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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH, 1917.

BAGHDAD CITY OF CALTERS.

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HONGKONG VOLUNTEERE

ORDERS BY LIKUT.-005. A. OBAPMAN, V.D.

MY JOINED.

Spr. H. I. Rowe having joined is allotted Corps No 2,081 and posted to En- gineer Company,

Competitive

() The undermentioned are granted leave for the duration of the war with effect from the dates mentioned - cutetunt D. N. Morphy, from 19 3 17. No. 892 Sergt. H. F. Haines from. 1. 4.

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HONGKONG RESERVES,

CONDENS" By:

DETAIL,

On duty fear the morning of Sunday,

25th March, to the morning of Bun- day, 1st April B Co.K.V.R Orderly Offers cut. CH Blason. Next for duty-H.K.V.O... PARADES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JIST MARCH Monday, 20th inst.

Smith from 29. 3. attend this class.

CHINA AND AMERICA. PRESIDENT RECEIVES AMERICAN TRADE COMMISSION. AL The American Trade Commission was received in audience by the President of China at Peking recently. In welcoming the Commission, the President said that America and Chian were tied destined to work in co-operation. Their respective positions in the Western and the Eastern hemispheres-bounding But could he return to-day to see as they do the Pacific Ocean the main No. 1,861 Pie: F. W. A. Wilkic from 23, 3. British flag, that emblem of justice and characteristics and aspirations and ideals. No.

of the people of the two countrica and liberty, flying over his city, he would rer system of government were the some. (b) Captain E. D. C. Wolfe is granted joice to know that his people were once The two countries, however, differed in 14 days' leave from 23 3 17. more in good hands.

one vital and material respect. America No. 1,866 Fte. J. H. Taggart is granted wns a rich perhaps, the richest country 1 month's leave from 21. 3. 17. The name of Baghdad calls up in one's in the world, whereas Chinn was a poor No. 1,960 Spe. Findlay Simthis mind a vague remembrance of the thort B sand and one tales of the Arabian country although her potential wealth wis granted 1 month's leave from 20 3

For this reason China welcome Nights Entertainment,?? Blimpses gold and jewels, visious glas of American experience and capital for the development of her resources, and it was magic carpers. But the traveller entering to be hoped that the visit of the Commis- the city to-day finds these visions but delusion and a snare, for to-day alassion would be followed by an increased decay and ruin reign supreme, since the activity in this direction The President natives never seen to have known that added that the linking of the two countries seert of clay and bitumen of which by the great Ocean was symbolic of their world. Clesiphon was built. Thus, while the unity of aim and mission in the great Arch of Chosroes stil, standa, build America and China are the two Pacifie l'owers in which the peopley ure truly ings of much later construction in lag sovereign and since democracy makes for All dad have fallen into decay peace and international righteousness, the Founded by Caliph el Mansur in 104 world-aim of the two countries as iden- AD. Bagaded remained for nearly 600 tical... Together, they”. will be a force years the principal sent of learning working for the advance of civilisatibu trade, and urt in the East, and in 795 and the good of manziud.: A.D. Harur Rashid mitiated the scheme for rendering Baghdad the capital of the world, there

THE WAR.

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Taylor and Mr J McDowell have oft, Shanghai for Home to offer their services to the Government/

INDIA TO PERSIA,

The Turks, however, turned the Univer FAR EASTERN MEN AND ity founded by Haruunan-Hasnu into the Custom-house through which, aurmány years past all gouds from abroad aave en tered the city. ANYON

Last Sunday was not the first time that Bagurin nas been taken by force of arais, for in AD 1288 Hitlaku Khan took it with his wild Mongol hosts; thien in A. D. 1400 it fell to the Turkomana wider M Tamarique; again seventeen years later the Turkumaus besieged it, the mo An important stage in the development under Kora Yusuff The Turkomans of Indin's communications with Persia were driven out by Usum Kasim in AU was reached a few weeks ago the arrival 1477, wum was zu turn driven out by Shah of the first train at Dalbandin, to which | Ismail 1516, Sultan Suleiman 1. of post on the Heis an trade route the rail Turkey was the next aggressor; be took way from Quetta was recently completed. the cly in 154, but in 1802 it reverted Dalbandin 201 miles from Quetta by to Persin by the conquest of Sbah Abbes the old trade route, the distance being The Great, but since 1638 when Murad Hofter by railway. The ranboy as for IV. regained it Boghdad has been nomina Uushiki was opened for traffic in 1905. ally under the jurisdiction of the Osmanli Sultans until the British took it or Sun-

any East.

