Corps Urged to Continue to "Work for Nation That work best fills] one's life, especially work for one's nation, was the motto adopted by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Boy Scouts on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the death of four of their members.
The Corps, with a membership of several hundred young clerks and employees of business concerns, first to the call for refugee relief and other war-time service. in the first Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai six years ago. The members were divided into the following four units: refugee relief; transportation; rescue of the wounded in the front; and service behind the lines.
"While attempting to rescue some refugees from Hongkew, four of the members lore reported to have been seized by Japanese soldiers and never seen again. The four members were: Mr. Lo Yung-hsiang, Mr. Ying Wen-deli, Mr. Mo Chen-hsiang. and Mr. Bao Crun-wu.
"Undaunted by the tragedy, members again left their jobs and enlisted themselves for war service on the outbreak of hostilities for the second time. Mr. Ho. Kuo-shu and Mr. Tui Hsiang-hsien lost their lives while attending to their work in the war zone, while fifteen others. sustained wounds of varying degrees of severity.
With the members scattered in war areas in Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei and Kiangsi provinces, the Corps Headquarters at a certain place issued a message in memory of the four comrades on the occasion of the sixth death anniversary on January 31. It urges the members to continue to "serve righteousness and humanity" even to the last member, saying that work for one's nation best fills one's life.
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