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        "content_text": "Stoppage of the works went officially through the Commandant of the Garrison, and upon that order the works were stopped, as Colonel Macmahon duly reported.\n\nMr May, as a Magistrate, I have no doubt acted in the manner which he conceived to be the mildest and least irritating, but it must not be lost sight of that the case was one that required prompt and stringent measures of repulse for I hope that in no other part of Her Majesty's Dominions an opposition to the lawful authority of the Chief Administrative officer be imagined so deliberate and so persistent.\n\nAs regards the permission now applied for, I have to say that my plans were otherwise for the disposal of this ground, but that when I shall learn your Excellency's proposals as to the distribution of the Garrison, I shall be glad to take the whole matter into consideration, and come to a decision on the entire merits.\n\nI have etc.,\n\n(Signed) Hercules G. R. Robinson,\n\nGovernor and Commander-in-Chief.\n\n(True Copy)\n\nColonial Secretary",
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        "content_text": "ce côté; les Annamites refusaient, en effet, de suspendre la construction d'un barrage qu'ils avaient commencé.\n\nCes faits se sont accomplis assurément sans la participation du Gouvernement métropolitain; ils ont été le résultat inévitable de la situation, ils ont été en quelque sorte plus forts que les hommes. Le commandant Rivière a eu une heureuse initiative en empêchant de couper les communications que, par une branche importante du fleuve, il avait avec la mer; mais ce coup de force, venant après celui d'Hanoi, crée une situation qui ne peut se prolonger. C'est pour la résoudre que le Gouvernement a déposé le projet de loi, qui vous est actuellement soumis.\n\nTel est, Messieurs, l'état actuel de la question brièvement esquissé.\n\nII.\n\nExposé historique.\n\nDans cette affaire comme dans toutes les autres, il y a des droits et des devoirs, qu'il est nécessaire de bien définir, pour en connaître l'importance et l'étendue. Lorsque les uns et les autres seront bien déterminés, lorsque nous nous serons rendu compte des moyens par lesquels nous devons arriver, le plus rapidement et dans les meilleurs conditions, à faire valoir les uns et à faire face aux autres, il sera facile d'apprécier le projet du Gouvernement. C'est à cette étude que s'est livrée votre commission.\n\nIl serait sans grand intérêt de rechercher l'origine des relations qui ont existé au siècle dernier entre la France et le Tonkin ou l'Annam. Il suffira de rappeler que dès cette époque notre pays joua en Indo-Chine un rôle très actif. De riches Chinois, les Tay-Soon, avaient levé contre le roi Gia-Long l'étendard de la révolte. Réfugié dans l'île de Phu-Quoc, qui seule lui resta fidèle, le roi détrôné fut soutenu par les conseils d'un évêque français, M. de Behaine, plus connu sous le nom d'évêque d'Adran. Le roi de France, Louis XVI, envoya, à la demande du prélat, un corps de troupe, qui fut retenu en grande partie par le gouverneur de l'Inde; mais le colonel du génie Ollivier et d'autres officiers, entre autres MM. Chaigneau et Vannier arrivèrent auprès de Gia-Long; grâce à eux, à l'instruction et à la discipline qu'ils surent introduire dans l'armée, grâce à leur supériorité sur les chefs rebelles, Gia-Long reconquit rapidement ses États et put même imposer sa suzeraineté au roi du Tonkin, dont les rois d'Annam avaient au contraire été jusque-là les vassaux. Un traité lia alors l'Annam à la France, mais les événements de la Révolution le firent perdre de vue, il resta toujours lettre morte; un établissement, fondé dans les environs de Nam-Dinh, fut même abandonné et il ne resta du souvenir de la France que l'image de son organisation administrative et de sa hiérarchie militaire, qui se sont maintenues jusqu'à aujourd'hui. On retrouve en effet dans ces pays la commune vigoureusement organisée, au-dessus d'elle le canton et la province, avec des fonctionnaires pour l'administration, la justice, les finances, etc., comme on retrouve dans l'armée le caporal et le sergent (le caï et le doi) et ainsi de suite jusqu'au lam-binh qui équivaut à notre général.\n\nVers 1859 les chrétiens du Tonkin demandèrent secours à la France et à l'Espagne contre les persécutions dont ils étaient victimes de la part du roi d'Annam. C'est une chose fort curieuse assurément que ces persécutions religieuses, car dans tous ces pays on professe et on pratique, en toute sincérité du reste, l'indifférence la plus réelle et la plus profonde en matière religieuse. Le Boudhisme n'existe guère que de nom et le seul culte est à vrai dire celui des ancêtres. Aussi les persécutions contre les missionnaires étaient dirigées contre eux bien plus parce qu'ils étaient Européens que parce qu'ils étaient chrétiens.\n\nCette époque coïncidait avec la guerre de Chine, aussi fîmes-nous sans grands sacrifices, et de concert avec les Espagnols...\n\n-7\nNo 1889\n214",
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        "content_text": "## JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE\n\nDix-septième année. No 42\n\n### Partie Officielle\n\nalerie. – Par décis. minist. du 4 février 1885, M. du Pin de Saint-André, lieut. au 5 rég. de chass, est passé au 3′′ rég. de spahis.\n\n...\n\n### Discours de M. Félix Faure, sous-secrétaire d'État de la marine et des colonies\n\nMessieurs,\n\nEn même temps que nous donnions ainsi à tous les établissements français le droit de prendre part à la préparation des actes législatifs concernant les colonies, nous nous efforcions de développer les institutions qui doivent permettre à nos établissements d'administrer eux-mêmes leurs affaires intérieures. C'est ainsi que Vous êtes saisis en ce moment des projets d'organisation des conseils généraux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon et que nous soumettons à l'étude d'une de vos sections le projet concernant la constitution et l'organisation du conseil général de nos établissements d'Océanie.\n\nDepuis qu'en 1759 un arrêt du conseil d'État du roi créait la représentation officielle des colonies près de l'administration métropolitaine, tous les gouvernements qui se sont succédé en France ont compris qu'il était indispensable de faire soutenir les intérêts coloniaux par les représentants autorisés de nos établissements d'outre-mer.\n\nLa création du conseil supérieur des colonies a eu pour objet de grouper autour de l'administration les hommes qui, à des titres différents, paraissent le plus aptes à l'éclairer dans la direction des affaires multiples et complexes qui constituent le service des colonies.\n\nIl ne m'appartient pas de faire ici l'exposé complet de vos travaux : cet exposé trouvera sa place dans le rapport, qu'aux termes du décret constitutif du conseil, vous devez présenter chaque année au ministre. Je vous proposerai, tout à l'heure, de confier la préparation à une commission de huit membres composée des présidents des quatre sections, auxquels chaque section adjoindra un de ses membres.\n\nMais, sans empiéter sur la tâche dévolue à cette commission, je crois utile, à l'ouverture de cette session, de passer rapidement en revue les faits saillants qui se sont produits pendant l'année 1884 et les principales mesures prises par l'administration dans le domaine qui lui est spécialement réservé.\n\nLe décret qui a constitué votre assemblée, messieurs, en conviant à vos travaux les délégués de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, de Mayotte, de Nossi-Bé et de Tahiti, complétait l'union permanente et absolue qui, dans notre pensée, doit exister entre la mère-patrie et les colonies.\n\nVous savez, messieurs, par quelle suite de circonstances, par quels événements diplomatiques et militaires nous avons été amenés en Extrême-Orient et en Afrique, au Tonkin et à Madagascar, à affirmer nos droits et à étendre notre domaine colonial. Les traités du 6 juin avec l'Annam, du 17 juin 1884 avec le Cambodge, qui sont soumis à la ratification du Parlement, auront pour résultat, tout en respectant dans la mesure qu'il convient l'autonomie des pays sur lesquels la France exerce son protectorat, d'assurer à notre pays une action prépondérante sur une des régions les plus fertiles et les plus riches en produits de toute nature de l'Extrême-Orient.\n\nLa Cochinchine offre de prendre à sa charge l'organisation des contributions indirectes, dans l'Annam et dans le Tonkin, et le conseil colonial vient de voter un million de francs pour faire face aux premières dépenses nécessaires à la nouvelle organisation administrative du Cambodge.\n\nSur la côte occidentale d'Afrique, bien qu'avec moins d'éclat, l'action du pays a eu de nombreuses occasions de se manifester. La France établie au Sénégal et au Gabon a été une des premières puissances qui ait acquis des droits sur les côtes du continent noir, où toutes les nations de l'Europe semblent aujourd'hui se donner rendez-vous. Il a paru utile de consacrer officiellement et d'exercer effectivement sur de nombreux points les droits de souveraineté ou de protectorat que des traités déjà anciens nous avaient acquis.\n\nUn décret du 16 décembre 1883 a donné au commandant du Gabon, sous le titre de commandant supérieur des établissements du golfe de Guinée, la haute main sur tous les établissements français situés au sud du Sénégal. A Porto-Novo, l'agent commercial qui remplissait les fonctions de résident, a été remplacé par un officier supérieur d'infanterie de marine qui, joignant à sa qualité de commandant particulier de Kotonou celle de résident à Porto-Novo, a été chargé de maintenir les droits de la République sur cette région.\n\nVous savez que la conclusion adoptée par une imposante majorité a été d'inviter le Gouvernement à faire valoir les droits incontestés de la France. La corps expéditionnaire n'a pas failli à sa mission: nous occupons Tamatave, Majunga et le nord de l'île, depuis le brillant succès de Vohemar. Les compagnies de volontaires, organisées dès le début de l'expédition, avec un patriotique empressement, par la colonie de la Réunion, ont rivalisé d'ardeur avec les vaillantes troupes placées sous les ordres de l'amiral Miot. Dès aujourd'hui, il est permis d'affirmer que leurs efforts n'auront pas été stériles.\n\nParis, 11 Février 1885.\n\nLe Président de la République et M. Jules Grévy recevront, au Palais de l'Élysée, ce soir 12 février.\n\n### Partie Non Officielle",
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        "content_text": "## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n\n15537\n20\nIRE 2 MAY 07\n\n[April 20.]\n\n### SECTION 1\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n(12732)\n\n#### No. 1\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received April 20.)\n\n**(No. 101.)**\nSir,\n\nPeking, February 28, 1907.\n\nIN my despatch No. 99, Confidential, of the 21st instant, I commented on the appointment of Feng Shan as General-in-chief of the four divisions of the army recently withdrawn from the control of Viceroy Yuan, and upon the tendency of the Court to place increased power in the hands of the Manchus.\n\nI have the honour now to inclose an extract from the last Hankow Intelligence Report, in which this question is examined by a writer in a popular periodical. As the article points out, all posts in the Empire are, by the recent Reform Decree, nominally thrown open to Manchus and Chinese alike, but, in reality, the Manchus hold a predominant position in the actual government of the country. They practically control the army, the finances, and the educational policy of the Empire, and four of the seven Viceroys are Manchus.\n\nOn the other hand, the Resident in Thibet, who was formerly always a Manchu, is now a Chinese, and the Generals of the Banner garrisons at Canton and other provincial centres are now indifferently Chinese or Manchus. These latter appointments are, however, no longer of any importance, and, when given to Chinese, generally fall to members of distinguished families as a reward, not for their own services, but for those of their ancestors. The Marquis Li, for instance, the grandson of Li Hung-chang, who has had no military experience of any kind, is now General of the Manchu troops at Canton.\n\nWhether the anti-Chinese policy of the Court is, as this article makes out, also anti-foreign in its aim, is a question on which it is difficult to express an opinion, but there can be little doubt that the change in the command of the Northern Army is not calculated to inspire confidence. The control has passed from the hands of a Viceroy who ruled his province with a firm hand, and showed a wise conception of his country's interests in 1900, to the Manchu party, whose hesitation and weakness were largely responsible for the disastrous upheaval of that year.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\n### Inclosure in No. 1\n\nExtract from Hankow Intelligence Report No. 14 of February 23, 1907.\n\n\"UNIVERSAL GAZETTE,\" of the 31st January, 1907, has a leading article on the dangers of President T'ieh's views and policy.\n\nOf all the present statesmen capable of endangering China, none are worse than the high officers who are deeply prejudiced on the Manchu-Chinese question, and more especially he who, imbued with such prejudice, is also in a position to make the Administration a vehicle for furthering his conviction—that is to say, President T'ieh-Liang.\n\nBy a recent Peking telegram we had learned that he had asked that Feng-Shan, Commandant of the Peking Banners, should be in supreme command of the troops of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th brigades, and that his advice had been taken. These brigades used to be under Yuan Shih-K'ai, but when the administrative reorganization discussion arose, Yuan asked to be relieved of various important appointments, and so these brigades reverted to the Army Board, of which President T'ieh is head. His guiding policy having always been anti-Chinese, critics said he had long looked askance on high Chinese officers being in control of military power, and Yuan's application to be relieved of various duties was due to T'ieh's hostility. I scarcely believed this theory at first, but now that Feng-Shan, who has neither great influence nor any special name,",
