question No. 1.
Question 2.
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John. 3. Francis
If the duty and responsibility
upon me
tuuri
thrawn
of raising a local Corps of the strength named to aid in the defence of Shongkong I should unhesitatingly enlist Chinese and place them under European officers.
The Chinine form by far the best available
material.
I strongly deprecate
a mixed force, of ley
a mixed force is meant a force composed, us to the rank file, of Europeans, (either English or Portuguese), chinese. Manila min. natives of India
tero or more of of any
there races.
Dy
I object to a mixed force for many reasons
mono
It is far
expensive tran
any constituent elements must, some
other. It's
some of
them le
at considerate
braught from outside the colony expense for passage to and fro - Different forms and kinds of food have to be prounded at a cost, for Commissariat aloud, considerably, ui excess of
the expense
that need be incurred
for a cluice force or for any force of
nationality.
one
Provision has to be made of
special interpreters, drill instructors &c. for
the different paces, and a
larger staff would
be required in every way.
Discipline would
be far more difficult to maintain whether
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