It was with genuine regret that Shanghai yesterday saw the departure of the Royal Welch Fusiliers for the Soudan, The battalion has had a splendid record in Shanghai, their turns of duty on the perimeter coinciding with some of the hottest hours of the local hostilities. Shanghai has a lot to remember them by. And they, too, are carrying away with them a unique reminder of their visit in the. goat which was presented to them by the local St. David's Society—a goat which also saw "war service," having been twice rescued from areas where fighting was going on. To dimiss the less pleasant side of their unexpected visit to this port, it can be recorded that they leave behind them a most delightful impression on sport and society. It was, perhaps, a little hard on them that they should have had to meet the best association football teams of Shanghai at a time when they must necessarily have been suffering from the strain of a period in the line when bombs and shells were falling thick and fast only a few yards away from them. They were also very popular on the rugger field. On the day on which their new mascot was presented to them they convincingly proved that they had a better rugger fifteen than anything the Shanghai R.U.F.C. could produce. They also made a mark for themselves in the local boxing world, several of their fighters taking high places on the programmes The best wishes of Shanghai will accompany them on their journey to their new station, where, it is to be feared, they will have fewer chances of conquest in the spans at which they are so distinguished than they have had on the China station,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.