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RIVER ORAFT IN THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN.
AMERICA'S WORK IN THE
WAR
CANTON NEWS.
[BY COURTRAY OF TAN CHUNG NGOI
BAK PO."
CANTON, May 22nd.
PROJECTED LOAN. It is said that the authorities are nego tiating for a loan of $20,0:0,000 from certain British, French, and American merchants on the security of the Canton." Hankow Railway."
DE: 3UN YAT-SEN./
men a year ago. The total number of Canton shortly, and proceed vid Japan persons in the navy establishment now
to Amorion...
Dr. Sun has handed the sea] exceeds 425,000. The estimated total expenditures of the navy in the year of the Generalissimo to the Special amount to 31,851,000,800. The total navy Parliament, and ordered his recruiting appropriations, real and pending, amount officers to disband all the "People's to B3, 133,171,665.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
BISLEY.**.
The following are the entries for the Team and Individual contests to be fired at King's Park Range on Empire Day, commencing at 9.45 am sharp-
H.K.S.B.R.G.A, Capt. Harris; Havildar Major Mungal Singh; 3, 2nd Lient Wilcox; 4, Actg. Naik Indar Bingh
‹ 18th Infantry -5, Jemadar Fatch Muhd Khan; 6, Naik Imamuddin Khan; 7 Drummer Hulya Khan, 8, Sepoy Akbar Hussain Khan.
Hoyal Navy.-9, Mr. Crane, Master-at- Arms; 10, P O McClelland; 11, Stoker O. Loach; 12, Leading Stoker Murray. Dockyard Defence Corps-13, Petty for Elson; 1 Petty Officer Wright, 15, Leading Seaman Brock; 16, Scamon
The campaign in Mesopotamia has
A YEAR'S GREAT RECORD. from the first been dependent upon river, The following in summarised epitomo transport- The Tigris and the Euph of what America has accomplished in one rates, flowing down from Upper Mesopo, since her entry into the war
The total estimated expense of tho famia, to near Basra, where they unite United States Government in the year, and enter the Persian Gulf in one stream, exclusive of loans to the Allica, amounts known as tho Shat-cl-Arab, ano practi- 10 $12,007,278,670, The United States cally the only means of communication in army has increased from 9,521 officers and this difficult country, and, consequently. 202,510 enlisted men to 123,801 officers in our advance beyond Baghdad the and 3,528,924 men. The total appropria organisation of transport on these rivers tiong for the War Department amount to his boen of paramount importance. 87,404,771.750. The withdrawals from
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, though elected a Neither the Tigris nor the Euphrates are Treasury by the War Department from Controller of the Confederation Gevern. easy rivers to navigate. The current is June 15th to March Oth. were rapid, sometimes towing as fast as 583,000,701,907, The- navy's strength ment, has decided to refuse the appoint- knots an hour, whilst the river courses to-day is nearly 21,000 officers and 330,000 ment. T is said that he will leave bend and twist in a manner which makes man, against 4,792 officers and 77,940: it dificult to prevent a vessel going aground in negotiating the corners. The depth of the river varies greatly in the wet and the dry seasons; sometimes vessels drawing 7 fect of water can reach Baghdad, but in the dry season a vessel drawing more than 3 fect 6 inches could not be certain of getting so far. These American destroyers arrived at natural difficulties have not been reduced British port to assist in patrolling by the Turkish methods of river adminis. twenty-eight days after the declaration tration. Irrigation canals have been cut of war. The first contingent of the into both rivera without discrimination, expeditionary forces landed at a French and the natural variety in the depth of port eighty-eight days after America had the stream hús thus been accentuated. | declared war. The first American troops The Turks allowed bars to form at several received their baptism of fire 167 days value to a total of not more than $100. Grimes; 23, L/Cpl. Goodman; 24, Pte. A. points and dredging operations were after war was declared American never undertaken; wharves and docking troops permanently took over a part of facilities are either of a primitive char- the ring line as an American sector in acter or entirely absent. Consequently, January. There are now four times as when we began operations in the Persian ninny vessels in the naval service as there Gulf, one of the first steps taken was to were a year ago, sa
proper nuthorities for port ad ministration and river conservancy; piers and docks had to be built, cranes and dredgers brought from India and else where; in fact, the accumulated neglect of years had to be remedied in a few
weeks.
Army"
CHINA BANK NOTES.
Several official exchange bureaux have been established, where any person may change China Bank notes at their face
The gunboat Kwong How is to be sold by public auction, and the proceeds will be utilised for the purpose of maintaining the note issue.
