'A most impressive ceremony was enacted on Tuesday afternoon at the Custom Jetty when representatives of all nationalities bade farewell to Major-General Sir John Duncan who arrived in Shanghai nearly a year ago to take over the command of the Shanghai Defence Force.
Promptly at two o'clock an international guard of honour drew: up on the grass plot immediately north of the Customs examination shed. Naval and Army details from British, American, French, Italian and Portugese forces in Port, together with a detachment of the Shanghai Scottish, S. V. C., hai composed the guard which was reviewed by the General at 2.20, 'The General arrived in a ear with Lady Duncan and Miss Duncan at 2.15. His car was escorted to the Bund by four armoured cars. He was met by Major-General A. Wardrop and staff, the Consular body, members of' the Shanghai
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