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        "content_text": "## Le Gouvernement de la Chine ne s'est pas opposé à l'occupation de ces territoires par les Portugais\n\nLe Gouvernement de la Chine ne s'est pas opposé à l'occupation de ces territoires par les Portugais, qui, depuis l'expulsion des pirates, y ont prospéré et fondé une nouvelle patrie, en obéissant toujours à la souveraineté du Portugal, sans la moindre entrave de la part des autorités chinoises.\n\nLorsque, en 1573, le Gouvernement de la Chine trouvait bon de faire construire une muraille dans l'isthme de la péninsule comme délimitation, de ce côté, entre la colonie portugaise et le territoire chinois, et qu'il construisait un fort à Passalean, où il exerçait juridiction, il ne prenait pas de mesures identiques sur les îles voisines de Macau, ce qu'il n'aurait pas manqué de faire, s'il ne les eût pas considérées comme faisant partie des établissements portugais.\n\nÀ l'ombre et sous la protection des Portugais de Macau, quelques petits villages ont commencé à se fonder dans les îles désertes voisines. Ses habitants trouvaient dans l'organisation administrative et judiciaire de la colonie portugaise les garanties d'ordre et de sécurité indispensables à la vie sociale, et dans ses forteresses et ses soldats la protection contre les ennemis extérieurs.\n\nLorsque ces villages se sont un peu agrandis et qu'ils n'étaient pas assez à la portée de la ville, le Gouvernement de Macau y a placé des délégués administratifs et des forces de police, et fait des travaux de fortification, de voirie et d'autres pour la défense et bien-être des habitants, et a maintenu tout cela jusqu'à présent.\n\nAinsi sont fondés les établissements de Macau.\n\n## L'occupation primordiale et la souveraineté du Portugal\n\nL'occupation primordiale, le commerce, l'institution d'autorités administratives, judiciaires, et militaires, le temps, l'évolution, ont accompli leur œuvre de consolidation, transformant graduellement à travers les siècles, l'état de fait en droit de souveraineté du Portugal sur la péninsule et les îles voisines, qui forment la colonie européenne de beaucoup la plus ancienne de l'Extrême-Orient.\n\nAprès la marche logique des événements qui ont amené la souveraineté, par occupation, des Portugais à Macau et ses dépendances, il faut aussi se rendre compte si les territoires occupés ont, ou non, obéi aux limites que le droit des gens reconnaît comme licites et naturellement nécessaires.\n\n\"Quelle est,\" demande Rivier (\"Principes du Droit des Gens,” p. 195), \"la région géographique acquise, lorsqu'un Etat a pris possession de points déterminés ?\"\n\nLa réponse de ce publiciste, se rapportant à Twiss, Hall, Bluntschli, Holtzendorff, et d'autres jurisconsultes de la plus haute renommée, c'est que :\n\n## La région géographique acquise\n\nLorsque l'acquéreur veut prendre possession de l'immeuble dont tradition lui est faite, il n'est point nécessaire qu'il prenne possession de chaque partie de fonds; il lui suffit, dit le jurisconsulte, d'entrer dans une partie quelconque, pourvu que soit avec la conscience et l'intention de posséder l'immeuble dans son étendue entière, jusqu'aux limites. ... Le principe du droit civil suppose un immeuble délimité, déterminé exactement dans son unité et individualité, et qu'il ne saurait être applicable, en droit des gens, à l'occupation de territoires immenses, non encore entièrement explorés où cette condition d'unité et de délimitation matérielle fait totalement défaut.\n\n\"Le principe juste, c'est que, l'occupation devant être effective, on ne peut tenir pour acquises que les seules régions qui sont soumises réellement au pouvoir, tel qu'on vient de caractériser, de l'Etat occupant contrairement à ce principe, diverses Puissances ont émis et émettent encore, au gré de leur intérêt, des prétentions arbitraires.\n\nLa question sera toujours de savoir jusqu'où s'étend la domination réelle et matérielle. Cela dépendra de la configuration du pays, de sa topographie, de son hydrographie, de son orographie. Reste toujours, d'ailleurs, la nécessité des actes manifestant l'`animus Domini`, c'est-à-dire, ce que l'on a l'intention de dominer.\"\n\n## L'intention des Portugais\n\nLes Portugais qu'il y a trois siècles et demi ont occupé Macau n'avaient pas dans leur esprit l'ambition d'acquérir d'immenses extensions territoriales; l'intention, née de la force des circonstances, n'a été que de dominer le territoire terrestre et maritime dans l'unité minime, que le droit de sûreté et de conservation commandait, pour que l'occupation fût tenable, soit contre les pirates, soit contre d'autres ennemis.\n\nIls n'avaient, non plus, l'intention d'étendre leur occupation à l'hinterland, mais seulement à la région dont la péninsule était entourée et qu'avec elle formait l'ensemble stratégiquement uni que leur défense exigeait.\n\nComplètement inexplorée, cette région, d'ailleurs bien petite, sans aucune espèce d'autorité chinoise et inhabitée, se composait de la Péninsule de Macau et des îles adjacentes: Lapa, Verte, Taipa, Colovane, Dom João, et Vong-Cam, et les îlots accessoires.\n\n## La souveraineté portugaise\n\nAvec le siège du Gouvernement à Macau, ces îles et les eaux littorales environnantes formaient le fonds dont l'unité, au point de vue du droit des gens, comme cité ci-dessus, les Portugais ne sauraient qu'avoir l'intention de placer sous leur domination, et qu'ils ont, en effet, acquis, d'après la marche des événements et par force des circonstances, comme il a été démontré plus haut.\n\nL'Empire chinois ayant fait bâtir la barrière de limite de 1573, pour séparer le territoire qu'il occupait de celui de la péninsule, où les Portugais avaient déjà fondé la \"Ville du Saint-Nom de Dieu de Macau,\" n'était pas censé les exclure des îles adjacentes.\n\nD'après Martens (\"Précis du Droit des Gens moderne,\" &c., p. 38): \"A défaut de limites certaines, le droit d'une nation d'exclure des nations étrangères des terres et îles voisines ne s'étend pas au delà du district qu'elle cultive, ou duquel, du moins, elle peut prouver l'occupation.\"\n\nOr, dans ces îles, comme, d'ailleurs, à Macau, il n'y avait ni cultivation, ni habitants, ni occupation, ni vestige d'occupation. Elles étaient tout à fait désertes, comme bien d'autres dans la côte de la Chine-là sont encore de ces jours.\n\nCes territoires, donc, par ancienne, très ancienne, occupation, sont sous la souveraineté portugaise, le Portugal les gouvernait depuis longtemps à l'occasion de la signature du traité de 1887, et pourtant - le terrain entre la Porte de l'Enceinte et Passalean neutralisé - ils constituent la colonie autour de laquelle les démarcations limitrophes avec la Chine doivent être tracées.\n\n## Péninsule de Macau\n\nLa partie territoriale de la colonie - Macau et ses dépendances – désignée \"Macau,\" a été de tout temps, depuis l'occupation portugaise, la petite péninsule de ce nom, liée par un isthme très étroit à la côte méridionale de la Chine dans le district de Heung-Shan, province du Kuang-Tung.\n\nLes Portugais l'occupent tout entière depuis trois siècles et demi, et y ont fondé le siège du gouvernement.\n\nL'Empire chinois ayant reconnu, dans le traité de 1887, l'occupation perpétuelle et du Gouvernement de Macau et de ses dépendances par le Portugal, la péninsule étant, alors, dans toute son extension occupée et gouvernée par le Portugal, était naturellement comprise dans l'ensemble où incidait la reconnaissance de la Chine.\n\nAucun doute ne peut donc s'élever pour qu'elle ait le terrain neutre comme limite nord la frontière passant sur les ruines de la barrière de démarcation faite en 1573 par les autorités de Chiasan, où se trouve actuellement l'arc de la \"Porte de l'Enceinte,” construit par le Gouvernement de Macau en 1870.\n\n## Territoire neutralisé\n\nLa \"Barrière de l'Enceinte\" où est à présent la \"Porte du Cerco,\" a été bâtie par les autorités de Chinsan en 1573, pour séparer du territoire chinois la Péninsule de Macau, à cette époque déjà occupée par les Portugais.\n\nEn 1849, après la prise du fort de Passalean, à la suite du meurtre du Gouverneur Amaral, tout le territoire compris entre la barrière limite et le fort a été acquis aux Portugais.\n\nCependant, par égard envers le Gouvernement de Chine, le Gouvernement de Macau a discontinué l'occupation de ce terrain et, par une tacite intelligence avec les autorités voisines, il a été considéré comme neutre, seulement destiné à des enterrements.\n\nLes autorités chinoises se bornaient à conserver une partie de la route de Chinsan et le Gouvernement de Macau une autre partie dont il fait les frais d'éclairage.\n\nCe modus vivendi, respecté pendant plusieurs années, a produit les meilleurs résultats, ne donnant lieu à aucun conflit.\n\nMais les autorités de Chinsan, depuis quelque temps, ont pratiqué dans ce territoire des transgressions à la neutralisation tacitement entendue, et dont la manutention a été justement le motif de l'abandon, par le Gouvernement de Macau, des droits acquis avec la prise de Passalean.\n\nDu côté portugais, on a toujours protesté contre ces transgressions, et après le traité de 1887, contre les violations de son statu quo, puisqu'on ne devrait pas faire aucune altération dans les territoires à délimiter, la neutralisation devant être regardée comme un fait accompli qui se recommandait par ...\n\nPage 4\nPage 5\nPage 6",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nfound in a field. He had a slight but not mortal bullet wound, and had apparently been strangled to death--by whom it is not known.\n\nThese two affairs, small as they were, had a somewhat disquieting effect on the French population of Hanoi. The desperate nature of the resistance offered by this handful of men and their success in holding out for so long against largely superior French forces seemed to show a considerable change in the conditions since the time of the conquest of Tonkin twenty-five years before.\n\nOn the 28th August an anti-French plot was discovered at Hanoi, and several arrests were made, five of the accused being subsequently sentenced, by administrative measure without trial, to deportation for ten years. A secret society amongst the servants of Europeans was also brought to light, among the members of which were certain individuals who had already been suspected of complicity in the plot for poisoning the garrison during the summer of 1908, but who had escaped conviction.\n\nOn the 31st August the command of the column against the Dê-Tham was withdrawn from Commandant Chofflet and given to Commandant Bonifacy. On the 5th September a band of fifteen rifles under the command of Ca-rinh, the De-Tham's principal lieutenant, was reported some 3 miles west of Phuc-Yen. On the 6th they were attacked at the village of Yen-Lo by a force despatched by Commandant Bonifacy, consisting of a company of colonial infantry, a company of tirailleurs, a detachment of the Legion, and a section of artillery. The fighting lasted all day, and the band was more than half destroyed, their losses being said to be nine killed and one prisoner. The French loss was, however, also serious, consisting of three Europeans and one tirailleur killed in action, three Europeans dead from sun-stroke, and four Europeans and five tirailleurs wounded.\n\nThe De-Tham himself was at this time in the mountainous region between the Day River and the Rivière Claire, and his intention was to cross the latter stream, and eventually to gain the Province of Thanh-Hoa in North Annam. The river was, however, effectively patrolled, and a move in this direction was prevented. At the end of September, the De-Tham's position being accurately known, the Kham Sai and the column of troops—amounting to some 3,000 men in all—left the province of Phuc-Yen and concentrated in the north of the province of Vinh-Yen.\n\nIn the meantime, on the 26th September, the band of Kiem, (who on the 2nd August, had sacked the militia post at Hoa-Binh, as recounted in my despatch above-mentioned) had attacked another post of militia at Hoa-lae in the Sontay province. The band was repulsed after having killed four militiamen and wounded seven. Kiem did not, however, act in conjunction with the Dê-Tham.\n\nOn the 5th October Commandant Bonifacy attacked the latter's force. It had strongly entrenched itself in a ravine on the south-west side of the Nui-Lang mountain. The position was an extremely difficult one to attack and the French soldiers underwent great hardships. The De-Tham is said to have had seventy rifles engaged in the affair. His actual losses as far as could be ascertained were six killed, two wounded, and one prisoner, but his morale was badly shaken as he had thought himself secure. The band broke up and escaped in the night, the members dispersing in different directions. It has never re-assembled since. A portion of the attacking force was for four hours at twenty-five yards from the enemy's fire. It is not to be wondered at therefore that the French loss was serious---eight Europeans and eleven natives killed and thirty-four wounded. The evacuating of the wounded on Vietri was extremely difficult owing to the nature of the country and the troops were absolutely exhausted, all idea of pursuing the enemy being impossible.\n\n3\n\nThe De-Tham with a few followers left the Nui-Lang mountains and recrossed the Day. Bonifacy moved his column into the Tam-Dao region. The fight at Nui-Lang had evidently had a disheartening effect on the rebels and several of them came in and made their submission. On the 24th October the Dê-Tham's principal lieutenant, Ca-rinh, with six of his followers surrendered to the Kham Sai. This was a serious loss to the rebel chief. He gradually worked his way back through the province of Thai-Nguyen to his former district in the Yen-thé of which he had been for years the virtual ruler. On the 25th November he was definitely signalled there. On the 1st December a notable capture was made in the person of his third wife. This woman is a veritable Amazon; she took a personal and active part in most of the recent engagements, carrying a rifle herself and sometimes, it is said, commanded detachments on foraging and reconnoitring expeditions. A couple of days later the leader himself was nearly caught and an individual of his party was killed, who proved to be none other than the cook who had been the principal instrument in the plot to poison the Hanoi garrison in 1908. Numerous other submissions now took place and the position improved so far that early in December the greater part of the military column (which had been formed after the kidnapping of M. Voisin in July) could be sent back to garrison duty.\n\nAt the end of December the military authorities had to turn their attention to the Yunnan frontier. About 100 Chinese soldiers, at an isolated post, mutinied, and crossed into Tonkin with arms and ammunition. It was feared that they might repeat the exploits of the \"Reformists\" from Yunnan in the summer of 1908, and prompt measures were taken to deal with them. Troops were sent to bar their advance, and they were called upon to submit. They refused to do so, and announced their intention of marching across Tonkin. On the morning of the 5th January they were attacked and put to flight, losing sixteen killed and seventeen wounded. Unfortunately, on the French side a captain was killed and four men wounded. Further reinforcements were sent up and the remnants of the band were disposed of. A good many were killed, others were driven back across the frontier, and some were captured and handed over to the Chinese authorities, who executed them.\n\nMeanwhile, operations on a small scale had for some time been in progress against the band of Kiem, the sacker of Hoa-Binh. These operations were brought to a close at the end of December, when eighty of the rebels had made their submission. There had been little or no serious fighting; the French had had one man severely wounded, and the \"pirates\" had lost eight killed and five wounded. On the 13th January the chief, Kiem himself, surrendered, the only terms given him being that his life should be spared. It is believed that he was partly led to submit by the apparently generous fashion in which Ca-rinh and the other surrendered partisans of the De-Tham were being treated. To them also the Government had only guaranteed their lives, but they had been left in provisional liberty under the surveillance of the provincial authorities. Ca-rinh himself had, indeed, been treated with many marks of distinction. Five days after Kiem's surrender, however, Ca-rinh and some sixty other surrendered rebels, who had been left in the Yen-thé district, together with the third wife of the De-Tham, were simultaneously put into close arrest, brought by special train to Hanoi, and locked up in the prison there. Kiem and his followers have been similarly dealt with. The De-Tham probably congratulates himself on not having trusted to appearances.\n\nHe is still believed to be wandering in the Yen-thé jungle with one or two faithful attendants. The Kham Sai, having failed to effect his capture, was recalled on the 1st March and his band of \"partisans\" dispersed. The remains of Commandant Bonifacy's column were also broken up, the commandant himself, however, remaining to administer the Yen-thế. The pursuit is now entrusted to the militia, who are endeavouring to bring it to an end before the beginning of the hot weather. It is possible that the Dê-Tham might again cause trouble if not disposed of before the heat renders difficult active operations on the part of white troops, but it is not likely that he would still enjoy the prestige which a year ago gave him the support of a great part of the population in the provinces of Yen-thé and Phuc-Yen. On the whole, it appears that M. Klobukowski, the Governor-General (who is now in France), is quite justified in describing the affair of the Dê-Tham as virtually at an end.\n\nI enclose a rough sketch-map showing the relative positions of the principal places mentioned in this despatch.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nT. Ff. CARLISLE.\n\n26",
