An advertisement in to-day's issue announces a scheme to form a Scottish Company under the auspices of the St. Andrew's Bociety, for service with the Shang hai Volunteer Corps. The move ment is an admirable one in many ways and we do not doubt its sue-cess. It has often been regretted that, while there were American, Chinese, German, Japanese and Portuguese Companies, there was no distinctively British Company. "A" Company has always been virtually a British Company, we believe, but the name was missing. The present is an excellent opportunity to supply the want, for one part of Great Britain. In the second place, in the enthusiasm of sending off volunteers to England, the needs of the 8.V.C. must not be overlooked. That is certainly not to say that they have been. But the fact remains that the number of men who can go Home is hardly Driginal fror
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