Police being otherwise
there be no
rezerve
engager
force.
stop their progress: must it be forgotten with what facility the chinese
houses in
parts of
the town might be fired by
incendiaries to increase the
confusion, and the convegnent facility of plunder - The
cxistence of a
Teserve quchi
ad
would be formed by a telonial
Volunteer Corps might stip
such proceedings
at the
outset or prevent them altogether; it might lender effective and in other
ways
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to the troops by mathing
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free to devote their undivided.
attention to their
immediate duties; and the
safety of the place would be thus materially increased.
The Con
Commander
der of
the
Groops has undertation to
and drill such
whenever it
equip
Corps
To
may
be formed. Is quare-
against immediate dunger
doubtless
men
body of paid might without any
very great difficully be
raised; but resève such
av
a.
that proposed I do not ace
see