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Mr. Chan Lim Pak was born in Namhoi, Kwangtung, in 1884, He was president of the General Chamber of Commerce in Canton 1920-1922 and is at present Commander-in-Chief of the Merchants Volunteers of the Province of Kwangtung and Colonel-in-Chief commanding the ten regiments in Canton City proper. The Canton Corps consists of 7,000 well-trained and equipped men in active service with 6,000 recruits awaiting assignments pending the completion of their six-months course of instruction in military science and tactics being given by regular army officers. Mr. Chan is a major-general (brevet) in the ranks of the Chinese Army, an honor accorded him by Peking several years ago in consideration of his service in the promotion and development of the best armed corps of civilians for local defense purposes without any financial support from