The Corps has therefore been! grouped Into Cavalry, Artillery, Tu: fantry and Corps. Troops and now consists of:—The Corps Cavalry Regiment under command of Major L. Andrews, ie., and consisting of the Light Horse Squadron and American Troop.
The Corps Artillery under com: mand of Major 1, M. Cosgrave, bso, and consisting of the Shang~ hai Light Battery of four 45 Hows and the Shanghai Light Battery of four 2.75 guns, both batteries being tractor drawn.
Three Battalions of Infantry—MAP Battalion under Major E.'S. Barraclough, me, and composed. of "A" Company, "B" Company, Shandhai Scottish Company, Jewish Con: pany and the Air Defence Company.
"B" Battalion under Major W. KR. Johnson, and composed of the American Company, Portuguese Compan Philippine Company, American servists' Company ' and American. Machine Gun Company.
"C" Battalion under Major Ivanoff, consisting of No 1 (Regular), No, 2 (Regular). No. 3 (Volunteer)
No, 4 (Regular) Russian Companies.
"The Corps Troops Group under Major W. C. Bond, consisting of the Engineer' Field Company, the Armoured Car Company, the Japanese fand Chinese Companies (forming Corps Infantry Reserve), the Intecpreters' Company, the Transport} Company and the' Intercommunication Company (Signals and Despaten Riders).
"The permanent staff has been inexpected to arrive in Shanghai in] March, and a regular officer, who} will act as advisor to "C" Battalion (the regular Russians) and is ex pected to arrive about the middle of} October.
Mobilization Scheme All mobilization equipment is neat. Ing completion and a detailed mobillzation scheme has been written and Issued during the summer. The Reale of clothing Issued free 19} been considerably in the new supplies of material' arrive, be adequately clothed and equipped for both a summer and winter mobillzation.
'The training season opens on] October 1 to October 15 with tactic for senior officers, w.o' and courses in weapon training and section leading Junior officers and neo's. At thei game time, the amicers and n.c.0> of the Corps Artillery will have courses under the new artillery in-Sstructor, Sergeant-Major Farrow, who, until his arrival here in April was an. instructor at_the School of} Gunnery, Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain. By holding all these different courses} simultaneously, it is hoped to teach within the various units sumcieat officers, w.o's and nc.o's, enough of] the two main. branches of instruction—tacties and weapon training—for them to communicate interesting instruction to their own units later, The staff hopes that when she} new emergency accommodation, which Is being built above the Armoured Car garage, is completed, sufficient space will be found to give each battalion, the Cavalry Regiment, the Corps Artillery and Corps Troops] Group, a room in which sand models} and the up-to-date gear required for indoor tactical training can be set up. The obvious aim of this year's training, therefore, is more] {aeties and less common or garden drill, in fact, better value for ihe, time given up by volunteers in training. This appears to be a decided step inthe right direction because, owing to local conditions, it is now almost impossible _19 compete with out of door exercises, therefore elaborate Jndoor devices! have to be thought out to take their Rifle Range Improvement Several improvements have been effected on the Rifle Range. A new cemented trench has. been constructed at the 300 yards firing point] which will do away with the in-satisfactory and somewhat _rickey lands used formerly for. practice fung standing behind cover. It may not be realized that the Shang-hal rifle range is perhaps the hardest worked range in the world. It 1s used on practically every day of the yoar—from daylight to dusk—by the S¥V.C. or some "regular detach:
This year a new departure is being tried out in that the unit camps usually held at the Rifle Range are being used expressly for firing the annual range courses. It is considered much time and trouble will bbe saved in this manner of holding! camps, and that better results will be obtained. These camps wera formerly used for work which can now be as easily done at H.Q, andi were primarily for the purpose of section and platoon training, for which it i obvious that the necessary ground is not available The §.V.C. Club has been thorough-creased by a Brigade Major who is 1y renovated, and is now as com-
Nanking, Sept. 14. appreciation of their meritorious: efforts in the suppression of Communists in Shanghai, the National Government, complying with a petition of the Ministry of War, has issued an order to the Executive Yuan to confer military decorations on the following five leading officials of the Police Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council, International Settlement:
Major F. W. Gerrard, Commissioner of Pollce—First Class, Grade A. Medal Major K. M. Botirne, Deputy Commissioner of Police—First Class, Grade A, Medal.
Captain H. M. Smyth, Assistant Commissioner of Potice—First Class, A, Medal.
Mr. 'T. Robertson, Superintendent of Police—Second Class, Grade B, Medal.
Mr. G. W. Gilbert, Assistant Commissioner of Police—Second Class, Grade B, Medal.
These medals are similar to those usually conferred on members of the national military, and air naval forees—Kuo Min.
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