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        "content_text": "# May 2\n\n2 \n\nbelieves that in the present unsettled condition of western Yünnan, the Chinese will be unable to send troops from Tengyueh across the frontier, and this view finds some support from the recent report (in my telegram dated the 10th October, 1910) that it had been found necessary to send troops from Tengyueh and Talifu to oppose Szechuan army deserters, who were invading Yünnan from the north. Although the Lieutenant-Governor is disposed to think it probable that Mr. Rose's anticipation of a peaceful issue to Mr. Hertz's expedition will be realised, his honour cannot disregard the possibility of the other alternative. Mr. Rose has recently reported the preparation by the Chinese at Tengyueh of a large-scale map including the unadministered territory in question. The object of this map may be merely in connection with the ordinary administration of the tract by Chinese officials, which is known to be imminent, and which Mr. Hertz's expedition is intended to forestall. But on the other hand, the preparation of a map is consistent with an intention to move troops, and it is not more difficult for troops to enter the unadministered territory from Tengyueh than from Myitkyina. It must be noted that Mr. Rose's memorandum indicated several possible routes from Tengyueh into that territory, any one of which might bring a Chinese force directly on to the flank of Mr. Hertz's march. Having regard to this possibility, the Lieutenant-Governor thinks that it is no longer wise to adhere to the original arrangement by which Mr. Hertz's escort, exclusive of the rationing base, was to be split up into two small parties; and his honour is not satisfied that the total strength originally proposed would be sufficient to ensure a peaceful or even a successful issue. Small isolated parties might invite opposition or attack, whereas by a substantial show of force we should be more likely to avoid all risk of hostilities. The sanctioned arrangements, moreover, include no provision for the dispatch of a relieving force, in case Mr. Hertz's escort found itself in a difficult position. No effective relief could be afforded by the military police even if sufficient men could be furnished, because magazine rifles and ammunition have not been provided except for the escort itself. If Mr. Hertz were forced to retire or if a portion of his escort were cut off, there would be the most serious loss of prestige; and on the other hand, if the expedition does not proceed this year, the almost certain loss of the entire territory and the establishment of the Chinese on the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy must be accepted. In these circumstances, the Lieutenant-Governor is strongly of opinion that the expedition ought to proceed; but his honour recommends that the original arrangements should be modified so as to make a greater show of force, (1) by rendering Mr. Hertz's escort stronger and more compact, and (2) by stationing a force of regular troops in readiness in the neighbourhood of Myitkyina, in case it should become necessary to extricate or support Mr. Hertz's party.\n\n4. As already reported by telegram, the Lieutenant-Governor now recommends that the proposed expedition of a civil officer to the Shan State of Hkamti should be postponed for one year, his escort of 125 rifles being added to the escort originally proposed for Mr. Hertz. Mr. Hertz's escort will then consist of eleven British officers (including a medical officer) and 607 native ranks (including thirty-two signallers). A rationing base of 100 rifles will be established at Makawng, leaving a force of 475 rifles to accompany Mr. Hertz as his escort. A compact force of this strength is less likely to be attacked or to meet with resistance, but as an additional precaution the Lieutenant-Governor recommends that one native infantry battalion shall be stationed temporarily in the Myitkyina district, one-half of the battalion being kept at Myitkyina as a garrison, and the other half provided with transport and moved out to Seniku in readiness to follow Mr. Hertz into the unadministered territory and relieve him if required. The Lieutenant-Governor has already requested the Major-General commanding the Burmah division to be so good as to obtain sanction to the dispatch of a wing of a native regiment to garrison Myitkyina during the absence of the military police; his honour's present proposal is that a whole battalion should be sent, one-half being mobilized and pushed forward to Seniku. This movement of regular troops into the Myitkyina district will doubtless impress the Chinese and render them less disposed to interfere. The Lieutenant-Governor has discussed the matter with the Inspector-General of Police and the Major-General commanding the division. His honour's present proposals have been framed not only with a view to ensure the safety of Mr. Hertz's party, but also to avoid hostilities by removing from the Chinese all temptation to attack. As the proposals are more likely to lead to a peaceful solution, his honour hopes that they may be approved. They will entail some alteration of the instructions which formed Enclosure 2 of my letter of the 10th May, 1910, and I am accordingly to submit a revised set of instructions for the approval of the Government of India. There is one other suggestion which has not yet been mentioned, and which was made to the Lieutenant-Governor by the Major-General commanding the division, namely that the military authorities should furnish a Maxim gun section of ten men, under a junior British officer, to accompany Mr. Hertz's escort. This arrangement seems to the Lieutenant-Governor to be highly desirable as an additional measure of precaution, and I am to recommend that the Government of India may be pleased to issue the necessary orders for its adoption.\n\n5. I am now to describe the arrangements proposed for the establishment of a military police post in the unadministered tract, so as to ensure the permanency of our occupation. The country is at present almost unknown, and the location of the post cannot therefore be definitely settled until after actual inspection. But it is probable that the post will be established at or near Atawgaw, and it will also be necessary to establish a small connecting post at Makawng. The Lieutenant-Governor proposes that Mr. Hertz should leave a civil officer, two British officers of military police, and 175 rifles to garrison the post at Atawgaw, and 50 rifles under a native officer to occupy the post at Makawng. If the Chinese do not interfere with Mr. Hertz's operations, these posts can be withdrawn at the commencement of the rains and sent out again in the following open season. Otherwise, it will probably be necessary to leave them out throughout the rains. In order to ensure a sufficient supply of ammunition, the Lieutenant-Governor has already asked for 500 rounds for each of the magazine rifles lent to the military police, in addition to the 400 rounds of ball ammunition already supplied, and his honour hopes that this request will be granted. The estimated cost of establishing posts at Htawgaw and Makawng, and the total estimated cost of Mr. Hertz's expedition are now being calculated, and will form the subject of a separate report.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n## Enclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n**W. F. RICE, Chief Secretary**\n\n### Instructions concerning the Tour to be made for the purpose of bringing under Administration the Unadministered Country East of the 'Nmaikha\n\nMR. HERTZ, Deputy Commissioner, Myitkyina, with Mr. Scott, Assistant Superintendent, as his assistant, will proceed with an escort of military police to visit the unadministered country east of the 'Nmaikha, including Pienma and villages within easy march of that village. Mr. Hertz will be in exclusive civil and political charge, and will decide all administrative questions on his own responsibility, subject to such references to the Commissioner as he may consider necessary.\n\n2. The object of the tour is to bring under direct administration the country between the 'Nmaikha and the watershed between that river and the Shweli and Salween as far as latitude 26° 15' or thereabouts, including the villages on both sides of and in the valley of the Ngaw Kha and its junction with the 'Nmaikha, to nullify the recent attempts by the chief of Teng Keng to establish his authority over villages in British territory, and to effect the removal from the tract in question of all traces of occupation on behalf of China.\n\nTo effect this, Mr. Hertz will visit as many villages as possible, issue appointment orders to headmen, settle any disputes which may be brought before him between villages in the aforementioned tract, levy a nominal tribute, the amount of which will be left to his discretion, but should not exceed 1 rupee per household, destroy any boundary pillars which may have been erected by the Chinese within that area, and generally collect all available information, and explain to the villagers that they will henceforth be under British rule, and that they are entitled to British protection and will pay tribute.\n\n3. The force will be furnished by the military police and will consist of—\n\n| Category | Strength |\n| --- | --- |\n| Escort | 475 rifles and 20 signallers |\n| Ration base | 100 rifles and 12 signallers |\n\nIt will start from Myitkyina as early as possible in November or December 1910.\n\n4. Major ffrench-Mullen will be in command of the escort; Captain Moule will be second in command; Captain Gilchrist will be in command of the rationing base, with Lieutenant Pickthall attached to it as assistant commandant. They also will be ...\n\nPage 338",
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        "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n\n13346 [March 20]\n\n### SECTION 220 RT: 100 [10110]\n\n**(No. 81.) Sir,**\n\n**No. 1.**\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received March 20.)\n\nPeking, February 23, 1911.\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copies of a report which has been drawn up by the military attaché to His Majesty's Legation, discussing, from a military point of view, the situation which has arisen on the Burmah-Yünnan frontier in consequence of the British expedition to Pien-ma.\n\nIt seems likely that the frontier question will eventually end in a settlement without a conflict taking place between the armed forces on the two sides, but should this hope be disappointed, it may be useful to the Burmah Government to be in possession of Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby's views as to the military strength which the Chinese Government might be able to put in the field.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\n### Enclosure in No. 1.\n\n**(Confidential.) Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby.**\n\nPeking, February 13, 1911.\n\nTHE news received yesterday from India of the reoccupation of Pien-ma by a Chinese force, though unwelcome, cannot be considered as a surprise, in view of recent intelligence from Tengyueh concerning the movement of Chinese troops and in view also of the unyielding attitude of the Chinese Government, from the beginning, with regard to the question of the ownership of the territory in dispute. According to their view, the boundary lies to the west of Pien-ma.\n\nThe decision of His Majesty's Government (after the joint investigation of the frontier by the late Mr. Litton, His Majesty's consul at Tengyueh, and Taotai Shih Hung-chao in 1905), to consider the Nmai-kha-Shweli and Nmai-kha-Salween watersheds as the boundary line, was communicated to the Chinese Government by Sir E. Satow in May 1906. No steps, however, to carry that decision into effect appear to have been necessitated until the Tengkeng \"fu-yi\" (chief) raided Pien-ma in October 1909, to enforce his tribute claims which the Lashi tribesmen of the Pien-ma district had latterly been neglecting. This action brought the matter to a head and made it imperative for the Government of Burmah to take steps to give effect to the British claim to the region (failure to do which would have implied acquiescence in the validity of the Chinese ownership). It was hoped that the administrative expedition under Mr. Hertz would meet with no opposition, and that the Chinese would accept the accomplished fact.\n\nIn October 1910, when my opinion as to the likelihood of modern Chinese troops being moved to the frontier was asked, I could only reply that I was unaware of any intention on the part of China, at that time, to make such movements; and that, in fact, troops were on the other hand being moved away northwards from West Yünnan in connection with the mutiny of Szechuanese troops at Hsiang Cheng, and the occupation by them of Chung Tien. At the same time, I pointed out the strength and distribution of the regular troops in the province of Yunnan, and the distances from Yunnan-fu and Tali-fu to the frontier.\n\nThe careful and detailed report by Captain B. E. Pritchard, commandant of the Lashio battalion of Burmah Military Police, on the troops in Yunnan (since received), gives a favourable estimate of the value of these troops, but it should be added that Major Pereira (my predecessor, who is now travelling in China), who also saw them recently, rates them as 'decidedly inferior' to the regulars of the divisions of North China-Hupei or Szechuan. It may not be out of place to mention here that in a letter I received two days ago from Major Pereira, dated Taiping Pu (near Tali), the 23rd December, 1910, he says: \"General Tsʻui impresses me as one of the best officers...",
