The Archive · 1938

Volunteers Go on Route March

"A" Battalion Swings Through Settlement 'Swinging oft from the south entrance of Jessfield Parle promptly at 1045 am,, on Feb. 27, "A" Battalion, Shanghai Volunteer Corps, command: ed by Major E. 8. Barraclough, and headed by the band of the' 2nd Battalion. The Loyal Regiment, marched. through a" part of the Settlement and back to Jessfeld Park once again, There was an excep-Conally smart turn-out for the route march, which was held {0 encourage more recruits to join the Shanghat Volunteer Corps; and the march at~ tracted a goodly number of spectators.

Those companies comprising "A" Battalion, which took part in the route march, were "A" Come pany, "B" Company, the Shanghai, Scottish, the Jewish Company, and the Air Defence Company... The route taken was through Jeésfteld Park, along. Jessfield Road, Keswick Road, Great Western Road, Edinburgh Road, Vu Yuen Road back to Jessfield Park, where the battalion was Wis-missed,

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