The Archive · 1938

Stirring Spectacle

This ceremony wus followed at 11 am. by a farewell parade staged by all the foreign garrisons in Shanghai along Soochow Road. Drawn up at the Garden Bridge end of the road were the Fourth Marines band, on its left was a detachment of the Marines, followed by a detachment from ti French Forces with bugle band, the Seaforth Highlanders with pipe drum band, representing the British Forces; a detachment of the Savoia Grenadiers, representing the Itali Forces; the Russian Regiment, S.V.C. representing the Internationa) Settle-ets with As Colonel Price arrived the band of the Fourth Marines played a few bars of a stirring march and, as stood facing the American deta ment, the Marines presented arms. Marching along to the French detachment Colonel Price was saluted fanfare of bugles and the presentation of arms, and as the Seaforth Highlanders moved into the "present" as one man, bagpipes and drums played a martial Scottish tune. Following this Col. Price was saluted by the Italians, the Russian Regiment and the Japanese respectively

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