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        "content_text": "(A arrear.\n\n7 ransacked on the 20th October by its republican guard, whose pay was considerably in arrears. In Lin Tse Hsien a riot occurred about the same time, owing to students destroying the gods in the city temple. Towards the end of November a mutiny took place in the Manchu garrison in Tsing-chou fu.\n\nOperations have been carried on against the robbers in the Tsaochoufu and Yenchoufu districts, and the governor now claims that brigandage has been practically suppressed in this part of the province. The most notorious of the leaders was seized and executed in December, but two others remain to be captured. The newspapers have recently given accounts of brigandage in the Wutingfu district, north of the Yellow River, which is usually free from such troubles.\n\nDisbandment of the troops is steadily proceeding, and is causing little trouble except for a mutiny at Chefoo in the beginning of January. This occurred on the 4th January, after nearly all the Manchurian troops had been paid off, and had handed over their arms to their commandant. A large number of them had gone on board the steamer, which was to take them to the north. Owing to some interference, and an attempt to deprive them of a portion of their pay, the troops returned to shore, rushed the arsenal, overcame the guard, possessed themselves of rifles and ammunition, and started to hold up the traffic on the streets. They were soon joined by others anxious for possible loot. A force of 2,000 lu chun and 200 sailors from the cruiser \"Haichi\" were soon under arms and patrolled the streets, taking special care to safeguard the foreign quarter. Order was restored on the following day, and the mutinous troops shipped off to Dairen. There is some apprehension, however, of further trouble, owing to the disagreements between the commanding officers. A Japanese man-of-war is lying off Chefoo to watch developments.\n\nIn Shantung, as elsewhere, the elections for the Peking Assembly are resolving themselves mainly into a contest between the Kung Ho Tang and the Kuo Min Tang, the latter of which seems to be the more strongly organised. The bulk of the population, however, are quite uninterested, and the number of voters is very small, the majority of the people being quite apathetic towards the new régime.\n\nChinkiang.\n\nRobberies by disbanded troops in the neighbourhood of Chinkiang seem to have continued intermittently throughout the past few months, but the authorities are doing what they can to maintain order. His Majesty's consul asked for and obtained a guard for the district where the missionaries chiefly live, and this measure has proved effective in preventing further robberies in that quarter. The general reduction in the number of cases of serious crime is credited to the action of one Yang Piao, battalion commander in the 64th regiment, formerly a village bully in Hupei, who has now acquired a great reputation as a merciless hunter of bad characters. He has made a number of important arrests from time to time, and the accused, disbanded soldiers or civilians, have been put to death. Colonel Yang executed the condemned in several cases with his own hand, using a revolver.\n\nThe operations against brigands in the Hsüchoufu country have evidently been of good effect, the district of Pei Hsien being now comparatively free from robbers, and merchants are resuming their normal business there. A party of disbanded soldiers, mostly Tsingkiangpu men, left Hsüchoufu about the end of December for Chinkiang. Thence they were moved on in boats towed by launches until, on arriving at Shaopo, they broke out and looted all the launch stations at that place. They eventually reached their destination without further trouble and dispersed.\n\nThe primary elections for the Provincial and National Assemblies took place in December. For the National Assembly, Chinkiang is the centre of the third district, which contains an electorate of 612,341. The primary elections were, here as elsewhere, accompanied by every kind of fraud and trickery, but without disorder. The Kuomintang were again the most active party.\n\nThe condition of the Grand Canal within Kiangsu province is worse than it has been for many years. Launch traffic on certain sections has been intermittent, and the movement of native boats impeded. His Majesty's consul at Chinkiang is endeavouring to rouse the local authorities to the seriousness of the matter.\n\nKiangsi.\n\nThe last quarter of 1912 passed, for the most part, uneventfully, as far as the province of Kiangsi was concerned. The flow of administrative reforms which\n\n216",
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        "content_text": "FORM No. 4,\n\nFORM OF ENROLMENT.\n\nI, A.B., hereby engage myself to serve in the Hong-kong Defence Corps subject to the provisions of the Military Service Ordinance, 1917, and of the regulations which may be in force thereunder from time to time.\n\nDated at Hongkong the ...... day of ...., 19.....\n\n(2.) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all officers of units will be submitted by the Officer Commanding the Unit through the Administrative Commandant to the Governor, through the General Officer Commanding the Troops.\n\n4. The establishment of the Corps shall be fixed from time to time as circumstances may require.\n\n5. The appointment and promotion of all members of the staff and officers are vested in the Governor.\n\nSignature.\n\nSECOND SCHEDULE.\n\n1. These regulations may be cited as the Hongkong Defence Corps Regulations, 1917.\n\n2. In these regulations-\n\n\"The Administrative Commandant\" means the officer for the time being entrusted with the general administration of the Corps.\n\n\"The Corps\" means the Hongkong Defence Corps.\n\n\"The General Officer Commanding the Troops\" includes the Senior Officer for the time being commanding the Troops.\n\nCONSTITUTION OF CORPS.\n\n3-(1.) The Corps shall consist of the following units:-\n\n(a) A company of artillery.\n\n(b) A company of engineers.\n\n(c) A battalion of infantry.\n\n(2) Subject to the provisions of the Army Act and of the Military Service Ordinance, 1917, and of these regulations, the Corps shall be under the orders of the General Officer Commanding the Troops, subject to the general control of the Governor.\n\n(3) The company of artillery shall be under the executive command of an officer of the Corps appointed by the Governor in that behalf. It shall be under the orders of the Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery of the Garrison for training and inspection.\n\n(4) The company of engineers shall be under the executive command of an officer of the Corps appointed by the Governor in that behalf. It shall be under the orders of the Chief Engineer of the Garrison for training and inspection.\n\n(5.) The battalion of infantry shall be under the executive command of an officer of His Majesty's Regular Forces appointed by the Governor in that behalf with the consent of the General Officer Commanding the Troops.\n\n(6.) The general administration of the Corps will be under the Officer Commanding the battalion of infantry, assisted by an administration staff appointed by the Governor.\n\n(7.) The Administrative Commandant may, with the approval of the Governor, establish one or more cadet companies in connection with the Corps, and every such company shall, as regards its establishment, administration, and government, be subject to such regulations as the Administrative Commandant may make with the approval of the Governor.\n\n(8.) Every officer upon his first appointment in the Corps to any rank, and every officer before promotion to any higher rank, shall pass the examination prescribed for that rank: provided that the General Officer Commanding may exempt any officer from compliance with this paragraph either wholly or in part.\n\n(9 is not present, so it goes to 4 and then subsequent subsections)\n\n(4.) The nature of the examination in each case shall be as may be prescribed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.\n\n(5) The examining board shall be appointed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.\n\n(6.) An officer whose turn for promotion arrives may be superseded if he has not passed the prescribed examination.\n\n(7) Supernumerary officers may be appointed in any unit but any such officers shall be absorbed into the establishment as soon as vacancies occur therein.\n\n(8) All appointments and promotions of members of the staff and of officers shall be notified in the Gazette and shall take effect from the date of such Gazette or from such other date as may be specified in the notification.\n\n6.(1.) The appointment and promotion of all non-commissioned officers of units are vested in the Officer Commanding the Unit.\n\n(2) Promotion will be by seniority, tempered by selection in each unit, and will be subject to the passing of such an examination as may be prescribed or approved by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.\n\nTRAINING.\n\n7. The training to be carried out will be as prescribed in the First Appendix hereto.\n\nEQUIPMENT.\n\n8. -(1) Officers will provide and maintain their own uniform and appointments according to the scale laid down in the Second Appendix hereto.\n\n(2.) Other ranks will be provided with uniform in accordance with the scale laid down in the Third Appendix hereto.\n\n(3) Under no circumstances may articles of uniform be worn with plain clothes.\n\n9.—(1,) An allowance towards the cost of his outfit of not more than twenty pounds or its equivalent in local currency will be paid to each officer on his first appointment as an officer in the Corps: provided that this paragraph shall not apply to those officers who have become officers of the Corps by virtue of section 10 of the Military Service Ordinance, 1917, unless the General Officer Commanding shall otherwise direct.\n\n(2.) Should an officer fail to become proficient within twelve months from appointment he shall at the discretion of the Officer Commanding his Unit be liable to refund all or part of the allowance made to him.\n\n448",
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        "content_text": "Stock book \n\nto be kept. \n\nOrder book to be kept. \n\nEntries Dr stock book. \n\nOrdering of stores. \n\nQuarter master. \n\nCorps Quartermaster Sergeant. \n\nRegimental Institute. \n\nBooks and returns. \n\nFourth \n\nAppendix. \n\nG -- \n\n(3) Should an officer leave the Corps within two years of appointment he shall at the discretion of the Officer Commanding his Unit be liable to refund all or part of the allowance made to him. \n\nSTORES. \n\n10. A stock book for stores issued on payment shall be kept showing the nature and value of each article and the member of the Corps to whom it is issued1. \n\n11. For every receipt and issue of stores there shall be a voucher. An order book for all stores required shall be kept and on receipt of the stores entry shall be made in the stock book. The receipt vouchers shall consist of the counterfoils of the order book, or of invoices from the Crown Agents, or from firms or departments which supply stores. Issue vouchers shall consist of receipts signed by the members of the Corps to whom the stores are issued on an issue book with pages numbered consecutively. The issue book shall be checked by the Administrative Commandant and each signature shall be authenticated by his initials. \n\n12. In every case the folio of the stock book shall be inserted on the voucher and the entries made on the day of issue. \n\n13. All stores ordered from England must be obtained in the usual manner through the Crown Agents for the Colonies. \n\nMISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. \n\n14. The Adjutant shall also perform the duties of Quartermaster. \n\n15. The Corps Sergeant-Major shall also perform the duties of Quartermaster Sergeant. \n\n16. The Administrative Commandant may, with the approval of the Governor, make regulations for the management of the Regimental Institute. \n\n17. (1) The following books shall be kept by the Adjutant: \n\n(a) Muster roll; \n\n(b) Record of attendance at parades, drills, and machine gun, rifle, and revolver practices; \n\n(c) Account of receipts and expenditure; \n\n(d) Stock book for stores; \n\n(e) Order book for stores; and \n\n(f) Ammunition account. \n\n(2) The Officers Commanding the artillery and engineer companies will keep for their own units a record of attendance at parades, drills, and rifle and revolver practices. \n\n(3) Periodical returns and reports shall be rendered by the Administrative Commandant as prescribed in the Fourth Appendix to these regulations. \n\nAPPENDICES. \n\nFIRST APPENDIX. \n\nTRAINING. \n\nGeneral \n\n[Regulation 7.] \n\n1. For training purposes the year will be divided into the two following periods: - \n\nCold weather: 15th October to 15th April, \n\nHot weather: 16th April to 14th October. \n\n2. The number of parades shall not exceed 50 per annum. Such parades shall be in addition to any parades and attendances ordered for musketry instruction or musketry practice. \n\n3. The Officers Commanding the respective Units shall fix the time and place for parades, drills, and rifle practices. \n\n4. The musketry course will be as laid down in the current Army Regulations. \n\n5. The artillery and engineer companies will be mobilised for one month during the cold weather. \n\n6. There will be a camp of exercise for the infantry battalion for one month during the cold weather. \n\n7. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Appendix, eight days attendance, not necessarily consecutive, during mobilisation or at the camp of exercise, as the case may be, shall be compulsory for every member of the Corps unless specially exempted by the General Officer Commanding the Troops. \n\n8. During the months in which the artillery company is on examination service the company may be excused from any number of drills at the discretion of the Officer Commanding the Unit. \n\n9. The Officer Commanding the engineer company may in his discretion excuse from any drill any men who have come off or who are going on electric light duty. \n\n10. Classes will be held at convenient times in each year for the instruction of members desirous of obtaining certificates of qualification for promotion as non-commissioned officers. \n\nMen over 45 but under 50 years of age. \n\n11. Men over 45 but under 50 years of age, if pronounced efficient by the Officer Commanding the Unit, shall be required to undergo only the following training: - \n\n(a) Musketry instruction and musketry practice. \n\n(b) 21 other parades per annum. \n\n(c) 4 days attendance during mobilisation or at the camp of exercise. \n\nMen over 50 years of age. \n\n12. Men over 50 years of age shall undergo such modified training as may be prescribed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops. \n\nPage 449",
