Enclosure No.2.
SUBJECT:- REPORTS HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, 1936.
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CONFIDENTIAL
C.R.C.C. No.C/13657 (G
From: The General Officer Commanding,
The British Troops in CHINA.
To:-
The Under-Secretary of State
The War Office, LONDON, S.W.1.
Sir,
HEADQUARTERS,
CHINA COMMAND,
HONG KONG.
11th June, 1936.
I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on the
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps for the year 1935/36. I have
had the privilege of witnessing the activities of the Corps for
the past five months only of the period under review. But in
that relatively short space of time I have watched the work of
all units of the Corps in the Combined Operations Exercise in
March: and I have attended day and night practice seaward by
the Volunteer Battery and Engineers.
2.
From personal observations, therefore, I am able to
confirm the opinion held by my predecessor that the Corps is
correctly organized so that its component parts fit into the
defence of the Fortress as a whole: that the role of each sub-
unit is of great importance to the safety of the Colony: and
that the efficiency of each sub-unit is of a reasonably high
standard.
3. It will be noted from the Report that the nett. peace
strength of the Corps has increased by 174 during the last
This increase is made up as follows:-
twelve months.
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