To the rhythm of rattling drums, the 4th U.S. Marines marched down Bubbling Well Road yesterday morning to the Race Course to hold the first parade since the beginning of the 1937 war, Brig-Gen. J. C. Beaus mont, in field uniform with steel helmet, acted as reviewing officer on the parade ground for the first time since his return to Shanghai as commander of the 2nd Marine Brigade.
Under an overcast sky with guns rumbling in the distance, the sound of martial music and marching men shortly before 10 am. attracted people out: of buildings all along Bubbling Well Road and these lined the street in proper parade fashion.
On arriving at the Race Course, the regiment, replete with machine gun company, marched into the polo ground which was adorned with Marine flags, There they paraded in various formations.
"Byes Right"
In the reviewing stand besides Gen, Beaumont were Col Charles F. B. Price, commander of the 4th Regiment, and Col Thomas S. Clarke, commander of the 6th Regiment, The "eyes right" was given in salute by the-marching battalions as they passed/the reviewing stand located near the polo clubhouse.
The 6th Regiment, which arrived from San Diego recently in the US. transport Chaumont, is still on duty along the front lines of the American sector. Having relieved the 4th Regiment on September 23, its term of guard duty should terminate about Sunday when it will in turn be relieved by the return of the 4th Regiment to the sandbag. redoubts along Soochow Creek. The American sector of the Soochow Creek stretches from Vu Ya-ching Road to Ferry Road.
Yesterday's parade was in honour of no particular occasion, and its unexpectedness resulted in very few spectators appearing on the Race Course to see the affair.
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