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CHAPTER II C).
(iii.) By the Superintendent of Police, of any hostile or suspicious movement of ships or men in the neighbourhood of the outlying stations North of Tai Po on the mainland, or along the South shore of the Island of Hong Kong.
5. Distribution of Intelligence.-The above, after being sifted in the Intelligence Office, would be distributed as follows:
(i.) All information as to the movement in or out of ships to the commander of each section with an examination service, and thence to the Fire Commander and the 0.C.S.M. of the section, and through the Fire Commander to the supporting battery.
(ii.) Any movement on the land fronts to the Commander of the section affected, and also to the neighbouring sections.
(b.) Military Telephone Systems.
1.-General Description.
Two separate military systems of telephone communication, known as the command and administrative systems, are provided throughout the fortress.
In the administrative system, each office is connected with a central office called the Exchange, and so connected that a telephone clerk in the exchange can connect any two offices at will.
In the command system the offices are arranged in groups round a central office; the central office can send or receive messages from any of the outlying offices, but the latter cannot com- municate with one another.
The command system is designed for the transmission of orders or intelligence from the Fortress Headquarters to Section Commanders, and thence to batteries, electric lights, &c. The messages will usually be written down at each end, and, if required to pass through the central office of a group as at a Section Commander's post, must be re-transmitted by the operator in that post.
The administrative systém is mainly intended, as in peace, for routine messages dealing with movements, rations, transport, &c., and may be used for actual conversation between two outlying offices.
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