CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 229

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Chinese

Suggested Recent Chinesexperimenti

suggest the formation of a Lascar Company of Engineers, under the Command of the C.R.E.

are admirable boutmen,

tolerable artisans-

They

Lavear to

and many

the local Volunteers. I have to knowledge of the local strrugth of the Volunteers as of

the constitutio

Force-

of the But as they quest bearly all be living in or near the town, they Shoned be put to some local

whe

They would not be available for work in the batteries -

Might not they be formed into a Volunteer Torpedo Company

the Stram Lamcher for service on These Launches Private and

Public should be registered, with a

detailed account of each ones size and strength, its Owner's name anditusual berth- Spar torpedoes should be always ready to hand of the C.R.E.

The Volunterrs should

be told off to the various launches, and exercised under the direction of Engineer and Naval Officers in day & night

attack.

Vocal Essentially hands

Auxiliares

Local.

Spar Torped

heir

full.

Carners

Pransport.

225

The recent Experiments at Portsmout

and Poulon leave no doubt as

to the exsult of the Samil tautous

attack of corn half strane Lanches

a dozen

to armed

on the most-

powerful Fron clad, worn ware

warmed of the impornding andlunches. By there I suppose

are

to be

understood the Police - As the Chinese in the town cannot be Expected to be sune praceable than the dregs of other nations, it would occupy the Police fully in keeping

in kemping down noting and pollage, which would be probable in the event of the main force of the Colony bring employed elsewhere.

for granted It has been taking that all the Gaus, Ammunition etc. are already mounted and in their lespective magaznies

Were the troops distributed

in the different works, the Teamsport need not be great, has been hunted the attack

as

would not be of long duration Marving

End Experience of the

Beaurporting

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