Shanghai, General Ho Feng-ling, has received a telegram to the effect that a Presidential Mandate has been issued conferring upon Col. R. Marr Johnson, ¢.M-G., D.S-0., Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, the third class Order of the Wenfu (Literary Tiger).
This Order, of the third class, is designated for award to officers who have attained the rank of Major-General, and the fact that it has been conferred upon Col. Marr Johnson is a tribute to the esteem in which he is generally held. Members of the Volunteers, as well as his many friends outside the Corps, will join in congratulating him upon this well-deserved distinction.
We understand that the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hsu Yuan, is also in receipt of a Mandate announcing that addition to the Wenfu, Col. Marr Johnson is to be made the recipient of the Chinese Military Medal of the First Class.
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