Space does not permit of a more detailed description of the business career of Mr, Trenchard-Da though it should to mentioned that he travelled largely in China and Korea, for there is so much to be said of his other activities. While in Hongkong in 1905 he organized the Volunteer Reserve Association there, and was its first honorary: secretary and treasurer. This was a company of men over the age generally considered as suitable for Retive service, and the work of bringing the body into being was" undertaken by Mr, Davis at the sagecstion of Sir Matthew Nathan, then Governor of Hongkong, and it is interesting to mote that it is still going strong, having played an especially important part in the defence of the colony. during the war, Over the age for active ser Vice, Mr. Trenchard Davis took an important part in the work afoot in Shanghai for the prosecution of the war, and was engaged in can vassing and otherwise assisting in. the operations of the China Japan War Savings Association. Tt was largely due to his efforts that the magnificent total of 3,000 members was attained by the Associa~ tion. The forces and their welfare have, as 2 matter of fact, always been to the fore in his mind, and it was not only during the Great War that he worked towards this end, but equally when British troops were sent to Shanghai in 1927, It is worth recording that whee the first contingent arrived the Shanghai Land Investment Ca. lent two mow of ground adjacent to his residence "Wolfeton," and at his own expense Mr. Trenchard-Davis grew large quantities of fresh vegetables for the use of the mili tary hospitals.
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