"The fact that this work is sine cerely appreciated by the officers of the two services is well known, said Mr. J. W. 0. Davidson, H. M. Jacting Consul-General, at the annual meeting of the Navy League (Shang-hal branch), which was held in the Union Jack Club on June 25.
Mr. Davidson pointed out that the main object of the Navy League in Shanghai was to look after the Union Jack Club, and the Shanghai branch of the Navy League did not enter into any political activities. They owed a great debt of gratitude to the "Shanghai Race Club, which con-[tinued to support the club, and it [would be diMeult to know what could be done without them.
The members of the branch were few In number, and their' subscrip-{Hons were just sufficient to meet the branch's ordinary needs. Tie position was that the Race Club supported the Club by means of its money donations, and the Navy League did the work of catering {0 the social needs of the Navy, and of the Army, (00, s0 far as they were not otherwise catered to, while they were in Shanzhal,
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