A murmuring of excitement ran' across the crowd on the Customs Jetty which had been waiting patiently for about two hours when the powerful black Admiral's gig swept in alongside the jetty. It was expected that the popular and well-known figure of General Beaumont, who was in command of the 4th U.S. Marines here for some time, would emerge from the launch. Bui the party coming ashore did not include him, consisting of Colonel F.
A rather typical touch was enjoyed by the spectators when the Marines began moving their rolls and equipment ashore. One grim-visaged top sergeant bellowed "come on, come oh, get that stuff moving. You've got enough men there to move the ship" By 4 p.m. all the men and their equipment were in U.S. Marine trucks and on their way to billets.
Good weather favoured the crossing of Shanghai's latest reinforcements. A calm sea and bright warm sunshine was enjoyed by the Chaumont over most of the route, but the last three days of the voyage saw fairly heavy seas and driving rain, Colonel Thomas S. Clarke told a representative of the "North-China Daily News" as the men were landing. He also said that an initiation ceremony was held during the voy-
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