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11. Cooks, bhisties, and sweepers will join their companies.
12. The Os.C. Nos. 1 and 2 detachments will report their arrival at the head- quarters of their Section of Defence to the O.C. their section, and take their orders as to their disposal.
13. Indents for rations will be submitted daily by 10 A.M., by the Os.C. Nos. 1 and 2 detachments and remainder of the regiment to the Os.C. their Sections of the Defence, and to the Officer i/c Supplies, Kowloon.
14. All coolies and water transport will be returned on completion of their work by Os.C. detachments to the Camp Adjutants of their Sections of Defence, escorts being furnished to insure that no coolies desert.
15. The trained signallers of the regiment are placed at the disposal of the Brigade Signalling Officer, who will detail them to Sections of the Defence. They should be equipped for service in the field, under the conditions detailed above.
16. You will be responsible for the defence of the docks at Aberdeen and the cables at Deep Water and Taihowan Bays.
(v.)-No. 2 Indian Infantry Regiment.
1. In accordance with Garrison Order No.
with 1 Maxim, under the command of
will parade in front of its barrack rooms at
of to-day's date, No. 1 double co.,
o'clock (to-morrow), and proceed
by route march and launch to Lyemun and Devil's Peak, the headquarters of the Section of Defence to which it has been allotted. It will embark at the Kowloon Police Pier at
o'clock, and disembark at Lyemun and Devil's Peak.
2. The remainder of the regiment, and 1 Maxim, will proceed by route march and will take up the position allotted to them in No. IV Section.
Dress Field service order, khaki, water-bottles filled, and one day's cooked rations in haversacks.
11,000 rounds of ball ammunition per Maxim gun, 100 rounds per rifle, to be issued by the Quartermaster, who will also at once issue all mobilization equipment on regimental charge proportionately to all companies.
The Quartermaster will issue ammunition under the following procedure :-
If sufficient ammunition, including musketry practice ammunition, is in store for the whole regiment and Maxim guns, he will issue it in the proportions laid down above.
If, however, sufficient ammunition is not available in store, he will first complete the pouch ammunition, and issue the balance to the Maxim guns in equal proportions, and at once indent on the Ordnance Department for the amount required to complete the whole regiment, which he will issue immediately on receipt.
He will also indent on the Ordnance Department for the 1st and 2nd Reserve ammunition.
3. Men's kits limited to 20 lb. per man, and officers' baggage limited to 60 lb. per officer (excluding camp equipage). Officers' mess stores, all mobilization equipment which has been issued, and Maxim guns with their ammunition, will be conveyed by fatigue parties and stacked alongside the Kowloon Police Pier for removal on arrival of the water transport, care being taken to prevent the stores of the two parties becoming mixed. Os.C. the two detachments will detail the necessary baggage guards.
4. The Os.C. the two wings will each detail an escort of 1 British officer, 1 n.c.o. and 6 men to attend at the Ordnance Office at the hour named in Table H (ii.), Chapter III, to assist in drawing the reserve ammunition and field equipment for their detachments, and for its conveyance to section headquarters. These escorts will take charge of the coolies employed and insure that none desert.
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