The Committer have also asked me in what way "a
" small corp's could be provided " bassist the Royal Enqiuerro in " laying down ther Sub-mariur "mines which have been seut : "out to and in the defruer ofther
"Colony".
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As the services of such a
• Corps would only be needed in time of war, I strongly recom.
mand for the consideration
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of the Committer that the humer. ous Employes in the Naval Yard be utilized for this purpose. In this way the maximu Efficiency with a minimum of Expense would be oblamed. Many of the meu are discharged soldiers whilst all are dis. ciplined and available on the spot. There would be no difficulty in organizing a Corps of such men as could be convencently spared, placing three under their own officers, whose orders would be to act in conjunction with, and under the Royal Engineers, in laying
down the sub-marius miurs in question..
Sufficient bosts with native boatungu could always be
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