Baghdad as it exists to-day is a city of narrow alleys and shady bazaurs, or tiled mosques, tail Rarets and crumbling

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

RIFLES,

houses surrounded by groves of date The following will parade in uniform polins and orHERO ETEN,

The population to day is probably about 150,000 persons, of whom at least 30,000 are Jews, but Arabs Persians,, Turks,

Christians of inn

are daily to be met in the bamärk,

Bahdad is built on both sides of the Tigrin, which is here some 300 yards in width The two sides of the city aru joined by a bridge of bonts.

The Bahdad bazaars are miles of great covered arondes, arches, and domes under which the trade of the city is carried on

Some of these bazaars are new and in tolerably good repair, others are begrimes with the dust of ages, while others agath Dever boasted a roofing of brick at all. and are dependent for a shade upon ʼn covering of minis und palm that sup ported up the trunks of date trees. As m early all Oriental cities, each trade has its own bazaar, the largest and best of which are given up to the vendors di minutatured goods largely European end Intion and the ellers of old wards, second hand clothes, and crockery,

with rifles at Central Station at

5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27th.

Exemption may be given by the Chief Inspector (Musketry) only, Medical

xempts must attend

No. 2,032 Pte. L. D. McNicoll is granted

No.

No.

3 month's leave from 20, 3. 17 COMANATLANSFERRED BU

1,916 Pie A Forbes in tragsforred from Signaling 8 ction to Artillery Battery, dated 23, 31

1,300 Pte. A. W. 1. Simmons is trans- ferred from Civil Service Company

Sergeants will attend a class of In

struction in Bayonet Fighting at... Scandal. Point at 5.15 pm. Tresa : Drill order. Every Sorgesat mast

Recruits on the Cricket Ground at. 6.

pm, under Instructor Sgt. Oxberry. Dress: Drill order, volgt: Signalling Section: "A" and "B"

Ulusses at Volunteer Headquarters sa 5,15 p.m. under Signalling Instructoj Lee Cpl. G. Lloyd fatigue, KY Machine gun Section Barracks at 5 p.m. Sgt Bowles Dress Tuesday, 27th inst.

Dress: Cleyli.

at Wellington ador Instructor. Clean fatigue.

A and B Cos, on the road out- side the Law Courts at 5 p.m, Kow- Loon and Taikoo Sections of the Polo. Ground at 6,15 pm. Diess Drill order

to Engineer Comptly, dated 23. b. 17. ANNUAL INSPECTION OF ARMS, EM rifles and hayonets will be inspected Wednesday, 28th inst between the 2nd and 9th of April and must reach Headquarters and be re moved on the following dates

Unit

To be at To be

removed. Hdars Battery 30th March 3rd April. Belchers Sec...

Arty

Centre Sec. M.G. Co. 2nd April 4th April, Civil Service Coy...

2nd Left Sec. M.

LG Coy, 2nd n Right Sec. M. G. Co. 3rd Engineer Company 3rd Engineer Company th Sighling Section 4th Scouts Company áth

St.

4th

8th

6th

'6th 7th

0. C. Units will make the necessary arrangements so that rifle and bay- onets are available for details on duty.

PATRADES.

Sunday, 25th instant.

