Soldiers of the 25th Route Army are to render assistance to the farmers in the harvesting of their fantumn crops, according to an order sued by General Liang Kuan-ying, Commander of the 25th Route Army wrrisoning Shucheng in central liang has ordered that ench battalion assign vat least 30 men to help the farmers in the work of reaping, orting, oF other farm Inbour. They are to be self-supporting and should, under gh2_ circumstances, demand food. or "Temuneration from the farmers; nor must they make themselves a ulsauce to the community in general were housed in. temporary, lief quarters without "food lething. Only through rigorous, efforts of the Bureau of Public Health of the National Government that the epidemic did not develop into more serious proportions, a report to Dr. man. of the Lee Health Organisation, Dr, J. Hong! Liu. states:
"The machinery st up for the Janti-epidemic work of the National Flood Relief Commission was continued without interruption and very much augmented since the appearance of the epidemic in Mi Preventive work of a concentrated Jand vigorous nature was carried on particularly in Shanghai, Nanking, Wuhan, Kiukiang, Wuhu, Anking, Nanchang, Northern Kiangsu and "The work inlay be summarised as, follows:
"1, "Education and propaganda-Posters and pamphlets.
"2, Isolation of cones—establishment of a number of cholera hositals—all in. ce-operation with focal' authorities or other local neies, Inoculations—done on a scale which these. figures period ending July Si testify It will be recalled that, General Liang has frequently inthe past offered help to the people. When the 25th Route Army was stationed in. northern Kiangsu last spring, they were engaged in road-puling When "not "occupied with bandit Huppression. Several thousand.
engaged: in conservancy work on the the solders wore at one time also Huai River—Kuo atin, Chinese City 2220
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