Military Representation
on Colonial Sanitary
Board.
PY.
22237
RECO
REG 21 AUG 19
2nd. June, 1899.
441
I have the honour to forward for the consideration
of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for War the
following application referring to the need of representation
of the Garrison on the Sanitary Board of this Colony.
The conditions of the Hong Kong Garrison differ considerably from those
of most Eastern tropical stations, the barracks occupied by the Troops being mainly in the very heart of
the City of Victoria. The Murray, Wellington, Victoria, Queen's
Road and McGregor Barracks together with the Military Hospital,
Commissariat Buildings and the Ordnance Stores are in the heart
of the City and the soldier passes out of his barracks directly
into the main thoroughfare. The Hong Kong Regiment at Kowloon is
also located in a position every day becoming more closely surrounded by the civil population.
This