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RETURN OF MILITIA.
Nil.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
That Corps which existed until 1893 consisted solely of an Artillery Corps. It was not made subject to the Army Act, and consequently was not held to be in a military sense a reliable force in the event of war.
In 1893 the force was disbanded by Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON and a new Volunteer Corps was formed under Ordinance 6 of 1893, which placed the Corps under the supervision of the military authorities as in England and made it subject to the Army Act to the same extent as the Volunteer Force in England.
The establishment of the Corps has been fixed as follows:-
1 Battery of Field (Mountain) Artillery;
3 Machine Gun Companies;
with a staff of 1 Commandant, 1 Adjutant and 2 Medical Officers, 1 Quarter Master Sergeant,
The staff is complete, and the Field Battery and 1 Machine Gun Company have already been formed, numbering respectively 67 and 38. The Field Battery bas, in addition, 11 signallers and 1 Trumpeter (unenrolled boys) attached.
The Officers of the Corps are as follows:-
STAFF.
HONORARY COLONEL:
IIIS EXCELLENCY SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkono,
COMMANDANT—
Major A. R. PEMBERTON, Rifo B'de.
ADJUTANT-
(Acting).
Captain L. A. C. GORDON, R.A.
LIGHT FIELD Battery—
Captain J. McCALLUM.
Lieut. H. E. DENSON,
SURGEON CAPTAIN-
JAMES CANTLIE.
SURGEON LIEUTENANT—
JAMES ALFRED LOWSON,
A. CHAPMAN.
W. MACHELL.
"A" MACHINE GUN COMPANY-
Captain C. MURRAY ADAMSON.
Lieut. E. OSBORNE,
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A. McP. MARSHALL.