Between fifty and sixty residents attended a meeting held on Monday in consequence of the following notice, signed by Motrisou, commanding the Shanghai Volunteer Corps:—"*Several old members of the Corps havi expressed," wish to render good assistance in the present state of affairs, a meeting under the presidency of the Chairman of the Cotincil will be held in the Council Board Room, on Monday, the 15th instant, at 5 p.m., to make such arratigements as may be uscessary. All old Volunteers, and cther residents who have gone through a military training are invited to attend."
Mr. J. G. Puxvoy, Chairman of the Municipal Council, who presided, express sed his pleasure at seeing sv many present, and said there had been a large accession of numbers to the volunteer corps by their German fellow residents. forming com-riy. They hoped none of them would needed, but the only. way not be needed was to be ready if needed. He hoped all present and many not present would feel it their duty to join.
Mr. Monnison said a large number of
Possibility of joining the Corps just then, std Volunteers had spoken to him of the when it seemed possible, he would not say probable, that their services might be rewired. There wasa standing order of the volunteer force to the effect that the Council would not allow non-efficients to turn out for service in company with efficients, end. that they would not alter'or annul that rule, without giving a week's notice."
[corps went out certain orders would be given. For instance, the command might be given to the Artillery, Action right." That was a command in two words, and although the corps was not: a very smart, one compared with the regulars, the order would be obeyed in very small namber of secmmds, But it had tw be obeyed: eon itrerss tod ceeiacameeen a "whom did something, different, and it would take ten minutes just, to repeat once the duties of exch of these men." It was quite manifest. under these circumstances that if any untrained man were to go into that body, instead of doing good he would an infinite amount of perhaps get rps into serious trouble. toe and might On the other hand there were: duties which might be: performed by these men. Suppose some peuple were detained at a place some distance from the suttlement, wud it Was necessary to send out a party to relieve them. The Best. plan might be to send out a gun with an escort. It would be folly to refuse driver who was not instead " man who wi shot but was a poor river.
That would be absurd, and no one would aay it was an infracti of the rules to employ an out sider for " purpose of that description, Therefore there were services more or less connected with the Volunteer corps which might be performed: by men who were not, in the proper sehise of the term, ofticionts, without in wuy way interfering with the rule. He took it that there were in that room two classes of men, First he would take those who left the corps a comparatively. short tine ago and who were willing. tw go back tu it now, ie. who wished to be placed on the efficient list. It would be quite a fair thing to admit these men and to allow them to commence to drill at once: they must dos little drill, and as soon as it was quite clear that they: had brushed up their old drill, and' made themselves masters of what changes had taken place: since they were on the roll, they might' be placed upon the efficient list. Tut would be no hardship to. those already-on the list, because the new comers: wou d serviceable men, many. of then being men who had served inthe-corps for years and years, Nor did he think this" would" be: any hardship to who were not on the efficient: list, on account of not having putin sufficient number of drills during last training. But men who did not belong to the corps did nu harm to it, except that they reduced the nutnbets; wud besides; met whin had served great many yeara'in the corps were entitled w retire. But'the nen on the roll. who did not attend t6 their drills during the train-itis season were " class of met who did an mense amount of harm td tle corps, and if they were not strictly freited they would soon reduce the efficiency of the corps to. very luw pitch, It was no hardship on them: to be strict with them time, and_ th an opportunity of there were drills going on at the present working their way on £0 aevemictens list Thea there were those who were not prepared to do quite s much asthe class he had first mentioned. Many of them be be useful for various: purposes. For instance; if the' corps: were called out, there might' be. plates to be guarded, and sv long aa'the aumnber of men who were willing to guard thet: 38 not itt excess of a reasonable number, every mau who said be yes willing to be put on
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