The Archive · 1926

W. T: Rose, of the Shanghai

Volunteer Corps, this being placed at the disposal of the family through the courtesy of the aanghai Municipal Council - and This is the first time that a gun carriage belonging to the International Settlement hax been used for the funeral of a Chinese military, cflicer not connected with the Volunteers.

Altars of off and sacrifice were placed at different stations, along the route and the mourners bowed to them as they passed- It. was interesting to note the absence of monks and nuns, who are associated with many Chinese funerals. nowadays The late Gen, Hsieh, who is survived by his wife and a seven-year old son, was 43 years ago. He entered the army when he was 18 years of age and, during his 20 Years of service, took part in several wars, large and small, either against the enemies of the Central Government or bandits.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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