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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