Ex-Officers' Group Attends Ritual at Rue Corneille Edifice With the solemn ritual of the! Eastera church, the main cross of the new St. Nicholas' Russian thodox Church in Rue Corneille was blessed and placed atop the impos-edifice on Sunday' morning in presence of leaders of the Russian community.
'The Rev, Alexander Pynajeff of8~ ciated at the ceremony, which was attended by, representatives of the Russian Emigrants' Committee, the Union of Ex-Officers of the Imperial Army "and Navy, the Shanghi Volunteer Corps, and other organizations. The building committee is composed of Gen, F. Glehoff, chairman; Messrs, A. J. Yaron, architect: K. Egikoff, off,.and A. G. Chibunovski, Construction was begun December, 1982, and the structure il be finished by March 25, the
vices also will' be held in the set for the opening. ceremony. church on Russian Easter, April 8.
Funds for the structure were supplied by the Emigrants' Commitee, The church will be a memorial to the late Czar Nicholas H and his family, whose patron saints are depieted om the walls. The sculp-toral work was done by Mr.
church will especially serve the Russian ex-officers now resident in Shanghai The U, S. Naval' Transport Hen-person, Gapiain Andrew S. Hickey, U.S. "Navy, commanding, will salt from' Shanghai on her return trip to the United States to-day. The Henderson will call at Manila, Guam, Honolulu, and San Francisco, and will probably visit "American, east coast ports via the Panama Canal before returning to the. Orient 'The other naval transport which Marine Corps and Naval personnel back and forth acroas the Pacife is the U. S. S. Chaumont. One of these two' ships usually calls Int Shanghai about once in every five oe six months, Personnel on' duty the U.S. Asiatic Picot and the ith Marines, who have finished their
transports, having been relieved by sent home in, the en arriving on the same ship.
n addition to about 150 enlisted men of the 4th Marines who are zoing back to the United States on his trip of the Henderson, the below ned. officers and their families Will, also be aboard:
Lieut, Col. E, P, Moses, who will commatid the Marine Barracks Cavite, P. 1.
Second Lieut, 8, 'T. Clark who will go to duty at the Marine Barracks, Cavite, PI.
Second Lieut, D, D. Sult is orders ed to duty at the Marine Barracks, Olongapo, P.
Pay Clerk 'T. A. Smith will go to the M t Cavite, Those wre. report to the Commanding General, partment of the Pacific with head tuarters st San Francisco, Califortio, for further assignment to duty Xt various points in the United Staves are—Licut, Col, Powers, Jr. First Lieut, &, 8, Bale entine, First Lieut, E. 8, Piper, First Lieut. 3. 8. Cook, Jr.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.