The War finished, Col. Marr Johnson was seconded to the Shanghai Volunteer Corps Commandant in succession to Lieut.-Col. Trueman, Owing to the European conflagration the position of Commandant of Volunteers had been one of conspicuous difficulty, as while Col. Trueman was-able to hand over to his successor a Corps fully manned, it had not been pos-for him, because of the! preoccupation of those at Home, to do more than make proposals. for the new equipment which the Corps required. In the circumstances was left to the new Commandant to find means and ways for bringing such measures into force, and there is no doubt that his influence with the War Office th trainment. What is more his lon service on the Staff enabled him. to ko in hand such other we-orga tion as was called for.
'The first subject tackled was that of the Corps Regulations, which by 1920, when Col. Marr' Johnson Joined, were "of a distinctly: ant quated sdeseription. " Then came th howitzers. for: the 'Field -Artillery' Battery to replace the old gans with
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