On April, 33, Brigadier' ithe Drill Hall, The attendance inspected "A" Company i {fairly satisfactory, three Officers jand 40 other ranks being on parade. "The Inspecting Officer, however, was pleased with the turn-out of those present, and congratulated them on Eheir well cleaned equipment, the jeare they had obviously taken of their arms, and their steadiness in [the ranks.
The Shanghai Scottish were inspected on" April 14 Drill Hall by Brigadier Fleming. Avstrength of 2 officers and 34 men was on parade under the command Capt. T. W. R. Wilson who has only just recently been promoted fand taken over the command of the unit from Capt. R, Wood ™.c, DEM, MAL, The turn out of those fon parade was excellent, all equipment having been polished up and been taken of the arms, igadier Fleming on April. 15:
spected the Field Artillery Battery 5 Howitzers), under the com mand of Capt. 'H. B, Lobb. The fother officers on parade were Capt. HIS. Bartley and Lieuts. G. Danson land W. 8. Webb.
'The parade, as regards attend-lance, was by far the best which has een' etd connection with the inspection of the Corps, nearly every man being accounted for. The Brigadier complimented the Battery on its turn-out and keen-
Jecedingly workmanlike appearance, ness and indeed it prevented an ex-there being present many' veteran all of the very best type of soldier.
parade of two officers and 19 other ranks of the Light Gan Battery, assembled in the Drill Hall on jon ApH 16 for the Unit 'Annual' Inspection by Brigadier Fleming. Captain Reinals, Lieut, Crow Ds.0y, Me. and" Lieut. Beichman were in charge of the Battery. After the inspection of the ranks, the Unit broke up into Sections, and. carried on normal routine work.
"The Russian Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps under Capt: C. P. Savelof' and Lieut. N. P. Balenoft were inspected at the Drill Hall at 9 pin. on April 16, As was the case with the Russian Detachment, Brigadier Fleming, the Tispecting." Officer, returned." the salute in the Russian manner.
The unit was tested in company drill and rifle exerciser, and those who were looking on could not help think that the unit is making Jenormious strides in efficiency, and may some day hope to emulate the wonderful ficiency. of the Russian Detachment.
On April 37 in Hongkew Park, affeers and 70 other ranks Jot the Japanese Ca. paraded before Brigadier Fleming. The number on parade was satisfactory, and the Inspecting Offer was particularly pleased with the steadiness of the spend two months there di Recond and third moon of the company. Cantain Miydzaki in Miyazaki was in Jcommand of the parade. was first year after her wed di Tact week, the farmer his iwas home in order take his ife home to celebrate the Ching Ming Festival, bat his mother-in-law refused 10 allow the girl to return. When the farmer fent again. two days, ater, his mother-in-law fold him that his wife would Have to remain for another 'On Sunday the light Horse and the American Troop were inspected by Brigadier Fleming, the inspection of the Light Horse' being held on the race course and lof the American Troop on the rifle wed in Shanghai by, the Ching-authorities. prior to the exe cation of notorious pirate the and, in order to ensure that nothing untoward happened execution, every precaution "was. taken and two steamers fully loaded with members of the Kiangsu Water Police were despatched from Minghong to Changyen to maintain order. Mr, Hou Pu-cheng, Com missioner of the kiangsu Water Police, was present the execution, Following the arrest, on March 25, of Tsu Loo "Al-moly or the Ah-shu and his younger Lisa Foh-sung, had fled to Shanghai, Kiangsu water police after a most desperate struggle on April 5 and, when brought before Sudge Hsiao'in the Special District Court for inquiries two days later, this man and his brother made full confessions of the numerous, crimes they had committed. The "You Pig, Sisters" "since. his "aves had been kept in custody at Chingshan, he pending the trial with the two Hat brothers.
When news of the arrest of the notorious. Taihu pirate leaders reached Sungkiang and Chingshai numerous telegrams were sent. the various public bodies of bot Kiangsu, and Chekiang to the authorities, demanding that the desperadoes should executed summarily as they and their men had terrorized numerous towns and cities on the Kiangsu-Chekiang border for many months past, After being handed over to the Chinese authorities, Hsu and his brother were, escorted "by, heavy guard from Shanghai to Chingshan for tial with the "Young Pig Sister" who was already in custody there, During the trial of the ca before the Chingshan District fate, which was very brief, ted he was a native of Chingshan and was 81 years old. Atone time, he was a junior officer of the 16th Division of the Govern rent Army, but, in 1929, togathe with 800 men, he joined the Com munist Party and was appointed the commander of the dth Route Army the Party Protection and National Salvation Force. Since then he and his men had taken pact ina number of Communist uprisings the Kiangsu-Chekiang border, Including such places as Sungkiang. Chingshan, Kashai and Pinghu, but they were subsequently compelled to join the Taihu pirate gangs as the Communists did not pay or supply them regularly with the necessary, At one e,, Hau continued, he had more than'2,500 men under his command and, when Yen Hsi-shan revolted against Nanking, he was appointed ¢o commander of the rebel forees and ordered to create distur bances in Kiangsu and Chekiang that the Nanking authorities would be compelled to direct their attention to hand' so_ weaken hele front He could not remember how many Jcrimes and outrages he and his men had committed, but the number. was well over 1,000, including armed robbery, Danditry, arson, pillage, Kidnapping, holding to' ransom, piracy, murder, rapine, treason, and Communist uprising. "He had) fed to Shanghai in disguise last February because he and his gang were so hard pressed by the, Government troops, In conclusion, he told the Magistrate that his men had robbed some foreigners of their money, at Tien Shan Hu last year and had murdered a detective of the Kiangsu Water Police in the French Concession of Shanghai when the latter came to here in an attempt to apprehend his second-in-command, the "Young Pig Sister."
It will be recalled that Hsu's information led to the arrest of his quantity of discovered this and took him poison, Neighbours younger brother in a Jodging house returned home and. swallowed Despondent over this, the farmer pital where he subsequently died, in Avenue Edward VII.
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