CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 622

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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are that the troops are not at present formidable, judged by European standards, the disproportion possibly being as great as 10 to 1, but that the generalship is good, the human material excellent, and that with more peace-time artillery and rifle practice and noder rifles, this

le aleo disproportion would be very seriously reduced. points out that a very serious situation might be caused if any consideraole number of these soldiers break away carrying off machine guns which they well know how to

handle, and take to banditry.

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