The Archive · 1938

Col Price Handing Over Command

Full-Dress Ceremony at 9 a.m. Tomorrow Colonel Charles F.B. Price, commanding-offices of the Fourth Rei ment, United States Marine Corps, since April 1936, will be given a ceremonial farewell tomorrow morning at the Racecourse at 9 a.m. when, in the presence of the whole Regiment, he formally hands over command of the unit to Col. Joseph C. Fegan. Following this ceremony members of the foreign forces in Shanghai will hold a parade in his honour at 11 a.m. between Chapoo Road and Garden Bridge.

The Marines, for the first time e their arrived in Shanghai in Will wear their blue uniforms at the handing-over parade, this ha ing been suggested as a mark of Te to Col Price who was popula: with all ranks of the Regiment, as well as with members of the A: can community and foreign forces the city.

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