apply it; and there a lecture, a a preliminary to practice on the ground, is a very useful thing. Ido not know whether it can be managed—I am only speaking of things as they occur to me;—but if something like the war game could be yot up, which con~ tains all the principles of war, I think it would be a very good thing. then I think it mould be as well to introduce Morris'
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