Captain Wingate, from Weihaiwei, passed through to go to the "front." We also hear that a handful of American marines, some eleven, were drafted from Shanghai. This is not a noble addition toa continue ut, but we must allow that the grit" is there. Major Bower brought up, at the same time, 18 Shantung men as recruits for Weihaiwei. The Chinese soldiers are said to be proving themselves ficient, but lack the sterner material comprised in Tommy. The Celestial shooting at the butts is almost remark-ale and promises well—if their weapons are not turned against their teachers. A growl reaches us here from Weihai—to use the familiar abbreviation—that, on account of the emergency elsewhere, the harbour and seaboard is occasionally left to be guarded by the powerful dredger. Any enemy ought to know the devastating properties it possesses, yet the inhabitants escape the conviction.
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