"Thousand Men The US, Transport Chaumont, carrying. about 650. marines and yha!30 "officers, _atrived in Shang feat last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This contingent - brings number of American Marines Shanghai up to 4,000 in round numbers. The contingent, consisting of one battalion of.75', one platoon of tanks and a company.
engineers, is under the command Colonel Harry Lay, a veteran of many wars, In the first time for a quarter of '2 century Col, Lay is in China, "In addition to his. various "rous tine" honours, Col, Lay was a foot~ ball "star" at Princeton University, is a crack shot, being captain of the rile team which won the championship of America in two successive years—1912 and 1913. He also captained the U.S. Olympic rifle team, In' addition to Col, Lay the division officers consist of Majors E, P, Moses and John Potts and Capts, Langdon, H, V, Shurtleff, Medairy, L. ©, Wayt, Snyder, J. B, Wilson, Fred Howard and Lieut, 8, C. Kemon,
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