Jan. 30.
On the authority of the Coin mandant, it is safe to assume that the Shanghai Volunteer is a thiaking man. The odd exception 10 the rule in every hundred men on the strength of the Corps can be disregarded. He obviously vides the very necessary nati rial on which the eloquent N.C.O. can sharpen his wit, That being so, {tis appropriate to note the special trend toward effiet2ncy which the Council's policy, on the Commandant's advice, is invited to develop in determining the organization of its citizen solders for defence of the Intemuticnal Settlement. The thinking man /who has not yet joined his compeers in the uniform of the S.V.C. is thus provided with an Jemphatic reassurance that the time devoted to the civic virtue of self-defence is not wasted. In invoking the spirit of twenty years ago, Colonel Gra sam evidently appreciates the fine traditions which the Corps has behind i. He realizes thu! the mere change of conditions is not ikely to deter the young man of to-day from fulfilling requ're-ments. What the Corps has ty do is to convince the thinking man that it has adapted itself to the changes and is ready to challenge intelligence as well as brawn in Jcommending its member: hip to organization of the' Corps on a
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