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"The lighter side OF WAR"

LT. COL. E. J. R. MITCHELL'S AMUSING ADDRESS TO H.K.

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Lt. Col. E. J. R. Mitchell entertained Rotarians at their regular weekly tiffin at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday with a delightful series of anecdotes from his personal ex- periences as a member of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps (now the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps) and later as an Officer in India and Africa between 1914 and 1918. Dr. Arthur W, Woo presided, and to get a Commission with welcomed the following:-Rotarian Indian Regiment which was being W. Wierink of Canton and Messrs. drafted off to Calcutta. It was all N. Norton Blth (Chungking), so hurried I had to leave without Eric Grant Smith, Capt. E. N. untform, which was made for me Thursby. C. B. Brown, P. Annis, Dr.Jon board by the Regimental Tailor. M. Nicholson. S. B. Tan, D. G. E. You can imagine my relief. Middleburg, F. W. Shaftain. Rev. A therefore, when I was told that P. Rose and D. L. Strellett.

before going on service I had to go The Hon. Bir Henry Pollock pro-and do a six weeks course" "How posed a hearty vote of thanks to to become an efficient Oficer In Rotarian Major R D. Walker for War" in a nice little hill station the able way in which he had called Sabathu in the, Simla Hills. carried on the duties of Acting I came back to the Regiment, who President of the Club for many were then in Lahore, after four months past.

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THE ADDRESS Rotarian Mitchell said; in part: This time 23 years ago I was a full-blown private unpaid in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps. There was no defence about us then-we attacked everything we could in those good old days. “

I spent the Arst night of the, War under canvas on our parade ground attacking mosquitoes and snoring privates. Well do I re- member the Corps being addressed by His Excellency the Governor. Sir Francis Henry May, whose opening remarks were "Gentle- men, War has come upon us like

a thief in the night." That is all

I can remember of his speech.

Then we had to mount guard over the interned German pri-

weeks, as I was wanted for active service and had actually passed out top half way through the

course.

We embarked on the "Caronia” “from Bombay and arrived in East Africa at Kilwa Kisstwant a week later. We disembarked undercover of darkness and bivouacked for the night, fully expecting to " be in action the next day, but we did not contact the enemy for at least 18 days and then we bumped him good, and proper, but as this talk is on the lighter side of War, let us the more amusing stick to Incidents that kept on cropping up and kept us cheerful.

SOME INCIDENTS

One of the Indian Regiments in soners at Hunghom. We got there our Column brought out their own by rickshaw from Kowloon Ferry Soda Water, Factory, but could not and there was always a race with get enough water to make the a. $1 sweep to the winner, 35 soda. "They also brought out their 15 rickshaws running Mesa Cock-a Coanese-who dived abreast along the front past into a river in his first action and

was never seen again.

many as

Holt's Wharf.

EXCITING INCIDENT Another exciting incident in- volved

Cornell Rotarian

and probably in addition Rotarian Cassidy both of whom were mem- bers of No. 2 Section of the Old Scouts Company. Rotarian Cornell tells me that he was on guard in the small. hours of the morning endeavouring to stide his yawns. when he saw a German brisoner going into the latrine.

The Swabili porters were Оле always full of curiosity. of them picked up A Mills Bonibs, pulled the pin out and Istened too long to the funny noise. All his pals buried their heads in the ground and came up a few minutes afterwards grinning from ear to ear at the miraculous disappearance trick.

I remember once being sent out

As the prisoner did not come to do a compass traverse of the out after a considerable length of Mbemburu River-a very hot day ame, Private Cornell's suspicions and moving through tall elephant were finally aroused and so was grass down by the riverside. When the guard which was admitted I got back I elaborated on my into the camp. The guard went plan by marking the river in Blue Into the latrine and found itpencil.

empty!

The part of the river "which I

A sequel to this story occurred!

given to do had a double was a few days later when it was found

bend, not shown on the wretched the that three of

German pri-

maps we had and when I brought soners had escaped and were at

my beautiful plan before the large in the New Territories. It transpired that Private Cornell's Column Commander I was told that he had not asked me to draw vigilance which he assured was

do a never even acknowledged, far less a perimeter camp but to rewarded, resulted in an investi- compass. traverse of a river. 1 gation into said latrine, where it was disbelieved, with the result was found that a tunnel had been that we had to cross the dug underneath the fencing sur- rounding the

BACK HOME prisoners camp, through which the three men On the way home from East escaped. O. C. present German | Africa to Bombay I was ship's prisonera camp please note!

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One day it was very rough and Stonecutters where the mosquitoes our Doctor was laid low, and he seemed to be as large as dragon-Lasked me if I would attend to the files, I decided it was time to be distribution of quinine, to the come a real soldier and managed troops for him.

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At the same time he asked me how it was I never got malaria. I then confessed that I never once took my daily quinine ration. used to draw it and throw it away in the jungle or ground it with my foot in the sand when no one

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Two weddings took place yester- day at the Registry, Supreme Court, Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, officiating at both ceremonies. The parties were:-

Mr. Chang Ching-tang," of No. 10, Kennedy Terrace, and Miss Ouyang Pul-chun, of No. 16, Hill- wood Road, The witnesses were Messra TY. Dunn and E. W. Lee.

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