Next Year or Two 'An announcement that the French, Fire Brigade "Lo Torrent" would' within the next year or two become professional organization, after having functioned on a volunteer basis ever since its formation, was made on December 8 Marcel Chapeaux, Commandant of the Brigade, The occasion was the traditional dinner of the Brigade upon the anniversary of Sainte Barbe, patron saint of firemen, held at the' Cercle Sportif Frangai Although it has been obvious for some time past that the French Concession would eventually have to have a professional brigade and there has been a certain amount of talk about it, this is the first definite pronouncement made on the subject. In his speech M, Chapeaux said that the change had been agreed upon in complete agreement with the members of the French Municipal Council and in the same spirit of loyalty and sporting comradeship that had always prevailed the relations between the volunteer brigade and the Council, The volunteer firemen of the French Concession would leave behind them a record which would always be prominent in the annals of Shanghai,
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