Enclosure No. 9.
Unit.
Number
present on
Parade.
Number
of
Guns.
Number
of
Rounds fired.
Range.
General Idea of Practice.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Report on Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 31st March, 1901.
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Do.
do.
0.45" Maxim Gun,
20th June, 1900,
“A” M.G. Company,
10
1
93
20 Yards.
Instructional Practice in "Jams," back of Ord- nance Store.
13
125
Do.
do.
Nature of Practice.
Date on which
Practice waS carried out.
27th June, 1900,
"A"
Don
12th Sept., 1900,
“A” & “C” M.G. Cos.,
11
N
1,000
M
Dou
.303′′ and 0.15′′ Maxim Gun,......................... 24th Oct., 1900, ¦ “A” “B” & “C” M.G. Cos.,.
87
12
3,301
550 to 700 Yds.
Practice at screens on hillside at Yaumati, re- presenting enemy in sections and in column.
Do.,
27th Oct., 1900,
"A
” “B” & “C” M.G. Cos.,.
100
12
3,030
.303" Maxim Gun,
19th Feb., 1901,
"A
" "B" & "C" M.G. Cos.,.
92
12
3,000
850 to 1,350 Yds. Practice at floating targets and anchored barrels with flags at Lai-chi-kok.
900 to 1,300 Yds. Practice at screens on hillside at Repulse Bay. Competitive practice for His Excellency the G. O. C.'s challenge shield.
J. W. CARRINGTON, Lieut.-Colonel, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
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