Not only the American Community but the Ww jole of Shanghai sus avery" grave loss on Dee. 5 When Colonel Hooker, officer common: the Fourth Regi ment, U.S. Marines, succumbed a, sudden heart attack, about 1.15 o'clock, while wrapping up parcels For he childrens Chootmiaa," Col Hooker had generally enjoy cit daring it stay tu Shana Jexcept for a bout of illness earlier the year, from which, however, he made a. fine reted to him by his partifornia,.on February 13, 1877, Col, Hooker accepted a in, the United States on March 3, 1900, from Nevada.
Hig thirty-two, years' service in the Marines included three years aboard na 1 vessels and ten years abroad, during which he served in many parts of the world including South America, Cuba and Haiti, fe wax a graduate of the Naval War College, and the Army {Infantry School (advanced course). For a period during the Great War he fulklied the duties of assistant chief of stag of the gendarmerie in Ha Col. Hooker assumed command of the Fourth Regiment U.S. Marines Shanghai, on. October 22, 1930, when he succeeded Col, Lyman, "understood that his second in command, Lieut-Col, E. P, Moses, who recently arrived in Shanghat, will automatically take over control of the regiment here.
"Dick" Hooker, for that is how he. was fondly known by practically all with whom he came in contact, was one of the most popular officers that have ever been associated with the defence of Shanghai since 1927. His predecessors were all outstanding Ten but Hooker with his great fature, and grave face from which there was never absent a twinkle of that good humour which must al-rays be associated with him, very joon showed such outstanding quali. fies that he earned the respect of all with whom he came into contact, He has been rightly termed—even fusing his lifetimenas the best Jambassador of goodwill that the United States could ever have sent fe was worship) men, was greatly admired by "the "sot other nationalities with whom his duties, brought him into Jeontact, and it is an-open readily' confessed to by leaders of h it was his great ability to ce-operate with them that made the defence of Shanghai in the fearly part of this year move with such remarkable smoothness, There was always about him an, ability quickly to see the other man's point of view, a di rey service to the common cause, whi was Possible in the circumstances, areal soldierly qual the difficulties of th
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