Annual Pilgrimage to Grave of Gen, F. T. Ward Interesting data regarding the close association of Gen. Frederick T. Wa and the ancestors of Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, the speaker of the day, were revealed at the annual pilgrimage of the General Frederick Townsend Ward Post No. 1, China, American Legion, to the grave at' Sungkiang on Sunday of the intrepid hero, Maj. A. Bassett, Past Commander: of the Post, in introducing Mr. of the American Econo-jon to China, pointed out that the grandfather of Mr. Forbes arrived in Canton 103 years ago and established the firm of Russell & Ca. a branch being Inter established Shanghai, From those clipper days, the progenitors of steam vessels 10 China, the firm of Russell & Ca, became one of the leading foreign companies in China.
"It would not be amiss to continued Major Bassett, "that Ward, while financing the expedition gainst the Taiping rebels, sought the advice and surely the "financial support of Russell & Ca. at the same time that he enlisted the aid of the Shanghai Taotai and the local bankers, From these negotiations there was established a genuine contact between Mr. Forbes' grandparents, and the hero, over where grave he hax come to eulogize."
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