CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19/8] — Page 106

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Police being otherwise

there be no

rezerve

engager

force.

stop their progress: must it be forgotten with what facility the chinese

houses in

parts of

the town might be fired by

incendiaries to increase the

confusion, and the convegnent facility of plunder - The

cxistence of a

Teserve quchi

ad

would be formed by a telonial

Volunteer Corps might stip

such proceedings

at the

outset or prevent them altogether; it might lender effective and in other

ways

>

to the troops by mathing

103

Heene

free to devote their undivided.

attention to their

immediate duties; and the

safety of the place would be thus materially increased.

The Con

Commander

der of

the

Groops has undertation to

and drill such

whenever it

equip

Corps

To

may

be formed. Is quare-

against immediate dunger

doubtless

men

body of paid might without any

very great difficully be

raised; but resève such

av

a.

that proposed I do not ace

see

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