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        "content_text": "SECOND APPENDIX.\n\nRegulation 8 (1)]\n\nUNIFORM TO BE PROVIDED AND KEPT BY OFFICERS.\n\nEnclosure\n\nlovure 2.\n\nC\n\n52782\n\nRECO\n\n450\n\n  \n    ARTICLES.\n    No.\n    REMARKS.\n  \n  \n    Helmet, khaki with brown leather chin strap and bronze badge,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Belt, Sam Browne complete with braces, frog, ammunition pouch, and pistol\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cap, khaki with bronze badge.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Tunic, khaki drill, with bronze collar badges, and badges of rank\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Tunic, serge, with bronze collar badges, and badges of rank,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Trousers, khaki drill, (turned up,\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n  \n    Trousers, serge, turned up),\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n  \n    Shorts, khaki drill.\n    2 pairs.\n    \n  \n  \n    Shirts, khaki drill, with collars and tie.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Shirts, serge, with collar and tie.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Puttees, khaki,\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n  \n    Great Coat, with badges of rank and buttons\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Boots, brown regulation.\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n  \n    Sword, Infantry pattern with brown leather scabbard and knot,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Pistol and Lanyard, my pattern pistol which will carry service ammunition\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Whistle and cord,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Waterbottle, service pattern,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Haversack, service pattern,\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Buttons, Brass, (large).\n    1 dozen.\n    \n  \n  \n    Buttons, Brass, (small),\n    1 dozen.\n    \n  \n\nREG 27 JCT 17\n\nATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,\n\nHongkong...Ath.Santauber.1917.\n\nTHIRD APPENDIX.\n\n[Regulation 8 (1)]\n\nUNIFORM.\n\n  \n    ARTICLES,\n    No.\n    REMARKS.\n  \n  \n    Helmet and Fittings, Khaki.\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Khaki Puggaree.\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Cloth Service Cap...\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Great Coat....\n    1\n    \n  \n  \n    Boots, Military Pattern,.\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n  \n    Khaki Drill Frock and Trousers.\n    2 suits.\n    \n  \n  \n    Shirts,\n    3\n    \n  \n  \n    Shorts,\n    2 pairs.\n    \n  \n  \n    Puttees,\n    1 pair.\n    \n  \n\nI have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled\n\nAn Ordinance to make provision with respect to military\n\nservice and to provide for the establishment maintenance\n\nand control of a local defence corps,\n\nand I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the\n\nGovernor's Instructions.\n\nFOURTH APPENDIX. [Regulation 17 (3)]\n\nRETURNS AND REPORTS.\n\nThe following Returns and Reports will be rendered by the Administrative Commandant to the General Officer Commanding the Troops at the respective times specified below for transmission to the Governor :-\n\nWHEN DUE.\n\nThe object of this Ordinance is to make all male\n\nBritish subjects between the ages of 18 and 58 who are ordinarily\n\nresident in the Colony, with certain exceptions which are specified\n\nin section 2, liable to military service in the Colony when called\n\nup for such service by the Governor in Council.\n\n  \n    No.\n    RETURN OF TERRITORY.\n    \n  \n  \n    1\n    Annual Return of Corps,\n    1st January.\n  \n  \n    \n    Return of Arms, Accoutrements, etc...\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Annual Abstract of Receipts and\n    15th February.\n  \n  \n    \n    Expenditure,\n    \n  \n  \n    4\n    Report on Annual Training.\n    After Annual Training.\n  \n  \n    7\n    Report on Machine Gun and Musketry Practices,\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    State of Corps,\n    Monthly Return.\n  \n  \n    \n    Report on Revolver Practice.\n    To accompany above.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Do.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    1st of each month,",
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        "content_text": "74\n\n=\n\n91\n\n# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nThe and one 3rd Grade Clerk have been added \"Accounts Correspondence and to Stores\" and \"Water Works,\" respectively. Under Public Works Recurrent the main increase is that of $15,000 in Maintenance of Waterworks for City and Hill District. This is due to the increased price of stores and of coal for pumping. A sum of $1,000 has been inserted for Special Repairs to the Filter Beds in Kowloon. The item for Stores Depreciation has been entered at the nominal sum of $100, as a credit balance was obtained in 1916, while the amount to be written off the value of the St, Enoch disappears, as the dredger is no longer borne on the Store Books.\n\nDetails will be found in Appendix 11. Hongkong Volunteer Corps and Hong Kong Volunteer Reserve having been embodied in the Hongkong Defence Corps, the form of the Estimates has been recast. The Capitation Grant no longer appears and the posts of Inspecting Officer and Adjutant of the Volunteer Reserve have been abolished. The salary of the Administrative Commandant has been fixed at £375 per annum with House Allowance of $800; the allowance to the Adjutant has been increased from $5 to $7 a day and allowances are included for the Officers Commanding the Artillery and Engineer Companies. The Subordinate Staff, formerly paid out of Volunteer Corps Funds, is now shown under Personal Emoluments and one clerk for the Engineer Company has been added. Separate votes are inserted under Other Charges for all expenses of the Corps.\n\nThe change brought about in the constitution of the Local Auxiliary Forces necessitated the retirement of Lieut. Colonel A. Chapman, who for nearly twenty-five years had been connected with the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, for ten of which he was in command. I desire to express my appreciation of his long and faithful service in the Corps.\n\nIn the Public Works Department, under Personal Emoluments, \"General Staff,\" the number of 1st Grade Assistant Engineers on the permanent staff has been increased to five and none now remain on the temporary establishment; the number of 2nd Grade Assistant Engineers has been increased to seven by the transfer of two from the temporary establishment and by the transfer of two Assistant Land Surveyors to the Engineering Branch. The number of 1st Class Overseers is increased by one transferred from the temporary establishment and the number of Overseers 1st Class on the temporary establishment correspondingly reduced. The number of Assistant Land Surveyors on the permanent staff has been increased to five and the number on the temporary establishment reduced to three.\n\nWith a view to strengthening the department the Clerk in \"Accounts Correspondence and Stores\" has been transferred to \"Water Works,\" one 1st Grade Clerk has been transferred from \"Water Works\" to \"Accounts Correspondence and Stores\" and one 5th Grade Shroff...\n\nThe Estimate of Expenditure under the head Public Works, Extraordinary, is $1,585,800, a rather larger sum than is provided for in the estimates of this year, but every endeavour has been made to confine the programme of works to the necessities of the development of this young and rapidly growing Colony. Apart from certain sanitary works, it is therefore only proposed to continue the building of the extension to the Central Police Station, the erection of certain quarters for Government officers at Leighton Hill and in Kowloon and of a market at Shamshuipo, and to begin the erection of new offices for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports next to the Harbour Office, and a small market at Tai O.\n\nThe feature in the estimates is the programme of main road construction, for which a sum of $367,000 is provided, while a sum of $247,500 will be expended in the improvement of existing roads. The great increase in the use of motor-cars in the Colony and the growing necessity of opening up residential sites beyond the limits of Victoria and Kowloon has rendered it imperative for the Government to provide safe means for rapid transport. By their use in opening up new areas, in facilitating transport, and in rendering the Colony more attractive to visitors and residents, especially Chinese who show a remarkable appreciation of motoring, these new roads will all tend to produce revenue of a permanent nature. They are therefore remunerative works. I will go into the matter in greater detail under the proper heads.\n\n22\n\nIn Hongkong under Buildings a sum of $150,000 is provided for continuing the work on the extension to the Central Police Station, and $70,000 for beginning the erection of large offices for the Department of Imports and Exports, the plans for which have been considered by The Public Works Committee and referred to the Secretary of State. The provision under item 3 for the erection of quarters on Leighton Hill includes a re-vote of the sum of $60,000 provided in this year's estimates.\n\nUnder Roads item 5 (a) and (b) and (d) to (i) provision is made for completing the main road round the Island. Beginning at Aberdeen the work already in progress will result in a wide road being made from the docks passing outside the village on to a widened bund (d). Thence the mile of narrow road to Little Hongkong will be widened and straightened at a cost of $15,000 (i). The improvements now in progress between Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay will be completed at a further outlay of $6,000 (a). From Repulse Bay to a point on the road between Stanley and Tytam Tuk it is proposed to make a new road on an improved trace with easy gradients and with a summit considerably lower than that of the present path. The alignment is not yet settled, but a sum of $80,000 has been entered in anticipation of the work being finished next year (e). The remainder of the road to Tytam Tuk will be improved and widened at an estimated cost of $66,000 (f). The approach road to the reservoir and the road over the dam will be completed this year. Under (b) a sum of $30,000 has been provided for completing the road from the dam to Tytam Gap. From Tytam Gap it has been suggested ultimately to proceed to Shaukiwan through a deep cutting and entirely new road at a much lower level than the existing road, but in order to avoid the great expense of this work at present provision has been made for a small loop road at Tytam Gap joining the new road to the existing road (h) and a sum of $49,500 for improving the existing road to Shaukiwan. The circle of the major portion of the island by a good road will thus be completed, and it is difficult to estimate the boon which such a road will be, not only as a means of recreation, but as an aid to the development of a portion of the island hitherto quite out of reach as a practical place of residence for business men.\n\n92\n\nItem 6. The sum of $5,000 provided is required for the laying of a cable from the General Post Office to No. 2 Police Station to carry telephone wires underground and so to relieve the poles which are becoming over-loaded.\n\n21\n\nUnder Miscellaneous items 14 and 16 are for very desirable improvements in the sanitation and administration of Victoria Gaol, while items 10 and 17 provide for jetties for the more speedy removal of refuse. The provision of jetties is found to be necessary for the preservation of the lighters, which suffer damage by lying alongside the Praya wall at low tide.\n\nUnder Item 24, a larger sum than usual has been provided for \"Compensation and Resumptions,\" as it is anticipated that considerable expenditure will be required for resumptions in connection with road construction and improvement.\n\nUnder the heading Waterworks a sum of $102,000 is entered to complete the additional service reservoir and filter beds at West Point. The sum of $50,000 for the Tytam Tuk Scheme, Second Section, is almost entirely retention money on the contract.\n\nIn Kowloon under Buildings a sum of $68,000 has been provided for erecting a block of six quarters for Subordinate Officers, and $10,000 to complete the market at Shamshuipo. Negotiations for the resumption of a strip of land required in connection with the former item have delayed the commencement of the quarters hitherto, while the site of Shamshuipo market has only recently been settled.\n\nItem 32 (a) is for a road connecting Yaumati with Taikoktsui. The lessees of certain lots have represented that they are unable to proceed with the development of their lots until reasonable means of communication with them are provided.\n\nUnder Item 36 a sum of $3,500 is provided for a shelter of picturesque design in the playground on Chatham Road.\n\nUnder Item 39 a sum of $50,000 is provided for Compensation and Resumptions, as it is expected that considerable payments will have to be made in connection with the extension of the system of main roads.\n\n11\n\nIn the New Territories the only work under Buildings is a market at Tai O, which is much required.\n\nUnder Roads a sum of $10,000 is entered to complete the Tsun Wan section of the road to Castle Peak now under construction, and a sum of $215,000 for the portion from Tsun Wan to Castle Peak. To complete the widening of the road from Fanling to Castle Peak a sum of $25,000 is provided, and it is proposed to continue the widening and improving of the road to Taipo at a cost of $10,000.",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nDetails will be found in Appendix II. The Hongkong Volunteer Corps and Hong Kong Volunteer Reserve having been embodied in the Hongkong Defence Corps, the form of the Estimates has been recast. The Capitation Grants no longer appear and the posts of Inspecting Officer and Adjutant of the Volunteer Reserve have been abolished. The salary of the Administrative Commandant has been fixed at £375 per annum with a House Allowance of $900; the Adjutant's salary has been increased from $5 to $7 a day and allowances are included for the Officers Commanding the Artillery and Engineer Companies. The Subordinate Staff, formerly paid out of Volunteer Corps Funds, is now shown under Personal Emoluments and a clerk for the Engineer Company has been added. Separate votes are inserted under Other Charges for all expenses of the Corps.\n\nThe change brought about in the constitution of the Local Auxiliary Forces necessitated the retirement of Lieut. Colonel A. Chapman, who for nearly twenty-five years had been connected with the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, for ten of which he was in command. I desire to express my appreciation of his long and faithful service in the Corps.\n\nIn the Public Works Department, under \"Personal Emoluments, General Staff,\" the number of 1st Grade Assistant Engineers on the permanent staff has been increased to five and none now remain on the temporary establishment; the number of 2nd Grade Assistant Engineers has been increased to seven by the transfer of two from the temporary establishment and by the transfer of two Assistant Land Surveyors to the Engineering Branch. The number of 1st Class Overseers is increased by one transferred from the temporary establishment and the number of Overseers 1st Class on the temporary establishment correspondingly reduced. The number of Assistant Land Surveyors on the permanent staff has been increased to five and the number on the temporary establishment reduced to three.