500 Women and Children from Northern Ports Aboard The U: S.S. Chaumont, naval trans port, will arrive in Shanghai about noon to-day, proceeding to the U.S. Naval Buoy off the French Bund. This regular U.S. Navy Trans-Pacific transport, which brought the 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines, and the 2nd Brigade Headquarters, U.S. Marines, to Shanghai recently, was retained by Admiral Yarnell to assist in the evacuation of Americans. She arrives with about.500 women and children from northern ports and will embark an additional 100 at Shanghai at 9 a.m, to-morrow. About twenty of the passengers will leave the ship at Hongkong and will take passage for the U.S.A., the remainder proceeding to. Manila. The Chaumont will also take to Manila a large consignment of baggage for evacuees who left hurriedly by the Dollar line in the middle of August.
The U.S.S. Canopus will arrive off Woosung on October 3 to pick up passengers for Kobe. These passengers will be delivered to the Canopus by the U.SS. Finch. The exact time of embarking from the Customs Jetty will be announced later.
The U.S.S. Sacramento left Hongkong on September 26 for Manila with a capacity load of American nationals. She arrived in Manila yesterday and will sail from that port for Swatow on October 1
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