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(H.)-Action by Principal Medical Officer.
(i.) At the Precautionary Stage.
1. The arrangements for treating the sick, &c., at the precautionary stage are the same as exist in peace, except that certain subordinate personnel and equipment are distributed to Sections as shown in Tables B (i), Chapter II, and H (i).
(ii.) At the War Stage.
2. The existing military hospitals are shown in Table H (ii), and give accommodation for 323 sick and wounded.
3. On mobilization, the P.M.O. will at once arrange for the establishment of dressing stations, and for the distribution to them of the officers and other ranks of the R.A.M.C. and I.M.S. according to Table H (iii), and of medical stores and surgical equipment according to Table H (iv). The R.A.M.C. and I.M.S. will proceed to the different sections of the defence with the troops detailed for these sections.
4. He will arrange for the increase of the accommodation in-
(a.) The Military Hospital, Victoria, by 100 beds for British soldiers, to be located in the central and east blocks of Wellington Barracks;
(b.) The Military Hospital, Kowloon, by 100 beds for Asiatic soldiers, to be located in the southern blocks of Whitfield Barracks vacated by the companies on duty.
5. The civil medical assistance required and the sources of its supply are shown in Table H (v). On attack being imminent, six local practitioners who have agreed to serve in the military hospital will be distributed thereto on reporting themselves to the P.M.O. (under instructions they will receive from the P.C.M.Ó.).
They will receive pay at the rate of 500 dollars per mensem.
The Chinese attendants, cooks, and ward coolies will receive respectively 15 dollars, 17 dollars, and 9 dollars per mensem.
6. A stock of medicines, surgical materials, &c., sufficient for one year for the number of sick and wounded estimated for, already exists in the command.
7. Sick and wounded from the troops, including the Volunteers, after being attended to at the dressing stations, will be transferred, if necessary, to the military hospitals at Victoria and Kowloon. Sick and wounded of the Chinese Coolie Corps will be sent to the Tung-Wa Hospital.
8. As the regimental stretcher-bearers would only be available for carrying the wounded out of action, dhoolies and coolie-bearers are provided in Table H (vi), for the longer transport, but would be only demanded as required.
9. The Ordnance equipment of dressing stations, and for details R.A.M.C. allotted for duty at such stations, will be drawn from the A.O.D. by the officers in medical charge. The equipment for the Military Hospitals at Victoria and Kowloon will be drawn on the third day of mobilization.
10. The dhoolies and coolie-bearers for dressing stations in Hong Kong will be assembled in Wellington Barracks, where they will be taken over by a representative of the Medical Service; those for Kowloon will assemble at the Military Hospital there. They will be utilised for the transport of medical equipment and baggage to the several dressing stations.
11. Two steam launches, equipped for the transport of wounded, will be available for use by the Medical Service for the collection of sick and wounded from distant posts on the Island and Mainland Sections.
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