Recruits in the Cricket Ground, at 5

p. under Instructor Sgt. Uxberry Dress Drill ordez, Signalling Sections A

Class, ab

Volunteer Headquarters at 6.15 p.m. under Signalling Instructor Loe.-Cpl. GLlotd Dress: Clean fatigue, "D" Co, at Volunteer Headquarters

at 5.15 pm Dress Drill of dor Thursday, 9th inet, and

Sergeants wil attend a class of In. struction Bayonet Fighting at Stantial Point at 5.15 pm. Drees Drill order

Recruits on the Cricket Ground at 5.

p.m. under Instructor Sgt.

Dress: Drill, order, Oxberry.

Machine-gun Section at Wellington Barracks at 5 p.m. under Instructor Sgt. Bowlea. Dress Clean fatigue. Signaling Sections, "B" Class, ut Volunteer Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. Friday, 30th inst

A and B Cos, on the road outs side the Law Courts at 5 p.m. Kow- loop and Taikoo Sections on the Polo Ground a 5.10 p.m. Dress Drill order...

B. B.m. Scouts Company and all mea

bers of Artillery Battery, Left, Cen- tro Right Section M. G. Co, Civil Service Company and Signalling. Sec. who did not fire on 11th inktant, on Troya, just east of Blake Pier, and proceed by

by lunch to Kowlood City Hange for Field Firing. Dress: Drill Urder (Helmet) with baversack, waterbottle (alled) two pouches Pic. A. A. Birnie having, joined is

20 rounds ball ammunition. Ou com- pletion of

practices cach unit will Foturn the empty cartridge cases and draw the equivalent number of live. rounds,

above.

10 am. Belchers 8"

Centre

STRENGTH,

allotted Corps No. 847 and posted

to Co. A, Platoon No. 1, Section 3.

Pte. FA Wells having joined is allotted

Corps No 018 and posted to Co. "B," Patoon No. Bection 4,

Monday, 26th instante add Right Sec Pte, K. B. Reid having joined is allotted

5.15 p.m.Left, Co Sebits Company Civil Service Company and Signal tions M.

Platoon No. 1. Section 2. Corps No 649 and posted to Co

- ing Section at Headquarters under No. 351 Pte. P. Tester is transferred to

to 10,20 p.m. E. L. clase, No. 1, at Belchers Battery. Tuesday, 27th instant

7.30 p.m. Belchers 0 Section at Bel-

chers Battery.

Strat 667 Packbar P-es-023 Reynt Commanders, the H.B.V.C. Engineer Co.

Lucky 766 A Molrowed. 291 Usui Becrait of all units_m⠀⠀⠀ 8!0 Bandran, 124 Remedios, 584.

Edgcumbc, Grinter Editor Larmlijeka TRANSFER

No. 1 He wompletun is trend Castilho, 824 Lorcaciano, 330 Be-

5.30 p.m. Artillery Battery at Belchers

Buttery,

ferred to D

Co. medios, 760 Beltran, 78 Im Ping Cheung, 67 Ko Shiu Kau, 49 Chan Tak, 32 James Lan, 25 Li King Po, 121 Man Tag Cheung, A38 White, 670 Bobbs, 714 Hunter, 754 Muttony - 735. Spaulding, 808 Omar, . 087 Hamed, 318 Rahumed, 112 Ng Chin Ng, 21 Tam Chiu Wing, 86 Young Man Yuk, 186 Lam Kin: Ting, 210 Pang Yuk Loong 160 Yeung Wing Ching, 243 Li Shui Ling, 210 lau King Tong, 115 Au Wing Sup, 195 Lai Dun Foo, 244, Chan Chun,

(oga.) M. L. JERKIN,

SUBP, (B) Hongkong, 23rd March, 1917.

