The Brigade for the defence of Shanghai will in the course of the next few days differ entirely from the appearance of the usual infantry brigade, for the details due to ar-will put it in the position of a Waterworks Ca, in Kinochow Road, called for an equally strenuous amount of work. There are a fow buildings there which can be used for such purposes as headquarter offices, but, apart from these, every. thing had'to be carried out'on the: matshed principle, Again wonderful work was done by the officers! of the Waterworks Company, and from Thursday last onwards coolies were at work constructing the framework of these erections and tying on the mats. The work proceeded splendidly, until the supply of matting ran out. So great had the demands been for this material, that Shanghai was practically stripped bare of it, and as a result practically only half the required number of huts were finished. [Although there was, naturally, some after turning in the river docked at the. Old Ningpo Wharf. The Sirdhans {is carrying the 4th Battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment and the Srd Battalion of the 14th Punjab Rogie ment, The number of men carried on the Sirdhana is between 1,600 and 1,700, These, as far as was known were landed on Wednesday morn. jing when they will be escorted to their billets (probably in the Waterworks and at Messrs. Moutrie's factory), together with their equipment, "The billets are now being prepared for them.
The Military Hospital Following the Sirdhana the next transport to reach Shanghai was the Rhone, which arrived transport Sirdhana will proceed thet billets: at the Waterworks at Messrs. Moutrie's factory to-day," but nothing definite has so far been decided.
Thuraday's Naval Route The utmost interest was taken in; [Shanghai on Thursday morning when, British Naval Battalion, some, 0 strong, participated in @ route Imarch through the central and western districts. 9 From 8am. onwards ithe men began to come ashore, their rendezvous' being the Consulate compound. At 9.30 a.m, they moved off, bluejackets from H, M. 8, Hawking leading tha column." Then came the brass band of the Marines, who in turn were followed by the Vindictive Waterworks staff, who supplied liquid refreshments of the right $01 and, Who had previously distributed numjgFous little notices offering "A, welcome to the Gloucesters from the The fact that they had arrived, however, did not mean that the men foul that the rest of the day. was their own. Huts had to be settlei, detailed to their respective quarters, baggage sorted out and the billets put into shipshape order. Streams of lorries brought baggage and equipment during the morning, but the methodical genius, which characterizes the British army wherever it goes, ensured that the clearing up process was carried out with the minimum of trouble and la the; shortest possible tim "These troops brought with them their own Indian camp followers from the Punjab, most of - whom were landed early in the morning, engi With the -peciliar adaptability of, their race, they had settled them ves in their new quarters tong fore the troops arrived, and, the one we, busy mith the.. food, were cooking in a nom-tore eli kitchens lage, the dap self-contained force. In addition to strength of five it will "have a pack battery and a battery of 6-inch howitzers, which on the way! here. Then within hospital will arri this will be situated, it is understood, in Mr. S, A. Hatdoon's headquarters established ing, while officers of the headquarters staff are billeted in the Palace Hotel.- One Signal Section is at work in the Chartered Bank premises, while Janother is encamped on ground of Jansen Road, All supply arrangements are in full swing, and within Jo very few days the whole routine of the Brigade will be in operation.
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