While controversy has raged round their devoted heads and experiments have been made with their organiza-lon, the Shanighel Volunteers have placidly' maintained their admirable Fraditions "of service. to he com= murlily. This 1s. clearly indicated In the Commandant's report and Colonel FR. W. Graham Ist be warmly congratulated on the state of a Corps Which permults.thim to assert that Improvement in the quality and quantity of the work has been shown. Tels creditable to the commonsense and' public spirit of the officers. and men that the strength of the Corps Hag' been ¢o tittle diminished in a year of much business depression -aeule uncertainty regarding the functions of the voluntefers-and their fulure, Tt hoped that the public will study jond Graham's report for nows-days the Corps seems to hide its Tight more under "a bushel than it used {0 do When "eld. work and Toute marches were events in which the volunteers appeared fully in pubs lo Yo the meat satisfaction of their felends and the "general admiration of the, community. Experience else
not be expected to maintain were teaches that the volunicer Keenness If te feels, that there is a tendency 10 decry his work. Cotonet Graham's report shows" plainly enough that Shanghai has no reason. to-apply any such "depreciatory sessment to Its volunteering efforts, Whatever may be the eventual role of the Corps it cannot be galosald hat fla _members render useful service to the Council and 0 the Into national Seitiement. Without " a tempting to traverse oficial opinion which rightly has to, pay every pos sible regard to. the demand for economy all round, {t might be added that some volunteers of experience are inclined to regret the disappear
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