Strength Little Affected by Conditions: Work Shows Improvement: Armoured Cars Colonel F, R, W. Graham, Ameer Commanding the 'Shanghai' Volunteer Corps, has divided his annual report to' the Council into parts, dealing with (1) the second half of the 1035-6" training season. (Jan, 1—May 31, 1936), (2) the non-training" season' (Juné—Soptember), (3) the first halt of the 1980-7 train-
Ing season (Oct, 1—Dec. 31. 1930), (4) the Russian Detachment and (5) General Remarks, Tu part one, he mentions that the "British Troops carried out me speciions of certain units, stores, and be transported to threatened points with the utmost despateh, it will be noneffective. The time factor appears all-important. During the ast year the Detachment was stand-Ing by in barracks owing to threaten ed. disturbances on 21 occasions. Portions of the Detachment left bar-Facks to take up "positions of readiness" at Police Stations on seven occasions and assisted the Police on four occasions.
The Russian Deachment_ continues to find the Ward Road Gaol guard one officer and 43 other ranks arrangements for mobilization" last dally.
March and April, The attendance at Under General Remarks. Col. the Corps Annual Inspection Parade Graham refers {0 the elimination of was believed to be a record, 1,588, the Corps Artillery from November officers and men being on paride 1 and slates that the Light Battery Owing to-greally increased entries, elected to become a Machine Gun four week-ends instead of the usual Company en masse, retaining its three were required for the annual separate identity. "The Howitzer vite meeting at which 504 members.
Baltory elected to disband, about halt competed In individual events and Of its personnel joining other units. 114 teams in the team events. Field 1,503 members fired the annual exorcises were carried out during Weapons training course. numbers not February, March and April. exercised being 50 recruits, 15 sick, In June and July weekly recon: 93 on leave and 122 absent. 85 naissances of paris of the Settlement per cent. of the active strength were carried out by officers and qualified as efficient, NEOS of most units, The work of the Corps as a whole Armoured Car Defects shows Improvement, both in quality Reporting on_armoured car con and quantity, Parades are better struction, Col, Graham states: organized. better instruction is given "The question of armoured Car and the dress, standard of cleanliness construction and a suitable but cheap }of arms and' equipment, etc, has type of ear for use In Shanghai has
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