With the Union Jack flying over the mill at Jessfield, men in khaki in evi possession of the immediate country si big guns m workmanlike position, ponies picketted and ponies on the march, the glitter of sword and bayonet, and the smoke of the camp fire, there is unmistakeable evidence that the military evacuation of Shanghai was not quite complete as some people thought. The Light Horse and the Artillery the two smartest and most energetic branches of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, took temporary possession last. Thursday of the posts deserted in December, and during the Easter they have lived there the life of er ow active service. Up with the sin in the morning, engaged throughout the day in the discharge of duties which, listed in the blackest printers' ink, look too much like hard work to arouse desire for emulation in the mind of the case-loving visitor, and to bed carly at night, has been the routine of our citizen: soldiers while their friends have holidayed in houseboats and pursued happiness in the many ways regulated by custom and exainpleby a recept visitors or x smoking concert, make the people of Shanzlai proud of "nel: a body of men. Yesterday morning they ended divine service at the Church of Our Saviour in Broadway, the march being one of t must' have diss flucices of a smoking con rt, kept up to a very late hour, on the pre The Light Horse There was little munshi yesterday, Int it was fine weather for sport, cool, di and breezy, and the Li arse Khana was & most successful social ending to the Easter outing. Locomotives of} every sort went to Jessfield a and unfortunate people ordered a cam cither to wall in the t: events was of the spe too long, entertaining, on by the senior officers.
Major Clarke acted as ju 1 usual tact and skill, and of the conclusion Miss Bell presented the prizes to the successful competitors. The Town Band added considerably to the enjoyment of the afternoon by playing a choice selection of music. The following is a list of the different events and results, the heats of 5 as usttaly forty and fifty the in the weal Was with the ste he patty. sky, had been rat the munshi After aw Tiras tiekls to the i inspection of what was tr bes ality. the purty. returned te ie in, their read by the some well-known Shanghai resid ats who
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