Tt was evident from the start that the new unit had very hard work ahead. The men were armed the Portuguese commu Shaighal who were then paged in the unenviable position of Leing dependent on members of the ether foreign communities fur their nretcetion in times of trouble; the that the presence of Portuszuese warships in the river way a very re occurrence, and the obvious dif ficulties in the Way of getting: their share of help from Macao when ngeided due to the great distanc meqarating the two port the self-evident dut its full there of work in the Shanghai unter Corps, considering that the community was at that time the third numerically strong among the Foreign Communities of this. port organization committee farmed sand was entrusted with the task of approaching the Shanghai Mhnieipal Council on the subject. At the very outset a very marked degree of reluctance was nunifest the part of the Council, and this wae plainly brought out in the Se tury's letter to Mr, Almeida in reply' to the latter's offer on behalf thie community dated February 16, 1806. The Secretary's letter dated February 24, 1906, yead in part ay follows:—the conditions under iyhieh. the preposed company "howl Uieaniged. dd adnvinistered, she Conte mate to overlook the fact. that Hyptwewere Companie.of the. SAC tae sad hee disbanded oe broken wie the result oF ¢ hit fstary hereto. particularize; "re:
nee to the. Annual Report of 1900, Noweters shows the views, adopted. by the'Cetinell on that date ko reurd to propa anilar.to-that. which. you Ceurell com: ette the perma nature to rey and eft nysany ure essential hdl te ae ined, ly this cense by th A Splendid Determination The members of the proposed unit unconditionally agreed to einditions Inid down by th and the Commandant, which inetuded the stipulation that the British standard deul with word. of command in English was to be adopted by the company, thie, it Wis then alleged, for the sake' of uniformity, Such was the dete anination of the community that even this point was agreed upon in spite wf the fact that the American Ca, which was organized a month Chlor was allowed to adopt its own national drill. AM points" being, aforeed upon, the Council gave their nal sanction for the enrolment of The unit on February 26, 1906, Arrangements were made forthwith for the training of the mem here of the unit, and vill aint mil tary instructions were the order @iiniig the whole month of March of that year during which time the ult paraded regularly twice a day unger' the supervision of Capt. Tiavideon of the King's Own Liver POOL "Regiment, assisted Btadé'and one N.C.O. from Sues of and of HM. Ships river. The keenness. of all yanks Maria Plate Remed ALM. Collaco, whd li stil serv Geated th from lett).
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