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I
Exclusive of Singapore Rifle Notuntives,
there
are now
14 Volunteer Corps in China
and I in Japan with a total Gtrength
Hoonghing including loanton
of 4190 officers and men divided as per
not including Honorary members. Margin- which latter number in the Hongting Corps Shanghai
.200.
200.
banton. The Hankow
50
alove by 12 including Shanghai Nolunteers were first established Yokohama
in the in 1853 and after taking part
Known action of "Mnd dy fat "
Comm
mmonly
in April 1854 under Mr. Wade when
Private Brine was killed and several
others wounded they broke up being
formed again
in 1861 under Lieutenant
40
Consent
On
my
arrival in Honghing 8th
January
1862. I immediately with the
of
Sir Hercules Robinson, -
from the "Hongthing
the
encouragement
was small still
by the
Commenced to try.
and
Nolunteers" and although at first-
middle of February 42 Firms had_
su
signed pledging themselves to
support the movement and 105 Gentlemen had
to
agreed join as "Effectives" afterwards increased to bo Firms and 167 Members
The Governor then 24th February 1882
the
passed first reading of the volunteer Ordinance N 2 of 1862. Just at this -
Colonel Neale since then the Corps
kan
has
time the "Erent"
affair
came up which
been
firmly es
Webb and Antrobus
established under Mefore
caused most of the Americans to declines
tating the oath of Allegiana, alihisis