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RETURN OF MILITIA.
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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
The Corps ng it existed mutil 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 the Government and a new Volunteer Corps was formed under Ordinance No. 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 Light Field Artillery, and
3 Machine Gun Companies;
with a staff of 1 Commandant, 1 Adjutant, 2 Medical Officers, and 1 Quarter-Master Sergeant.
The stall is complete, and the Field Battery and 1 Machine Gun Company have already been formed, numbering respectively 113 and 50. The Field Battery luns, in addition, 12 Signallers and 3 Trumpeters (unenrolled boys) attached.
The Officers of the Corps are as follows :-
STAFF.
Hoxonany Colonel :
Ils ExcelleNCY SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, 6.9.3.6., Goverson or Hongkosa,
COMMANDANT—
Major Sir J. W. CARRINGTON, KL, C.M,61,
ADJUTANT—
Captain L. A, C. GORDON, RA.
MEDICAL OFFICERS-
Surgoon-Captain J. A. LOWSON, M.
M
-Lieut. F. O. STEDMAN, M.D.
QUARTER-MASTER SERGEANT—
Quarter-Master Sergt. G. W. WATLING.
Field BattERY—
Captain A. CHAPMAN,
H
Lieut. II. E. DENSON, (Supernumerary),
W. MACHELL.
D. MacDONALD.
**A" Machixe Gex Company-—
Captain E. D. SANDERS,
Ligut, F. MAITLAND,
G. C. FULLERTON,