The Archive · 1927

More Troops for Shanghai

900 Borderers Arrived: U.S — Marines and Ships Coming

The 1st Battalion Border Regiment, numbering about 900 arrived this _after-sloan in the transport Karmala as reinforcements to the Shanghai Defence Force.

Other forthcoming arrivals will be 1500 U. 8. Marines, formerly stationed in the U. 8, 8. Henderson and coming direct from San Diego. The U. S. S, Richmond, Marblehead and Cincinnati} from*Honolulu are also ox, pected in Shanghai shortly, each carrying a complement of 430 bluejackets and a corporal marine guard of approximately 15 men. 4

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