Show LEGION MAN BUSY IN CHINA alfred H holt wisconsin WI conIn boy was wa first Cam commander mander of american organization in china alfred 11 holt formerly of oconto loconto wis was the first commander of the canton china t kine american rican legion post one of the recently organized brandies branches of the 14 soldiers organization k in foreign climes had it not been for the legion man china today would be lacking In elding a good republican or 0 r two tor for it was his his home that alfred H holt sheltered the mayor of canton son of doctor sun yat tat sen during the lighting fighting tor for the possession sion of the city in 1922 holt Is an instructor at the canton christian college where he teaches french and english to the chinese students lie he Is also instructor of military tactics to the cadet corps and is active in boy scout work of the school while the fighting was 11 1 progress pro giess last june the gunboats gun boats of doctor boctor sun yat sen were shelling the city find and were answered by the forts of the town the fire grew so intense that hat doctor suns wife his son then the mayor of the city his wife fled to the college grounds tor for safety one shell fortunately a dull dud lit squarely on top of a college dormitory but did no harm haria since doctor holts election as co commander in of thle faraway post he has taken an active part in its work ile he organized an american legion baseball team of which he himself Is a member as well as of the college baseball team learn which met the university of california on the recent trip that team made to the orient it Is said that when these two teams met fact the armies of the republicans public ans and irregulars suspended fighting long enough to watch the baseball game A student at williams college in 1917 bolt olt became a member of the first training camp at plattsburg Platts burg in 1918 and at the close of this camp was ordered to camp left lee va tor for further training he was commissioned a as second lieutenant of infantry early in november 1918 but tailed failed to get overseas after his release from service he be returned to college finished his course and soon afterward accepted the post of instructor in china lie heads a small but extremely uc tic bunch of legionnaires in canton |