To sit in the bazaar and watch the | people pinszug is very interesting, for here in the compound and bricked over, there une ses the rich town merchants in lung carted away in skin bngs and thrown out- stays until it over flows, when it is garillents of aliä, maux concealed by her side the city wall. Thus, the whole city Lushes of cashmere and this tolds the srandy on one huge reeking cesspool. Ther abon, or skeytics clock, which 18 typical in this part of the East. Seyeds bright days, but rarely show.

winters are by autiful, with clear, cold and mullahs, with proud, unrelenting ka-

In sum Tures'anu pule races, robed in silks, year shade, when everybody lives in collar-like mer the average heat is about 115 in the ing inrbans of neatly tolded winte, green, underground chambers, call d serdabs be or dark blue musiii; Turkish OliCUTS broadcoin and gold lace with jingling ween the hours of sunrise and sunset,

While

swords and spurs (though, perhaps, these to sunrisedavesands

5.15 p.m. Stretcher Bearer Section

Headquarters,

Bel-

5.30 nm. Artillery Battery and

6" Bection nt Volunteer Head

chers

quarters for lecture by Lieut. Colonel

B. F. Curric General Staf 5.30 p.m Sigonalling Section: SA "& "B" classes at Wellington Barracks. 3.30 p.m. Artillery Battery at Belchers

L. cines

Battery

-- 8 to 10,30 p-m, E. L. cing No 2 at

Belchers Battery.

Wednesday 8th instant.

All applications for leave must be sent to the Adjutant for approval of the Officer Commanding through Officers Applications must not be addressed per

Commanding Companies

sonally to the Officer Commanding. Applications for leave exceeding 6 daya must be made on special forms to be obtained from the Orderly Rooms 1SSUE OF INIFORM,

All issues of Uniforms, etc. will be made from the stores at Volunteer Head. quarters during the hours thoro notified."

ORDERLY ROOB

(Bd.) C. CRAMPKIN, Capt

Adjutant, KYR Hongkong, 23rd March, 1917,

5.10 p.m. Adjutant's Parade on Polo The Telephone No. of this office is 2149,

Ground. Left Centre, and Right | Sections M. G. Co, Scouts Company Civil Service Company outside and Courts

of Justice and proceed by car to Falo Ground. Senior Officers need not attend. Thursday, th

instant.

Friday, 30th instant

8 to 10.30 pm. LL., clase No. 1, at

Belchers Battery.

7.30 nm. Belchers 8" Section at Bel.

chors Battery

5.15 p.m. Bayonet Training class at

Headquarters.

5.15 pm Mounted Section at Jockey

Club Stables

315 p.m. Recruit, of all units at Head- quarters. C. 6. M. Witchell, Corpla Grimes and Edgcumbe will attend: 5.30 Signalling Section A& 8.30 pm. Artillery Baté Belckers classes at Wellington Barracks Battery

don't five qurte, so quien swaggur to-day); sleep at the list roof rougn kurash bommels or porters, carry

In writing of Baghdad one must not 1ng cavy cases; half-nude, laughing forget to mention the Faghued boil or but street arching, native Christions in white ton from which nearly (veryono, native ents and red fezzes or dressed like Arabs and female and last exactly year; the or European, suffers. These are male African negroes, Jews and

and Armeniaus, Arabs from the desert with soiled linen writer was lucky enough to get a mal and fadel brown by brown and white boil of which one only get one, which striped abbag made of camel's hair, their beads covered with voloured kinyeha, höf: Fin place by rolis of black amelie Jair; beggars in raga, often blind donkey thin arm or legs but one sees many as t

Europeans are generally affected upon driven along with loud erida, hearing on Their becke the freebly-filled skins

terrible facial dungurements On duty 1st April Centre Section M. G.

DETAIL ZAN Tigris water: Arab Sheikes on laves Arab from thepo date marke, which leave largo C mares, guy with brides studded with sirver, the ten

en eating away half On aury 2nd April Right Section M. C mounted on gaudy sandles, their beite full of the prettiest sights in the East On duty

hough a nuisance is not very painful. dosens of small and very painful boils but if one gets the female kind one gets

Lives

holes s

8 to 10.39 p.m. EL., clak No. 2, st

Belchers Battery

On duty eth April Centre

Fection

M. O

together flashing in, Right Section M G

of arms hawkers vending all kinds of at a native Christian wedding in Bagh On dity 4th April Scouts Company wares-all going to und fro, screaming dad, when all the women and girls deck On duty 6th April Civil Service Com

On dusy 3rd April Scoute Company. langhing, yelling, and quarrelling Aud seen against a background of box themselves out in silk chadurs of all the shops, gorgeous with brilliant goods, the To see some hadreds of these beauti

colours of the rainbow borgar is a sight Indeed.

