Appreciation of Good Work Done During the Past Year Colonel Gordon, Commandant the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, has issued the following special order of the day:—Inspection—The following letter received from Rajor-General Luard, the into Commandant Corps on so excellent an apprecia tion of its fitness for sei "Dear Colonel Gordon—On the the completion of my inspection, T should be glad if you would convey to the unit commanders and all ranks of the S.V. admiration of the good work done by them during the past year. Though regular training had doubt been considerably curtailed by the three months' mobile tion, T find the standard of training as high as ever and the rame esprit-de-corps,—keenness and energy displayed by everyone, with the most satisfactory results.
Yours sincerely, (Sgd) "C. C. Luano,
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