\n\nWith a view to strengthening the department, the Clerk in Accounts Correspondence and Stores has been transferred to \"Water Works,\" one 1st Grade Clerk has been transferred from \"Water Works\" to Accounts Correspondence and Stores, and one 5th Grade Shroff and one 3rd Grade Clerk have been added to \"Accounts Correspondence and Stores\" and \"Water Works,\" respectively. Under Public Works Recurrent, the main increase is that of $15,000 in Maintenance of Waterworks for City and Hill District. This is due to the increased price of stores and of coal for pumping. A sum of $4,000 has been inserted for Special Repairs to the Filter Beds in Kowloon. The item for Stores Depreciation has been entered at the nominal sum of $100, as a credit balance was obtained in 1916, while the amount to be written off the value of the St. Enoch disappears, as the dredger is no longer borne on the Store Books.\n\nPage 92\n\nThe Estimate of Expenditure under the head \"Public Works, Extraordinary,\" is $1,645,800, a rather larger sum than is provided for in the estimates of this year, but every endeavour has been made to confine the programme of works to the necessities of the development of this young and rapidly growing Colony. Apart from certain sanitary works, it is therefore only proposed to continue the building of the extension to the Central Police Station, the erection of certain quarters for Government officers at Leighton Hill and in Kowloon and of a market at Shamshuipo, and to begin the erection of new offices for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports next to the Harbour Office, and a small market at Tai O.\n\nThe feature in the estimates is the programme of main road construction, for which a sum of $367,000 is provided, while a sum of $217,500 will be expended in the improvement of existing roads. The great increase in the use of motor-cars in the Colony and the growing necessity of opening up residential sites beyond the limits of Victoria and Kowloon has rendered it imperative for the Government to provide safe means for rapid transport. By their use in opening up new areas, in facilitating transport, and in rendering the Colony more attractive to visitors and residents, especially Chinese who show a remarkable appreciation of motoring, these new roads will all tend to produce revenue of a permanent nature. They are therefore remunerative works. I will go into the matter in greater detail under the proper heads.\n\nIn Hongkong under \"Buildings,\" a sum of $150,000 is provided for continuing the work on the extension to the Central Police Station, and $70,000 for beginning the erection of large offices for the Department of Imports and Exports, the plans for which have been considered by the Public Works Committee and referred to the Secretary of State. The provision under item 3 for the erection of quarters on Leighton Hill includes a re-vote of the sum of $60,000 provided in this year's estimates.\n\nUnder \"Miscellaneous,\" items 14 and 15 are for very desirable improvements in the sanitation and administration of Victoria Gaol, while items 16 and 17 provide for jetties for the more speedy removal of refuse. The provision of jetties is found to be necessary for the preservation of the lighters, which suffer damage by lying alongside the Praya wall.\n\nIn Kowloon under \"Buildings,\" a sum of $68,000 has been provided for erecting a block of six quarters for Subordinate Officers, and $10,000 to complete the market at Shamshuipo. Negotiations for the resumption of a strip of land required in connection with the former item have delayed the commencement of the quarters hitherto, while the site of the market at Shamshuipo has only recently been settled.\n\nUnder \"Roads,\" item 5 (a) and (b) and (d) to (l) provision is made for completing the main road round the Island. Beginning at Aberdeen, the work already in progress will result in a wide road being made from the decks passing outside the village on to a widened bund (d). Thence, the mile of narrow road to Little Hong Kong will be widened and straightened at a cost of $15,000 (i). The improvements now in progress between Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay will be completed at a further outlay of $8,000 (a). From Repulse Bay to a point on the road between Stanley and Tytam Tuk, it is proposed to make a new road on an improved trace with easy gradients and with a summit considerably lower than that of the present path. The alignment is not yet settled, but a sum of $80,000 has been entered in anticipation of the work being finished next year (e). The remainder of the road to Tytam Tuk will be improved and widened at an estimated cost of $86,000 (f). The approach road to the reservoir and the road over the dam will be completed this year. Under (b), a sum of $30,000 has been provided for completing the road from the dam to Tytam Gap. From Tytam Gap, it has been suggested ultimately to proceed to Shaukiwan through a deep cutting and entirely new road at a much lower level than the existing road, but in order to avoid the great expense of this work at present, provision has been made for a small loop road at Tytam Gap joining the new road to the existing road (h) and a sum of $49,500 for improving the existing road to Shaukiwan. The circle of the major portion of the island by a good road will thus be completed, and it is difficult to estimate the boon which such a road will be, not only as a means of recreation, but as an aid to the development of a portion of the island hitherto quite out of reach as a practical place of residence for business men.\n\nItem 6. The sum of $5,000 provided is required for the laying of a cable from the General Post Office to No. 2 Police Station to carry telephone wires underground.\n\nItem 32 (a) is for a road connecting Yaumati with Taikoktsui. The lessees of certain lots have represented that they are unable to proceed with the development of their lots until reasonable means of communication with them are provided.\n\nUnder Item 36, a sum of $3,500 is provided for a shelter of picturesque design in the playground on Chatham Road.\n\nUnder Item 39, a sum of $50,000 is provided for Compensation and Resumptions, as it is expected that considerable payments will have to be made in connection with the extension of the system of main roads.\n\nIn the New Territories, the only work under \"Buildings\" is a market at Tai O, which is much required.\n\nUnder \"Roads,\" a sum of $40,000 is entered to complete the Tsun Wan section of the road to Castle Peak now under construction, and a sum of $215,000 for the portion from Tsun Wan to Castle Peak. To complete the widening of the road from Fanling to Castle Peak, a sum of $25,000 is provided, and it is proposed to continue the widening and improving of the road to Taipo at a cost of $40,000.\n\nPage 105",
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        "content_text": "# N° 89\n\nNo.\n\nEnclosures I\n\n172.\n\n27012\n\n5 9:\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE.**\n\n**HONGKONG.** 25th March, 1919.\n\n486\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWith reference to Mr. Long's Circular Despatch of the 21st October, 1918, I have the honour to forward herewith two lists, referring respectively to Hongkong and Tientsin, which have been furnished by the General Officer Commanding the Troops, China Command, and a third list, furnished by the Administrative Commandant of the Hongkong Defence Corps, showing the number of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men of His Majesty's Forces, who have died in the China Command during the present war, and stating the location of their graves, and whether these have been temporarily or permanently marked.\n\nThese returns show that no enemy combatants have died or been buried in the China Command during the war.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nMy Lord,\n\nYour Lordship's most obedient,\n\nhumble servant,\n\n**Austen Chamberlain** \nOfficer Administering the Government.\n\nThe Right Honourable\n\nViscount Milner, G.C.B.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.",
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        "content_text": "# 533\n\nC.O.\n\n6.0\n\nAfter bar office approval has been obtained =\nC.O. (for Governor)\n6.0 (for G.O.O.).\n\n—3,\nAdmiralty (for information) —\ndo\n6.\n7. (for Naval C-in-C) — 1.\ndo (for Commanding General, Hongkong) 1.\n\nB. Ht. Wilson\nat our B.E.E.C.\n31/1\nB/15 (something to refer to thank) 10.\non leave of wife distribute\n477\n4/2/20 acom\nCAM\n\n## 2-CONFIDENTIAL\n\n### Enclosure !\n\nMy Lord,\n\nG.O. 2017/18\n5 10 19\noffr\n\n**GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG.**\n2nd June, 1919.\n\nWith reference to Sir Henry May's Confidential Despatch of the 14th August, 1918, I have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter from the General Officer Commanding submitting the Annual Report on the Hongkong Defence Corps for the past year, and a copy of my reply.\n\n2.\nAs a private in the Corps myself I can endorse, from personal experience, the high opinion formed by Major-General Ventris of Major Morgan's work as Administrative Commandant. The system under which a senior officer of the Garrison is appointed to command the Defence Corps is a good one, but it is necessary to exercise great care in the selection of such an officer.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nMy Lord,\nYour Lordship's most obedient,\nhumble servant,\nOfficer Administering the Government.\n\nThe Right Honourable\nViscount Milner, G.C.B.,\n&c.\n&c.",
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        "content_text": "192\n\n: HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nI have read with much satisfaction the excellent record of the work done by members of the Police Force during the war. Their numbers have been much depleted while their duties have increased, and they are to be congratulated on the manner in which they have grappled with the situation. In doing so, they have been ably assisted by the Police Reserve, which has been recently demobilised, and to which I now desire to express the gratitude and appreciation of the community. Those members of the Police Force who went on active service have nearly all returned, though some have given up their lives. The war record of the Force will always redound to its credit, and will, I hope, be suitably commemorated in the new building of the Central Police station.\n\nIn the Prison Department, additional house allowances have been granted to the Warders of the Indian staff to enable senior officers to marry. Under \"Other Charges,\" increases in several votes have been necessary on account of the general rise in the price of commodities, amounting in all to $11,700.\n\nUnder \"Special Expenditure for the Police and Prison Departments,\" $10,000 has been inserted for the purchase of arms in order to bring up to date the equipment of the Police Force. $1,300 has also been inserted for motor-cycles with a view to the more efficient patrolling of outlying districts, and $6,300 has been included for the purchase of a shallow draught motor-boat, which will be used on the shallow waters at the head of Deep Bay. A sum of $3,333 has also been inserted for the purchase of new type and numbering machines for the printing department in the Gaol.\n\nMedical and Sanitary Departments.\n\nThe opening of the new ward and the increase in the cost of commodities generally have also caused several increases in \"Other Charges\" amounting in all to $8,200. Several decreases have, however, been effected in other votes, amounting to $1,550. The extension to the Lunatic Asylum has also necessitated several increases amounting in all to $340. Owing to the general resumption of trade and to the increased volume of shipping now arriving in this port, it is considered necessary to increase the vote for coal for the launch of the Health Officer of the Port by $500. Increases amounting to $1,945 appear also in \"Other Charges\" for the Bacteriological Institute, due to the inclusion under that head of the sums formerly voted under Special Expenditure for the preparation of meningococcin serum. The rise in the price of laboratory apparatus and chemicals necessitates also, for the Government Laboratory, an increase of $1,400 in Other Charges.\n\nIn the Sanitary Department, provision has been made for two additional Sanitary Inspectors, together with two additional 5th Grade Interpreters to Sanitary Inspectors. These are required for work in Kowloon City and Shamshuipo, where formerly Police Inspectors had acted as Sanitary Inspectors in addition to their other duties. It is felt that these rising townships now require full-time Inspectors. There are several other increases to the Sanitary Staff which are fully set out, with the reasons therefor, in Appendix II.\n\nIn \"Other Charges,\" several votes have been increased, resulting in a total increase of $3,960; it has been possible, however, to reduce other votes to the extent of $1,450. These increases and decreases are fully shown in the Abstract laid on the table.\n\nUnder \"Special Expenditure,\" provision has been made in the Medical Department for one 4-wheeled street watering-van and for six two-wheeled dust-carts to replace vehicles that have worn out in use. Further exhumations at Mount Caroline Cemetery and exhumations at Kai Lung Wan Cemetery necessitate votes amounting to $7,400. For the better conveyance of meat and poultry from the Slaughterhouse to the Central Market, provision has been made of $13,000 for the purchase of motor meat and poultry vans. These, it is hoped, will remove the present every-day obstructions to the tramway, will provide a more sanitary method of conveying meat to the markets, and will contribute to the revenue of the Colony from the fees which it is proposed to charge.\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nEducation.\n\nIn the Defence Corps Estimates, the abolition of the post of Armourer-Sergeant and the insertion of an Armourer-Attendant with a fee for periodical inspections by an expert has caused a small reduction in personal emoluments.\n\nThe Estimates for the Education Department have this year been put into what is believed to be a more suitable form, under groups of cognate schools. These estimates show an increase of $78,090 over the sum voted for Education for the current year. This large increase is due mainly to increased subsidies to Vernacular Education in Hongkong and the New Territories, to increased Capitation grants to schools recently included in the Grant scheme, and to a considerable strengthening of the staff.\n\nThe increases in the staff of the various schools have been fully set out and explained in Appendix II, and I need only refer to the addition of 12 Assistant Mistresses, which has already been sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The depletion of the staff of the Education Department, owing to the absence of many members on military service, and the consequent introduction of lady teachers to take over their duties temporarily, has shown that the education of young Chinese boys can be advantageously placed in their hands.\n\nUnder \"Other Charges,\" several small increases occur, the necessities of which are explained in the foot-notes attached to the estimates.