In 1894 there commenced one of the most exciting periods, of Mr. Mellow's career. It was. this year that he left the police to join the Chinese Navy, being posted as a gunner on the staff and attached to the flagship Tingyuen. The war with Japan gave him plenty to do and material enough for a novel. Many are the Stories he told in connection with this period in his life. In the spring of 1895 he was appointed an in-Spector in the River Police which position he held without a break for 29 years, and just previous to hhis retirement was promoted to! Superintendent, He joined the Field Artillery Battery of the S. V. C. in 1892 and only resigned in 1921, at which time he was Sergt-Major and.will be remembered always as one of the mest efficient and hard-working of the Volunteers. On his retirement from the Corps in 1921, he was made an honorary Lieutenant and Col Johnson, on behalf of the Council resented him with the sword (silver plated and suitably inscribed) which he had worn for 26 years.
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