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Rh History of Sixth Regiment, U. S. Marines. 55 they turned in all equipment and arms, and at 10:00 a.m ., 13 August , 1919, were discharged from the Li. S. Marine Corpji. On March 26, 1927, the Sixth Regiment, composed of the First and Second Battalions, Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Com- pany and Service Company, was reorganized at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., with Colonel H. C. Snyder in Command. The regiment was reorganized with the purpose of joining the Third Brigade on expeditionary duty in China, which brigade was undei com- mand of Brigadier General Sinedley D. Butler. On 30 Marchy the contingent from Philadelphia, numbering 57 officers, and tf tfflisted men, entrained for San Diego. California, on four trains, all of which arrived in San Diego by 5 April, 1927. Ad- ditional officers and men, from Parris Island, Washington, D.C. Norfolk, Quantico, Va., augmenting the regiment to a total of 71 Officers and 1185 enlisted personnel, joined the regiment at San Di^-go. California. During this period, the Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Com- pany, Brigade Special Service Company, Aviation Units, and Detached Battery of Artillery, 1 0th Regiment, arrived at San Diego All troops embarked on the USS HENDERSON on April 6, 1927. and at 8:30 a.m., 7 April, the USS HENDERSON sailed from San Diego, with the entire contingent composed as follows : Sixth Regiment 71 officers 1185 enlisted Brigade Hdq. h Hdq. Co 7 „ 56 Brigade Special Service Co. 6 ., 99 Detached Battery Artillery. 10th Regt. 5 ., 128 Aviation Units 9 ,, 48 98 officers 1516 enlisted The USS HENDERSON arrived at Honolulu, T. H. at 3.45 p.m., April 15, 1927, and sailed from that port at 6 :00 a.m. . 16 April, tving up to the SOCONY INSTALLATION wharf, Shanghai. China. II :30 a.m ., 2 May 1927. Guards were established at the SOCONY INSTALLA HON. and on May 18, 1927, Camp Butler was established there, where all units, excepting the First Battalion, and Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, encamped. In the meantime, the Third Battalion of the Sixth Regiment had l>een formed at Norfolk, Va., on 4 April, 1927, crossing the United States by train and joining the Second Battalion of the Fourth Regiment at San Diego, Calif. This contingent sailed from San Die^o on 17