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infantry will have, "unless otherwise ordered," 40 rounds regimental and 40 divisional reserve. It is not understood why the amount of ammuni- tion laid down for the Lee-Metford rifle in paragraph 132, Infantry Drill, 1893 is not carried, viz:-
100 rounds by the soldier.
85 rounds battalion reserve.
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Magazine rifles necessitate a large supply of ammunition, especially for troops acting on the defensive.
36. Pages 107 to 114. Civil Administration.-It is considered advisable that each revision of this part of the Scheme should be submitted to the Lieu- tenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, and that his concurrence should be stated in the letter of the General Officer Commanding transmitting the revision to the War Office.
37. In conclusion, the Colonial Defence Committee would point out that there are still various minor discrepancies between the details given in different parts of the Scheme. Some of those to which attention was drawn in the Committee's Remarks, dated the 30th June, 1894, on the revision of the Scheme to January of that year, have not been corrected. The considerable alterations which will be required in the next revision to give effect to the foregoing recommendations will afford an opportunity of making the Scheme more consistent in its parts, and more complete as a whole.
(Signed) M. NATHAN, Secretary,
Colonial Defence Committee.
May 30, 1896.
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No. 142. R.
Local No. 95. 1554.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Further Report of the Local Joint Naval and Military Committee, January 1896.
Remarks by the Colonial Defence Committee.
IN continuation of their Remarks, dated the 15th February, 1895, on the general principles that should govern the putting of Traffic Regulations into force, the Colonial Defence Committee would now suggest that a copy of the Joint Naval and Military Committee's Report No. XIX, dated the 28th October, 1895, which deals with this subject, should be sent to New South Wales, if this has not already been done, and that effect should be given to the principle there laid down in the next revision of the Defence Scheme for that Colony.
2. (B.) Examination Anchorage.--From the Defence Scheme revised to September 1894, and the Report of the Local Joint Naval and Military Committee of April of that year, it appeared that while the examination anchorage for Port Jackson had been fixed in the vicinity of the Quarantine Station to the north-east of Middle Head, it was laid down that no vessel was to be allowed to pass the line between Outer North Head and Outer South Head without the consent of the proper authorities.
The Colonial Defence Committee in their Remarks dated the 15th February, 1895, were of opinion that this arrangement of a restrictive line considerably outside the examination anchorage defeated the object of the latter, which was to provide a position outside the main defence of the port, sheltered from the weather, and protected from the shore guns, to which incoming ships might proceed until their character was satisfactorily ascer- tained. They stated that all incoming ships, not unmistakably enemies, should be allowed to proceed at all times direct to the examination anchorage without restriction.
In the present Report it is proposed to modify the Regulations forbidding entry within the Outer North Head-Outer South Head line at night-by the addition of the words: "Unless after being examined and passed in, or in consequence of the restrictions being removed or modified by the proper authorities." It is further stated that it is unadvisable to direct all vessels to pass direct to the examination anchorage, as "a vessel inside the heads, and abreast of the examination anchorage, has practically turned the main artillery defence of the port, and is, moreover, so close to the friendly channel that the second line of defence might be rushed by an enterprising
enemy.
The Colonial Defence Committee, while they appreciate the cogency of these reasons, do not consider that the words proposed to be added to the Regulations restricting entry of vessels at night, sufficiently meet the difficulty of securing for friendly vessels that free entry into port which would be more essential to them than ever in time of war.
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