\n\nThe inclusion of new schools in the Grant Scheme has necessitated an increase in Capitation Grants amounting to $19,771, while subsidies to schools in the New Territories have been increased by $3,300, and a sum of $10,000 has been inserted for subsidies to Elementary Vernacular Schools in Hongkong. With the permission of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a sum of $10,000 has also been inserted as a grant to the Confucian Society, who have already done so much for vernacular education in the Colony.\n\nMention was made last year of the generous help that is being given by certain Chinese gentlemen to the cause of vernacular education, and the Government has no desire to be behind-hand in supporting their efforts. I hope that a considerable sum may be forthcoming for the erection of school buildings and for education generally, but as the money is not part of the revenue of the Colony, it is unnecessary for me to go into the matter now.\n\nUnder \"Other Charges,\" a sum of $800 has been added to the vote for the upkeep of the Rifle-ranges, as this vote had previously been under-estimated. Considerable savings have, however, been made in other votes, resulting in a decrease of $11,116. In connection with these votes, I desire to express the appreciation of the Government of the excellent work done during the war by the members of the Defence Corps. I desire also to mention the valuable services rendered by Major Morgan as first Administrative Commandant, the high state of efficiency in the Corps being due, as I am informed, in no small measure to his efforts.\n\nPublic Works.\n\nThere has been in recent years, as honourable members are well aware, a considerable expansion of the work done by the Public Works Department. During the war, any increase of the staff was, of course, impossible, but with the return to more normal conditions and with a large programme of public works in progress and in prospect, a considerable strengthening of the Department is required. On the retirement of Mr. Jaffe owing to ill-health, the post of Special Engineer has been abolished, and two 2nd Grade Executive Engineers, together with two 2nd Grade Assistant Engineers, have been added.\n\nAs building operations, present and future, are of such importance and extent, it has been considered necessary to insert a second post of Clerk-of-Works, while the great extensions in the system of roads during recent years and the adaptations of existing roads for motor traffic have necessitated the addition of a Road Surveyor. The work in the office dealing with the drainage system of the Colony has also greatly increased, and one new post of Apprentice Surveyor has been added to cope with the work and to keep up to date the drainage plans and records.\n\nThe work of the Architectural and Drainage Office has also expanded considerably, and it has therefore been necessary to create several new posts of Draughtsmen, which are fully shown in Appendix II.\n\nFurther, a considerable number of additional foremen and survey coolies has been added.",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\n100\n\nspector in charge, even when done twice or three times; while the work executed by certain privileged contractors invariably received better treatment. Such being the case, the Chinese prefer to have the work done by the Sanitary Department, and to pay for it according to a reasonable scale of charges to be published.\n\nThe provision for 10 Vernacular Pupil Teachers in the Education Estimates in connection with a scheme for training young students for the posts of vernacular masters has the warm support of the Chinese. The scheme not only will ensure a steady supply of vernacular teachers, but should, if properly worked, produce in course of time, a class of better qualified men for this important work.\n\nWith regard to the proposed grant of $10,000 to the Confucian Society, which, I hope, is an annual subsidy, I am glad that the efforts of the Society and of a few Chinese gentlemen to give the children of the poor at least an elementary education in their own language, have at last received the support of the Government. On behalf of the Society and of the entire Chinese Community, I beg to thank the Government for this substantial grant.\n\nThe unofficial members endorse Your Excellency's remarks as to the excellent work done during the war by the members of the Defence Corps, and to the valuable services rendered by Major Morgan as its first Administrative Commandant.\n\nTurning to Public Works, Extraordinary, we notice that many items show neither the original nor the revised estimates of the works in hand or contemplated. To give a few items of more or less magnitude, we cite Nos. 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 (k), 16 (l), 16 (3), 17, 23, 49, 50, 68 (b) and 69 (a). Unless this information is given, it is not possible to tell whether or not the sum inserted for the first time for a certain work will be all that is required to complete it. In any case, no business man would like to approve of an undertaking without knowing what its total estimated cost is, even though approximately.\n\nWe are glad that at last the mortuary on Hill Road is to be removed to a more isolated site. It is at present hemmed in on all sides by residential quarters, and the news of its proposed removal has been received with satisfaction by the people living in the neighbourhood. I hope that the work may be completed before the next hot season sets in.\n\nWe should like to avail ourselves of this opportunity to call once more Your Excellency's attention to the necessity for a high-power Commercial Wireless Telegraph-station, which we should like erected as soon as possible.\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\n101\n\nI think they should be, somehow. If necessary, we could resort to a short-term loan to pay for our works of development, many of which, as Your Excellency said, would be remunerative.\n\nSpeaking of the Government action in connection with the rice situation, I venture the opinion that the monetary loss that may result from it will be more than compensated by the good it has done. It prevented the incipient riots that had broken out from assuming uglier proportions; it had a decidedly steadying influence on the minds of the whole community and, though the Government might not have foreseen it, it helped to bring down prices very quickly.\n\nIt is quite obvious that there are some rich capitalists behind the smuggling of Opium. It is a delicate question, but I think it is a purely Chinese one. Mr. Lau Chu-pak and his friends could, if they wished, give very valuable information to the Government on this point. At any rate, they are more likely to find out about it than foreigners.\n\nThe whole matter resolves itself into this: the Government, as representatives of the people collectively, paid high prices for the rice, which, otherwise, the people individually would have had to pay. As to whether the handling of the buying and selling part has been done in a business-like manner or not, I prefer to defer judgment until the whole matter is closed, and a statement of the transactions is laid before this Council, as undoubtedly it will be. I should add that the views I have expressed are shared by my unofficial colleagues.\n\nI would also ask that a site in a fairly accessible locality be set apart for a golf-links for the use of the Portuguese and Asiatic communities. Representations have been made to my Chinese colleague and myself by several Portuguese gentlemen, as well as by the Chinese, as to the want of such a place of recreation for them, and I am pleased to state that their request has the support of my unofficial colleagues.\n\nAt the second reading of the Budget Bill last year, the Hon. Mr. Landale suggested on behalf of the unofficial members that the Public Works Committee should be enlarged so as to comprise all the unofficial members of the Council. We do not know whether this suggestion has escaped attention or not, but, in view of the increasing magnitude of our public works, we again press it to the notice of the Government.\n\nAs regards the permanent increase in the emoluments of Government servants, the unofficial members will gladly vote for whatever additional amount may be considered necessary. For my part, I should also like to see the pay of the lower grades of the Service, such as the Asiatic Police and Revenue Officers, somewhat raised.\n\nShould the estimated balance in favour of revenue be turned into a deficit, it is most likely to be by the additional expenditure necessary for payment of increased salaries and by the expected heavy loss in the Government's rice transactions, we have the accrued balances of the Colony to fall back upon.\n\nAs to the question of rice, I do not think Mr. Lau Chu-pak should be very hard on the Government. They had to do their best, as I understand, in the crisis, and they had no Joseph to tell them seven years beforehand what was going to happen.\n\nThere is only one matter which I had really meant to refer to. I had the honour of serving on the Civil Service Salaries Commission and I was rather surprised when I returned to the Colony to find that no official announcement had been made on that subject, the delay has occurred in London as the Governor stated on April 10th last that the recommendations of the Commission had then already gone forward to England. No doubt there is some good and insufficient reason for the delay and I am sure it will be made known in due course.\n\nIn conclusion, we desire to offer the Government our congratulations upon the progress of the Colony as evidenced by the figures in the Draft Estimates and the Financial Statements before us. It speaks highly of the administration, especially the work of Sir Henry May, and of the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, who, for about a year, administered the Government with ability and success.\n\nTHE HON. MR. R. G. SHEWAN said:— Sir, I had not intended, as I have only just returned to the Colony, to say anything about the figures now laid before us, but the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak's remarks have raised some memories of old days. I quite agree with his remarks on the education of little children; I have long thought that something ought to be done for these urchins, these waifs and strays allowed to run wild on the streets.\n\nI am not going to trouble the Government with unnecessary questions, but the matter is one of vital importance to hundreds of families in the Colony and the Government officials at Home perhaps do not realise that \"while they are fiddling Rome is burning.\" As to our recommendations, I think I may say, without revealing any secrets, that we approached the matter determined not to lay ourselves open to any charges of extravagance or over-generosity. We meant to be as economical and conservative of the Colony's money as we could possibly be. But I am bound to say that, on enquiry into the matter, we found that the case of the Civil Servants for the redress of their grievances was overwhelmingly strong. They have been patient and have waited long for relief.\n\n199",
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        "content_text": "IIA\n\nTue [out\n\n405\n\nCOPY\n\nEnclosure 5\n\nVIGILANCE mi 1.5\n\nThe Honourable\n\n1790\n\nThe Colonial Secretary,\n\nHongkong, 3rd July, 1919\n\n412\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter No. 12309/1917 of the 28th ultimo, I have the honour to say that I desire to emphasize that I resigned the post of Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, which I held for ten years from 1907 to 1917, at the request of His Excellency Sir Henry May for the convenience of the Government to facilitate the reorganization of the Corps, that the abolition of the post was not due to any fault of mine. This is shown by para. 3 of your letter of 10th May, 1917, wherein you state that \"the change is in no wise a reflection on your capacity or on your command of the Force.\"\n\nThat at the interview with the Governor on 7th May, 1917, His Excellency definitely informed me that I would not be allowed to suffer any pecuniary loss on relinquishing the command of the Corps. This statement was referred to in my letter to you of 12th May, 1917, and, as far as I am aware, has not been questioned.\n\nThat my immediate predecessor was paid a salary of £750 per annum, and house allowance of £900 per annum, this Officer was seconded from the Army. My successor, the \"Administrative Commandant\" Hongkong Defence Corps was granted a \"Command Allowance\" of £375 per annum and house allowance of £900 per annum in addition to full Army pay and allowances, although since the re-organization of the Corps from 1st September, 1917, the Artillery and Engineer Companies have been placed under the Military Authorities, whereas I had the entire control of the whole Corps.\n\nThe remuneration I received was a \"Command Allowance\" of £900 per annum, the same amount as was given to such...\n\nPage 405\n\n...\n\nPage 406\n\n \nhas been removed as there is no text to support the page number. If more text is provided, it can be readded accordingly.",
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        "content_text": "146\n\n-3-\n\nof officers remains within the discretion of the Governor, and that the actual appointment of non-commissioned officers is vested in the officer commanding the company, but of course it would be difficult to pass over any name proposed by the company except in very special circumstances. The election principle does not apply to promotions, and it does not apply to the appointment of the Administrative Commandant or staff.\n\n7.\n\nThe First Appendix to the First Schedule, which deals with training, draws the distinction between optional training and training which is necessary for efficiency. As a matter of fact, there is no direct sanction by means of which the necessary training can be enforced, as there is no penalty for non-efficiency. Under the former regulations, which appear on pages 889 to 903 of the \"Regulations of Hongkong\", a member who caused loss to the funds of the corps by failure to become efficient was liable to make good the loss. This subject was dealt with in regulations 29 and 34, on pages 894 and 895. There is, however, an indirect sanction for the first three years of a volunteer's service under section 5(3) of the Ordinance. The sub-section provides that every volunteer shall be deemed to have engaged himself to serve for three years, and that if he quits, or is discharged from, the corps before the expiration of that period, he shall pay a sum of money which depends upon his length of service. No doubt a volunteer who was grossly inefficient could be discharged under section 16(1). The sanction, of course, is not direct or complete.\n\n8. In section 2 of the Ordinance the term \"Administrative Commandant\" appears instead of the old term \"Commanding Officer of the Corps\". The reason for this is a technical military one. It is merely to enable the officers who shall be in executive command of the artillery, engineer, and machine gun companies to",
