_Hundreds of people, as many civilians as Volunteers, gave Col. R. Marr Johnson, o.m.c., D.s.o., the retiring Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, an ovation on the Customs Jetty on Saturday afternoon, when he embarked for Vancouver on the first stage of his journey Home.
As the tender put off there were cries of Speech! speech!" No, I can't," smiled back the popular Colonel at the huge crowd. A minute later and the tender was standing towards Woosung, volleys ut cheers mingled with a din from exploding crackers following the vessel until it had passed Pootung Point.
There have been few warmer demonstrations at the wel] known spot where so many popular foreign
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