Chapei has never before seen such a respectable native military. display, and the populace must have been hugely impressed. The troops left the station practically in battle. order, ammunition parties being attached to each section, which also had its machine-gun unit and details of various kinds. The column chine-feuns and in other respects. an-peared to be well provided for, It" despatch was carried out in" excellent order, so. that before 5 o'clock between four and five thousand men had marched off.
It was stated by a staff officer that the whole contingent which had arrived during the day numbered 10,000, and that another 10,000 are' fon the way to Shanghai. According to this officer's estimate, this force ates just a quarter of Gen, fare to return to Nanking. Present, orders are to round up stragglers of the defeated army and stand by until farther are received.
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