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CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER III (A) and (B).
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ACTION BY STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS.
(A.)-General Review of Measures to be taken.
1. The notification that the Defence Scheme for the Colony is to be put partially or wholly into force will be sent to the Governor in the form communicated in Mr. Chamberlain's despatch of the 26th July, 1898.
2. Troops will be warned to hold themselves in readiness for mobilization as soon as the Governor intimates that an outbreak of hostilities appears imminent.
3. On the order to mobilize action will be at once taken by Staff and Departmental Officers as laid down in this Chapter. The troops will be distributed to their several sections and to the Reserve. Action will be taken by the Civil Administration as laid down in Chapter VI.
4. All available measures for obtaining intelligence of an enemy's movements, including such assistance as may be obtained from Governors of Eastern Colonies, from the British Consuls at Eastern Ports, and from the Royal Navy will be put in force.
5. The movable armaments which have fixed positions assigned to them, will, if not previously placed, be at once moved into them with their complement of. ammuni- tion. All deficiencies in gun ammunition in the batteries, if any, will at once be made good.
6. Howitzer batteries, field magazines, blockhouses, earthworks, and communi- cations, as planned, will immediately be put in hand, where not previously executed.
Mat-sheds will be built to shelter the garrisons of Sections.
It is estimated that the defensive works will be completed in from three fo eight days, and that mat-sheds to replace the tents will be erected in from ten to twenty days.
7. The mine-fields can be completely laid out in four days. They will not be laid down until the consent of the Naval Commander-in-chief or Senior Naval Officer has been obtained.
8. The Hong Kong Volunteer Corps will be called out for actual military service, and efforts made to complete them up to their establishment. A General Order to this effect in accordance with Section 189 (2) of the Army Act, is given in Chapter V (viii) "Orders to corps as to procedure on mobilization."
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(B.)-Action by D.A.A.G.
1. He will warn all troops to hold themselves in readiness for mobilization.
2. He will issue the orders for mobilization which are kept prepared. The
O.C.A.S.C. will give him the time table for embarkations.
3. He will communicate with the civil authorities in regard to the issue of Procla- mations and other matters referred to in Chapter VI (i).
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