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1 Ithink a mixed corps of silchs +Naujaber
Mahomedans, or..
would be best:
Gurkhas, and Chinese
2. All Punjabees matre Good Soldiers
- they
of properly trained and led
pt gladly recept service here & stand the blinate of Hong Kong better than reuropeans
Although
as a Nation the Chinese do not matre good soldiers think an
class
efficient corps the raised from the sea faring of South Chima These men are hardy, brave, temperate & amenable to discipline
Chave been assured
by old coasting ship masters that They are easily managed and afraid of nothing & I have been informed on the best authority
that the Chinese seamen in the bervice of the Custours Cruisers are as cool under fire & as
as ready to face an
every's guns as the Europeans who command them
Ettrull mese meu would matre
good soldiers, expecially Guimers triflemen, of instructed by Competent European_ officers
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