Selection of Col. Graham's Successor Confirmed In reply to a letter sent by the Shanghai Municipal Council to the British War OMice requesting the appointment of an affeer 10 replace Col. F,.R. W. Graham as Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps on expiry of his term of extended secondment on January 2, 1998, the following message has been received, "Subject to your approval the Army Council have selected Col. Jo W. Hornby, ae, at present on half pay. as Commandant, Shanghai Volunteer Corps. vice Col, Graham." This sppointment was exclusively report ed by the "North-China Herald" London correspondent last week.
Col. Hornby was born In 1887 and entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant on probation in 1900. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1900, Captain in 1917, Major in 1923, Lieut.- Colonel in 1931, and Colonel in 1035. He hus served with the Camel stabulary in Somaliland, the Egyptian Army, and the Sudan Defence Force.
The Municipal Council has approved the selection of the Army Council and arrangements wilt now be made for Col, Hornby's transfer to Shanghai, "He will probably arrive towards the end of the year,
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