STRIES IN THE ARSENAL,
explanations, resumed work." LUND'S TROOPS IN LUI CHOW,⠀⠀
It is reported that a large gunboat, full of military supplies, arrived at Hoi Hong (near Lui Chow) on the 19th inst Several small gunboats and large junké, also, have been seen sailing to Hoi Rong recently. It is said that Lung's troops there are now well supplied and will renew their altnek on the Canton forces.
ISING THE Less than three weeks after the enactment of the select service law The workmen of the Canton arsenal 10,000,000 men presented themselves for stopped their work on the 18th inst., active duty. The cost of mobilising owing to delay in paying their wages. the select service army amounts to They have now been paid, and, after 830,000,000. During the twelve months Special craft are necessary to maintain the army hospitals have increased in communications at all seasons on these number from oven to sixty-three, and the difficult streams. The native craft beds from 5,000 to 58,400. Six new Mabeilahe Bellams, and the little battleships of 41,500 tons, the largest in coracles known as Quffehs, in which both the world, have been ordered and design rivers and Shat el Arab abound, are noted. The air personnel has been increased very suitable for military purposes, from 65 officers and 1,120 men to 100 times though they have been used to o limited that number in the first year of the war. extent for carrying stores. These bonts Two powder plants at a cost of ara either poled or mailed with a rough $45,000,000 each, are under construction, sail placed far forward in the bows. The repair of 109 interned German ships, Their progress is consequently slow, and partially wrecked by the crews, has dependent on wind and tide. Craft of added more than 700,000 tons to the avail. this character carry cargoes of from tenable naval and merchant tonnage. Up to a hundred tons, and sometimes as to February 20th the Director-General of many as sixty passengers; their crews Military Railroads had placed orders for consist of three to eight Arah bostmen. railway supplies valued at $142,000,000. whose ideas of bontmanship resemble For training troops in cantonments closely those of the Thames holiday-1,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition had maker, an
ben bought. Several hundrot subma
ine chasers have been built since the eclaration of war and delivered to the navy by thirty-one private establishments and six navy yards. A thousand trained
Before the war there were few steamers or launches running in Mesopotamia An English firm had for many years run a service of small steamer, from Basra to Baghdad, and their experience proved invaluable to the Military authorities, Several steamers belonging to this firm were used as transports, and at first attempts were also made to use vessela which had been running on the Indian rivers. Some balf dozen Thame steam ers were also brought from England and did good service.
SPORT.
HONGKONG. C.C. TOURNAMENT.
Only two matches were played yester day in the Hongkong, C.O. Tournament. In the Handicap Singles A" N, E.
pigeons have been sent to France by the Kent (owes 3/6) beat A. Morse (rees. 4/6) signal corps. Over twenty firms are--7-5; 14-12 As the scores indicate, the manufacturing airplanes; Afteen are match was well contested. In the second producing engines, and more than 400 are producing spare parts. The naval train set cspecially, some very clever play ing camps have a capacity in the summer was witnessed The Handicap doubles for 102,000 men and for 94,000 men in the between E. Thomas and G. S. Archbutt winter. Some 300 woollen mille are working on army contracts. The army (ree 3/6) and H. A. Nisbet and Major A striking feature of the river translus ordered 20,000,000 pairs of shock Hammond (owe 15) was won easily by port arrangements in Mesopotamin has The Treasury Depurtinent had floated the latter pair by 8-0; 6-0. been the organization of the hospital 6,616,532,300 of subscriptions to Liberty service for evacuating wounded down the bonds up to the end of 1917. Loans. rivers. Advanced dressing stations are totalling 3,882,000,000 had been made to established on the river banks, quite the co-belligerent nations. close to the front line, from which the wounded are carried down on stretchers, or in motor ambulances. From these dressing-stations they are taken in motor Iaunches to field ambulances lower down
RESULTS OF DRINK CONTROL
COMPARISON WITH AMERICA.
Lord D'Abernon, chairman of the Liquor Control Board, contributes to the
Denne..
74th Punjabis. 17, Havildar Nand Singh 18, Naik Naranjan Singh, 10, 'L/Naik Alam Din; 20, Naik Kasila,
H.K. Defence Corps (Infantry Team A)-2, S.M.8. Mackay, 22, Corpl.
Jenkins.
Royal Engineers. 2, Lieut. Bryant, 26, Staff Sergt. Barclay; 27, Sergt. McGregor; 28 Sapper Powell. “
Royal Mariacs-29, Sergt., Watering; 30 Pte. Dougherty, 1, Pio, Kelly; 39,
Pte. Bigge
Nevill; 34, Sergt. Major Heath; 35, Royal Garrison Artillery-33, Captain
Master Gunnor Bradley; 38, Master Gunner Hartree
HK. Defence Corps (Infantry Team B.)-37, Sergt. Leach; 38, Sergt. Banner- man; 89, Cpl. Lyon; 40, Pte. Tollan.
