Rewi Alley
Hogg started to assist the Gung Ho movement operated by New Zealand-born communist Rewi Alley in Shaanxi. He helped Alley operate a lice-infested facility (without books, beds or food) for 60 orphaned boys. He converted a nearby cottage into a dormitory. With credit established in town, he was able to supply millet and vegetables to the children. Funds for the facility came from the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (CIC), also organised by Alley. CIC regional headquarters in Baoji was over the Qinling Mountain pass. Hogg occasionally traveled by bicycle to CIC.