Tuesday - Following the dangerous political-military situation in Shanghai between the two opposing factions fighting for the presidency of the republic, loyalists loyal to the government formed by men of Kuo-min-tang, the party that won the election, and of the opposition led by the provisional president Yuan Shi-kai, supported respectively by the formations of the Chinese army of the northern regions and the southern regions, in a meeting of the Naval Commanders of the units present in the port is decided to land companies of sailors with the task to prevent armed people from entering the city and to divide the defense into sectors, each belonging to a ship.

The landing company of the Marco Polo, 62 strong sailor with a machine gun, is placed in defense to Zi-ka-wei, in the western sector of the city's outskirts.

Source: Military Navy