H.K. Defence Corps (Artillery and Engineers),41, Lieut. Hill, 42, Sergt. Manus; 43, Cpl. Eldridge, 44,, Gunner: Sorby.
H.K. Policy Reserve 45, Asst.-Supt. Franks; 40, Sergt.-Major Roylance; 47, Chief Inspector Sirdar Khan; 48; Trooper Hodge
H.K. Police-49, Insp. J. Grant 50, Arm-Sergt. Avenell; 51, Sgt. Grimmett; 52, Sergt. Marks.
It is to he regretted that owing to insuficient practice, the 25th Middlesex will be unable to compete.
Competitors will be squadded. us follyws:-
No.1 Squad-Nos. 1-10. No. 2 Squad No8. 11–20.,
No. 3 Squad-Nos, 21-30, No. 4 Squad-Nos. 31-40 No. 5 Squad-Nos. 41–52,
No. 1 Squad must report to the Squad- ding Officer (Chief Inspector Chinchen) at the 200 yards firing-point at 9.40 am sharp. S
Instead of allowing 30 seconds from the time. the signalling disc or flag is
Congresg has authorised $2,034,000,000, of which $1,131,000,000 have been appro printed for the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. On March 1st $363,217,953 of this sum Fleet Corporation had requisitioned on March 1st 425 steel vessels and contracted the efforts made to deal with the drink allowed for each shot in deliberate prac- dition 91. is altered to read:-The time for 720 steel vessis, uking a total of problem in Great Britain during the 1,145 steel ships of an aggregate dead
the river, whence they are carried on had been expended. The Emergency Oliterter a statement in which he outlineswered within which to fire a shot, Con-
tices is 20 seconds from the time thè
weight tonnage of 8,261,509 tone. It had veriod of the war, and compares the re let contracts for 400 wooden vessels, sults with those achieved by similar action competitor is ready to fre aggregating approximately 1,715,000 in the United States. Appended are Any Officera of H.M. Services attend- deadweight tons.
The total deaths in the army from
extracts:
We can claim in this country," being the meeting as spectators, as well as April 6th, 1917, to March 14th 1913, said, to have made more rapid pro- all competitors and range officials, are from all causes, reported by the gress towards the solution of the drink invited to tifan on the range. Drinks Motor launches for carrying wounded this number 12 were killed in action durable basis, because any tendency
Adjutant General's Office, were 1,101 Of We can claim further to be on a more will be provided on cash payment only. problem than any country in the world.
The posed have not
the restrictions in-
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
larger steamers to the Casualty Clearing Stations, and so ultimately back to the base hospitals at Basra. A far as possible it is arranged that the wounded shall not have to be taken from their stretchers and placed in octs on the steamers and launches. The deck space is kept us cloar as possible, and the men are carried straight on to the, ship, where they remain on their stretchers until they are carried off again at the end of the journey.
were first taken to Mesopotamia at the end 237 died or were lost at s01. end of 1916, and there are now many in total number of wounded in action was among the public to resort to drugs or commission. The striking efficiency of 104; 35 were missing; 28 had beca cap worse alternatives. The position of the their work was well illustrated in tured. The casualties of the navy and drink problem here and the control of February, 1817, in the fighting at Bonn-marine corps from April 7th to December the alcohol trade has not been fally under QRDERS ISSUED BY MI. V. C. JENZIN, C.B.K. -Yat Nearly all the wounded from this 31st, 1017, include five naval officers and stood on the other side of the Atlantic. battle were evacuated in this manner, 189 enlisted men killed or died from Let us compare existing conditions. As and the fact that most of the work had wounds
regards the manufacture of spirits for Units will parade at Central Station at to be done by night, with the stream Machine gune are being produced at a potable purposes, that has been stopped running at 5 miles an hour, makes this rate of 225,000 a year; akin. gana are both here and in the United States. Con
5.45 p.m., uniform, helmets and achievement the more remarkable. By being produced at a rate of 15,000 a sumption of old stocks is apparently
spikes. the end of January, 1917, the Red Cross year. The United States is now produc allowed in the States without restriction. launches bad carried many cases, and ing battleplanes of the latest type, equipexcept in special prohibition areas, had travelled many miles of river, some-ped with Liberty motors. Five thousand whereas in the United Kingdom the quan times doing trips under their own power. youths are studying radiotelegraphy at 50 per cent. of the amount cleared in 1915, A good description of these launches is two naval schools. given by Sir Arthur Lawley of the ot Red Cross Society: Two or three differ
ent types of launch are in service accord
which we had the satisfaction of retal ing a gunboat which the Turks had cap tured from us during the retreat from Ctesiphon in 1915, as well as other Tur kinh steamera.
tity released from bond is restricted to
which had already been reduced far b below
“PARADES.