Then there comes a long caravan of the brilliant sunlight, looking like so Co

fully coloured clocks Flambering comelé, granting under their many radiant butterflies is a scene of O-derly Officer from let to 7th April

Feary leads, drowning the din with the indescribable beauty, pedang te clanging of great bells that hangs half The streets of Baghdad are to marrow hidden the trappings of wool and shells that there is only room for one carriage ank tiny mirrors, round their necks or at a time and if two meet one must back 'string of Persian pilgrims, mounted on till a cross street is reached there is not sturdy posies, followed by

by mules bearing room enough to turn in. All the drinking kajavebs in which are veiled women, all water is brought from the Tigris by lakas The undermentioned members will repre Housein at Karbala and that of All át

water carriers in gont skins to the Nojef

Lieut. Lingeel

A CHURCHILL. Capt Hongkong, March 23rd, 1917.

Adjutant, H. KV Corps.

(4) RIFLE LEAGUE

intent on visiting the rod, shrimp, of orbett The scene at the river side would sent the Corda versus The Navial-

Amusing

if one had not to drink the The climate is as a ruler healthy but water thins supplied. Here one sees hus ma cool summer typhoid generally breaks dreds of boys bathing men scrubbing out and many people dje. The writer ro. mules, donkeys,; and thors63, often with members one such summer when in less

horrible sore backt, moal

women washing | than a week the ttle Britan colony lost clothes cleaning tripe, etc., etc. seven of its members from typhoid The Just beside and below them are the gakan fact that anyone is alive there s ems: 0 catching all

ülthy water to carry miracle dor there is ny system of munita tion of any king All the refuse from which it is said in a native proverb, if each house runs down inta & huge hole dug won drinks once he will want to returz

zal drink, seven times. Canismuch at foot of next column.)

round abdzie mere agrig water of

ne Dockyard on Sunday 1st April, at

S.M. G. Duncan

pm at Tai Hang - Gr. V Sorby, Bergt B. W Brad

Bergt. C. E. Frith,

bury,

H Haines, Gr. Serg Greo, Borg M. Manuk and Corp they and Edmonds A Martin Reservee Corple. Nor-

s

SERGRANTS NESS MEETING.

the members of the Ser- be held in the Megs 20th ustant at 6.45

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

HONGKONG AND CHINA DISTRICT.

V.M.C.A DIVISION.

Tuesday, 27th inst. :--

B p.m. First Aid Lecture by Surgeon Pp.m. Company and Stretcher Drill. Thursday, 20th inst. — cred

9 p.m. Bandage Practice; Loe.-Cpl.

Wel Kad will take charge.

8 p.m. Company and Stretcher Drill, SMIYINUPUN DIVISION,

Sunday, 19 April

A Sergeant and, 16 men will parade with the Hongkong Volunteer Reserves on Sunday, April 1st Fall on the r Cricket Ground at 8.15 am, Dress Holmets, shorts, puttees haversacks (fitted), waterbottles (filled), great conts (rolled). Bations should be carried in haversacks. Two stretchers. to be provided

QUEEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION:

College

Tuesday 27th frist. ;---

Parade for city on Queen

Ground, Causeway Bay, st 1 pm, *Dress Helmets eserts, potter. haversacks (fitted); waterbottles (1 ed). One stretcher to be provided.

VICTORIA DIVISION

Monday, 28th inst

5.15 pm Stretcher Dril Friday, 30th inst

5:15 pm Company Drill.

(8gd.) E. RACE (Offione in charge of Histrict). Hongkong, 23rd March, 1917

Harrow and Eton have been placed on war ration. The tuck Chops are not allowed to well eaker of pastry, or other Erticle enabling the boge, to exceed Lord Devonport's allowance, though purchases

fam and sweets are allowed hops, including Prince Henry Leopold of Belgium, who is a student there have ben ordered to limit their expenditure on new clothera