CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 368

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be allowed to state that an

Auxilliary

local Force of 1500 Infantry such as contemplated

wild be a source of great trouble and embarraument

to the colony in time of peace there would I unagine be

little military deity prthens to undertake and a body of 1500 partially idle

very

mai in

our midst unld be mat

undescrallo; in tinu

of war

I dont Thuck their services scruld compensate for their

enormour c'est during periods

of peace. In my opinion the proper defences

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colony should be turretted Iron clads - torpedo launches and lines of torpedos uncea watu - the regiment in garrison - benny tramid to

woosh guns. There with mereand number 7 the

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Regul Artillery - and the volunturs (where munters would incrcone on

appearine of war, might be made sufficeart to

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in the contemplated permanent

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