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Enclosure 4.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

"A" MACHINE GUN COMPANY.

Report on Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 16th April, 1893.

Date

Nature of Practice.

on which Practice was carried ont.

Number Number | Present of

Parade.

Rounds fired.

Range.

General Ilon of Practice.

Yards.

5" Maxim M.II. Chamber,

Machine Gun,

16th Oct.,

36

1,966

800 1.0 1,400

1897.

Do.,

27th Nov.,

28

1,427

500

1897-

Do.,

1st Jan,

20

1,614

800 to 1,050

1898.

Don

22nd Jan,

27

4,000

800 to 1,050

1898.

Don

5th Mar..

23

1,000

1,300

1898.

Do.,

12th Mar.. 1898.

33

2,050

700 to 1,000

Enclosure 5.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

FIELD BATTERY,

Practice at an imaginary enemy lauding in sampans, from East Shore, Stone- cutters' Island, during Camp of In-

struction.

To repel a body of men who had under cover advanced to within 500 yards, on Police Range, Kowloon. An enemy having lauded, to stop and drive them back to their bonts, at Re- pulse Bay.

Do.

To repel an enemy attempting to land in boats, from road in front of North Point Battery.

To drive back 4 parties of an enemy, who had effected a landing, to their boats, at Repulse Bay.

Distribution.

Enclosure 9.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Staff.

State of Corps, 16th April, 1898.

Field Battery.

Machine Gun Companies.

Commandant.

Adjutant.

Med. Officers.

Q.-Mr. S'geant.

Present,

1

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Absent

ou leave,

without leave,

:

Total,

1 2

Wanting to complete,

Establishment,

1

1

NE

Supernumerary,

Musketry Return, showing Percentage and Classification for the Your ending 16th April, 1898.

Number

Firing. Points

obtaincl.

Number of

Classification.

Percentage.

Remarks.

1st Class.

2nd Class 3rd Class.

Recruits Course,

48

1,245

46.31

25

9

14

Trained Soldiers' Course,

#88

2,966

40.12

35

24

29

Total,.

136

4,211

60

33

43

*This includes a few Recruits who also fired Trained Soldiers' Course.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

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Struck off,.

Joined,

}

:

1 3

Captains.

Lieutenants.

♡

Sergeants.

Corporals.

Gunners.

Lieutenants. Captains.

Sergeants.

2 28 151

Corporals.

Gunners.

Total. Remarks,

:

F

6*94

3

:

7

2

Ly

11

כי:

3

4 14

1 3 6 6104 1

~

t-

4 37

176

:

2 4 5 8 83

102

6 6 64 ૐ 6 12 12 120

238

40

:

:

40

2

1 1

:

DECREASE.

1

INCREASE.

1

1

* This Total does not include--

8 unenrolled Boy Signallers.

I unenrolled Boy Trumpeter.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Mujor, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

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