Captain Miles, the Officer Commanding the company, proposed the toast to "Our Guests" and gave a resume of the work of the company during the past training season.
"The season," said Captain Miles "can be said to have started on August 20, last year. when the British troops left Shanghai, and the S.V.C. took over E Section. At that time, Signals Company took over the Sec-for Communications. from the Seaforths, and have maintained them ever since. For the first month, that is August 20, until September 19, we bad men in the Sector continuously, working in 24-hour duties, manning the Headquarters switch board and Signals Office, and maintaining the lines in working order. During that period, 48 of the company Carried elf 170 24-hour tours of duty. With the gradual reduction of the number of posts, the provision of regular Signals duties became unnecessary, as the Headquarters switchboard was removed and direct line communication was provided between Sector Headquarters and the few posts that remained; the company has however, continued to maintain the communication system in the Sector, in what I consider to be. a most satisfactory manner.
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