Forces Parade in Slush at Civie Centre With the war-searred frame of the former Shanghai Civic Centre as a background, Gen. Shunroku Hata, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in Central China, on March 10 reviewed a, part of the. troops under his command, in celebration of Army Day, the an~ niversary of the battle of' Mukden, of the Russo-Japanese War.
Included in the column, which took two hours to pass any given point, were all branches of the service, from: infantry and cavalry to motorized units.
During the review, several planes engaged in aerobatics over the passing troops. Three planes roared over the column, nearly touching the shell. torn dragon on top of the Administration building.
Mounted on a bay horse, Gen. Hata remained at rigid attention through+ ut the review.
Despite the sun, it was bitterly cold. A hard northern wind bit the faces of the soldiers, as they marched through the slush.
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