Monday, May 27th-No. 2 Company. Tuesday, May 26th-No. 3 Company,
Ambulance, and Buglers and Drug merece Thursday, May 30th No. 4 Platoon Wednesday, May 29th-No. 1 Section.
Police Station,
STRENGTE,
the pre-war level in Friday, May 31st No Section at Water
***With regard to beer, in the United States the materials used bave been re- duced to about 70 per cent. of the pre- war figures. Here they have been reduced per cent. of the 100,000,000 inhabitanta to below 40 per cent. Approximately 03 of the United States live in prohibition
ing to the work for which they are the following days advanced in front of intended, but the majority are forty the Army to Baghdad, which was reached four feet laundaes with a speed of 8-10 on March 11th, after heavy fighting, knots and one engine of from 20-40 hp, fitted right forward in a cabin just large enough to provide sleeping-berths for the two drivers, who, as a rule, sleep in their
restrictions appear to have been imposed areas, and outside of these areas no war boats. The rest of the launch is opeu Ordinarily the accommodation is for 36 Facilities for keeping all these vessels the United Kingdom 38,000,000 out of except as regards sales to soldiers. In sitting cases, or 8 stretcher and 18 sitting to repair, as well as erecting shops for 45,000,000 inhabitants that is 84 per cont cases; though as many ap 58 sitting cases re-constructing vessels brought out in live in areas under the Control Board have actually been carried in une trip scetions, have naturally had to be pro-regulations. This means that in the nou- Substantial double awnings and side cur. vided on a considerable scale at the base prohibition areas of the United States tains protect the patients from the terri porte. Engineering shops and plant of sale continues apparently on a pre-war fic heat of the sun's rays in the summer all kinds have had to be brought out from basis except as regards eales to troops, months."
England and India, a motor repairing | whereas in the controlled areas of the In addition to the transports and hos dochyard has been established, and an United Kingdom it is only permitted pital ships, gunboats have taken part inspector of motor boats has been under severe restrictions as to time of with great success in the Mesopotamia appointed to give special advice on the sale, shortened hours, and numerous other operations. During the advance to Kut motor-bout (services.
safeguards
ards against temptations to exte and Baghdad in February and March, It is impossible, in the compass of sive drinking. 1917, we had some 16 gunboats on the this short article to convey an adequate It will thus be seen that this country. Tigris. These boats are armed with impression of the work which has been heavy and light gune, pom-poms and done on the shores of the Shat el-Arch. Maxime, and carry a crew of about 4 Docks and wharves have sprung up with officers and 40 men. In the fighting at incredible rapidity first-class machinery Sapni-i-Yet in February 1017, they and plant have been brought from Joined in the bombardment of the Tur Europe and have now been working for kish positions, and afterwards pushed many months. In fact, when the war is on op the river, shelling the retreating over, s neglected and languishing East Turks On February 24th, the, gunboston harbour will have been converted into squadron entered Kat el Amara, and on first cluse port judged by European
(Continued at foot of next column.)
standards.
P.-r. 143 Wai Yuen Tat is permitted to
resign on leaving the Colony,
JOINED
Pc. 454 Lay to No. 1 Section.
By Order,
T. I. HOUGH, A.S.P. (R.) and Adjutant Hongkong, May 22nd, 1918.
WAR FILMS AT VICTORIA THEATRE.
Last night, at the Victoria Theatre, there was a large audience present, in- cluding H. E the Governor, Lady May, to witness an exhibition of war films and Sir William and Lady Rees-Davies, The films depicted the work of Bri- has certainly not been behind the United tish women on the land, assisting ink diminish intemperance and excess, Per of foodstuffs; the work at the Woolwich States in imposing restrictions framed to everything connected with the production sonally, I see no call for and no justifica. Arsenal, where thousands of men and tion of any more severe measures than women are employed in those in force. Indeed, I am convinced facture of munitions, etc.;
the
› manu-
and the that greater severity in the past would arrival of the first contingent of Ameri have meant less progress and less efficiency. can troops in London. The exhibition Had we gone further, we should have concluded with Cant. Bairnsfather's achieved lese. With regard to American humorous cartoons The band of the soldiers and sailors here, all reports agree 18th Infantry was in attendance and that their conduct has been exemplary." rendered a selection of appropriate music.