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        "content_text": "147\n\ncommunicate on questions of training direct with the C.R.A., C.R.E., and General Officer Commanding, respectively. If the senior officer of the new volunteer corps were styled Commanding Officer such communications would have to pass through him, which might cause unnecessary delay, and which would occasion unnecessary work. It will be seen from the regulations in the First Schedule that the Administrative Commandant may be either a volunteer officer or a regular officer, and that if he is a volunteer officer the Adjutant must be a regular officer.\n\n9. In section 12(1) a reference has been inserted to the case of serious local disturbance, in order to emphasise one reason for the formation of a volunteer force.\n\n10. A reference has been inserted in section 19 to the Crown Suits Ordinance, 1910, in order to avoid difficulties of legal procedure.\n\n11. Section 28 of the Ordinance provides for the repeal of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, and the Volunteer Reserve Ordinance, 1910. The repeal of these Ordinances is not to take effect until a date to be proclaimed by the Governor. The object of this is to keep alive an organisation which will take care of the property of the two existing volunteer bodies and which can be used for the purpose of receiving applications for admission to the new volunteer corps, and of making such arrangements as may be necessary before the new corps can be properly constituted. The section also provides that upon the coming into effect of the repeal of the two existing Ordinances all property, rights, and powers vested in the Commanding Officer of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps and in the President of",
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        "content_text": "148\n\nthe Hongkong Volunteer Reserve shall vest in the Administrative Commandant of the new volunteer corps. This will transfer the property of the two existing bodies to the head of the new body.\n\n12. The provisions of the First Schedule and its Appendices do not seem to call for any comment in this report, with the exception of regulation 5(i) and 6(1) of the First Schedule which have been referred to above.\n\n13. No age limit has been fixed for retiring, as it was considered that many men would prefer to continue to belong to the corps in case their services might be required for some sudden and serious emergency. Men who have attained the age of 50 years, however, will not be required to do any training, but they will remain in the organisation and they will possess arms and equipment.\n\n14. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.\n\nAttorney General.",
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        "content_text": "مور \n\n244 \n\nhad a rest from army life, which in most cases has left them with a strong distaste for military matters.\n\n4.\n\nI did not anticipate that the volunteer force would in the first instance exceed 200 men and the results have been in accordance with that forecast. The present strength of the force is 229, of whom only 28 are men returned from active service. It may, I think, be expected with confidence that the strength of the force will increase in future, as I believe a fair number of ex-soldiers have held back until they knew what officers would be appointed.\n\n5.\n\nI note that the Army Council concur in the view expressed by the Overseas Defence Committee in paragraph 6 of their remarks that the system under which a senior regular officer is appointed Administrative Commandant of the Corps and Officer Commanding the Infantry and enquire whether I concur in the recommendation. The question whether, with a Volunteer Corps at full strength, it is better to have a Regular Commandant and a Volunteer Adjutant or a Volunteer Commandant and a Regular Adjutant is one on which I have an open mind. I have seen both systems work well and both work badly, and I think that the real fact is that everything depends on the personality of the officers concerned. You will observe that under Section 9 of the First Schedule to Ordinance No.2 of 1920 the matter is left open and therefore in the future it will be possible to adopt either course. For the present, however, while it is necessary to go slow and induce volunteers to come forward I am satisfied that the best course is to appoint as Commandant a local man who is well known to and liked by the men whom he is to command. We are fortunate in having available in the Colony a well qualified officer, who is popular and respected in the community, in the person of Major L.G. Bird, D.S.O., who commanded a battalion in France and who in private life is a partner in the principal firm of",
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        "content_text": "HONGKONG.\n\n26th Date..\n\nJune\n\nIndent on the Crown Agents for the Colonies for Rifles, Ammunition, Lewis Guns, Uniform etc.\n\nDepartment of Consignment.\n\nHongkong Volunteer Defence Corps.\n\n0. H. M. S.\n\nHongkong.\n\n404\n\n19120.\n\nTo be insured to Hongkong,\n\nNot to be insured..\n\nYes\n\nDate by which shipment should be made (if a particular date is necessary for special reasons.)\n\nAS SOON AS possible.\n\nEstimated total cost (in Sterling) exclusive of freight &c. £3595..13..\n\nSpecial Account (if any) to which chargeable. Military Expenditure, \"B\" Volunteer Defence Corps, special vote for Rifles and Lewis Guns.\n\nOther Charges.\n\nI certify that this Indent is:\n\n(a) for an established and customary service.\n\n(b) for a purpose sanctioned by the Secretary of State, and that provision has been made for the necessary expenditure in the sanctioned Estimates and Votenance No.\n\nBestos\n\nGovernor.\n\nof 191\n\nKey Bud\n\nLieut-Col.\n\nAdministrative Commandant\n\nHongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, for and on behalf of the Officer Commanding.",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n2. \n\nIt is not calculated to provide the most suitable Officers and N.C.Os. because individuals may cast their votes to particular individuals for various reasons. Therefore, the first objection to the system is that it is not calculated to provide the most suitable Officers and N.C.Os.\n\nThe second objection is that such a system must undermine discipline. The idea of electing officers is by no means a new one. At first sight, it appeared attractive to democratic minds. It was tried in France at the time of the Revolution, in the Federal Army in 1861, and lately in the Russian Army in 1917. In all cases, the system speedily led to the collapse of discipline and was soon abandoned.\n\nIt is realised that in a Volunteer Force, it is particularly important that the Officers and N.C.Os. should be popular with their men. If, however, the Officers in command of units of the Force take the trouble to keep in touch with their Commands and get to know their men personally, there should be little danger of any individual being appointed as an Officer or an N.C.O. who would prove unacceptable to those under him.\n\nIn view of the objections mentioned above, the Council urge strongly that these provisions with regard to the appointment of Officers and N.C.Os. should not be adopted. Once the principle of the election of Officers and N.C.Os. was introduced, there would be great risk of its spreading and perhaps ultimately threatening the discipline and efficiency of the whole of His Majesty's Forces.\n\n### (b) Penalty for Non-Efficiency\n\nThere appears to be no serious objection to the omission of the regulation which formerly provided that a Member who caused loss to the funds of the Corps or failure to become efficient was able to make good the loss. As the Attorney-General has pointed out, such a man can still be discharged and made to pay a sum varying with the length of his service. It is not considered that a provision of this kind tends appreciably to increase the efficiency of a Volunteer Force.\n\n### (c) Substitution of Term 'Administrative Commandant' for 'Commanding Officer'\n\nIn view of the fact that the Senior Officer of a Volunteer Force is merely the administrative head and would not necessarily command it for tactical or other purposes, the Army Council see no objection to the change of title in this case.\n\n### (d) Discipline when on actual Military Service\n\nWith reference to Section 17(1)(e) of the New Ordinance, the Council would point out that it is undesirable that when a Colonial Force is serving overseas with Regular Forces on active service, they should be subject to a different scale of punishments from that applicable to regular soldiers, especially in the case of offences such as cowardice and desertion. It is a well-known fact that the inability of a Court Martial to award the death penalty in the case of Australian troops in France seriously militated against the discipline of those forces.\n\nAgain, the offence of murder is an offence under Section 41 of the Army Act, and no other punishment than death in respect of that offence is legal thereunder. It follows that if this sub-section stands in its present form, no punishment at all can be awarded to a soldier guilty of murder and tried under Section 41 of the Army Act. A similar provision in the case of the Australian Forces led to very serious difficulty in the case of certain Australian soldiers who committed the offence of murder in France.\n\nWith reference to Section 17(1)(b), it would appear that if the force were to be operating outside and at any considerable distance from the Colony, the enforcement of discipline might become impossible if the proceedings of every Court Martial have to be confirmed by the Governor.\n\nPage 434\n\nThe Council, therefore, suggest that it would be desirable to add a proviso to Section 17(1) to the following effect: \"Provided nevertheless that such modifications shall not apply to officers and volunteers, who being on active service as defined by Section 189 of the Army Act are outside the limits of the Colony.\" If this suggestion is not acceptable, then the Council would suggest that after the words \"such Act\" in sub-section (1)(a), the words \"except for the offence of murder\" be inserted; and that suitable words be added to sub-section (1)(b) providing that the confirmation by the Governor should not be required when an officer or volunteer is outside the limits of the Colony.\n\nThe Army Council would be glad to have, in due course, Lord Milner's views with regard to their observations, particularly those on the system proposed for the appointment of officers and N.C.Os.\n\nI am,\nSir,\nYour obedient Servant,\nAgreedy",
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        "document_key": "CO129-505-12 Estimates of expenditure 1928 1-9-1927 - 12-1-1928",
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        "content_text": "# Head 33.-DEFENCE \n\n# Head 34. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES \n\nApproved Estimate, 1928. Estimate, 1927. \n\nHead 33.-DEFENCE \n\nApproved Estimate, 1927, Estimate, 1928. \n\nA. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS. \n\nSub-heads :- \n\n$ $ \n\n1 Personal Emoluments 20,969 22,018 \n\n2 Armoured Car and Motor Transport Section 2,950 3,500 (1) \n\n3 Ammunition 6,000 8,500 (2) (3) \n\n4 Books, Stationery, and Printing 1,000 1,000 \n\n5 Bathing Places, North Point, Kennedy Town and Stone-cutter's Island 10,000 (1) \n\n6 Camp Expenses 8,000 13,500 (3) (4) \n\n7 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Sergeant-Major 180 180 \n\n8 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms 3,000 3,000 \n\n9 Equipment for the Engineer Company 500 500 \n\n10 Grant to Mounted Infantry Section 6,300 6,300 \n\n11 Incidental Expenses 800 600 (5) \n\n12 Rifle Ranges, Expenses 1,200 1,500 (3) \n\n13 Transport 1,200 1,200 \n\n14 Uniform, including Boots 8,000 9,000 (3) \n\n15 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies 320 \n\nSPECIAL EXPENDITURE, \n\n16 2 Motor Cycles with Carriage suitable for M.G. Mountings 2,200 2,500 \n\n17 Construction at Volunteer Headquarters 1,932 \n\n18 300 Pillows and Bolsters 7,000 \n\n19 4 Vickers Guns 1,500 \n\n20 Colours 10,000 \n\n21 Armoured Car  \n\n22 1 Range Finder  \n\n1 Ton Motor Lorry specially fitted as Mobile Wireless Station  \n\n2 D. P. Machine Guns  \n\n6 Contribution towards cost of 3 Armed Launches 38,815 (2) \n\n7 Extra Clerical Assistance 2,000 (3) \n\nGeological Survey of Colony 3,200 250 (6) \n\nTotal Volunteer Defence Corps 64,299 400 (6) \n\nGrants in aid of Institutions :- \n\n8 British Engineering Standards Association, (£15) 150 157 \n\n9 Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, London, (£300) 3,000 3,131 \n\nPERSONAL EMOLUMENTS. \n\nNUMBERS. \n\nDetails of the foregoing. \n\n1927 1928 \n\n10 Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee (£16) 150 167 (6) \n\n11 Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London, (£50) 500 522 (5) \n\nAllowance to Administrative Commandant 900 900 \n\n1 Adjutant at $10,200 10,200 10,200 \n\nDo., Pension Contribution £100 1,000 1,043 (7) \n\n1 Corps Sergeant-Major, (£320 to £400 by £10 annually) 4,320 4,440 \n\nAllowances to Instructors 1,700 2,000 \n\n1 Armourer Attendant ($480 to $600 by $12 annually) 501 513 \n\n1 Motor Driver, $480 per annum 480 480 \n\nDo., Rent Allowance 48 48 \n\n1 Storeman 365 366 \n\n2 Messengers, at $132 each 264 261 \n\nDo., Rent Allowances at $48 each 96 96 \n\n5 Coolies, at $132 each 660 660 \n\nDo., Personal Allowance to 1 12 12 \n\nDo., Good Conduct Allowances to 1 at $55, 1 at $36, 1 at $24, 1 at $12 and 1 at $3 106 130 \n\n1 Range Warden, ($300 to $360 by $12 annually) 353 360 \n\nDo., Rent Allowance 48 48 \n\n1 Watchman 132 132 \n\nDo., Good Conduct Allowance 36 38 \n\nDo., Rent Allowance 48 48 \n\nTotal Personal Emoluments 20,969 22,018 \n\nB. HONG KONG ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE. \n\nMaintenance of one Gunboat and training of 50 volunteers 240 240 \n\n12 Imperial Institute, (£300) 3,000 3,131 (8) \n\n13 Institution of Civil Engineers; Committee on Deterioration of Structures exposed to Sea Action (£50) 500 522 (5) \n\n14 League of Nations Health Organisation Eastern Bureau 3,000 3,000 \n\n15 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (£100) 1,000 1,044 \n\n16 Royal Asiatic Society, (£25) 250 261 (5) \n\n17 School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (£30) 300 314 \n\n18 Seamen's Hospital Society 200 200 \n\n19 Tropical Diseases Research Fund, (£30) 1,000 522 (8) \n\n20 City Hall, Hong Kong 1,200 1,200 \n\n21 Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hong Kong 2,500 2,500 \n\nCarried forward 87,688 106,674 \n\n-MILITARY CONTRIBUTION, \n\nContribution to Imperial Government 3,523,006 3,653,644 (10) \n\n(1) More motor vehicles. \n\n(2) More machine guns. \n\n(3) Formation of Portuguese Company. \n\n(4) Payment of Volunteers when in camp. \n\n(5) Considered sufficient. \n\n(6) Grants in aid. \n\n(7) Lower Exchange. \n\n(8) Non-recurrent. \n\n(9) Scheme in abeyance. \n\n(10) See Appendix III. \n\n(1) Now under Head 30, Public Works Recurrent. (2) New vote. \n\n(3) Previously paid out of sub-head 29. \n\n(4) Survey completed. \n\n(5) Lower exchange. \n\n(6) C.O. Circ. D. of 5th April, 1927. \n\n(7) Grant discontinued. \n\n(8) Reduced grant. \n\nPage 180\n\nPage 181",
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        "content_text": "HONG KONG.\n\nNo. 27 of 1927.\n\nI assent.\n\nL.S.\n\nC. CLEMENTI, Governor.\n\n23rd December, 1927.\n\nAn Ordinance to amend further the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920.\n\n[23rd December, 1927.]\n\nBe it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Volunteer Amendment Ordinance, 1927.\n\n2. The term \"Commandant\" shall be substituted for the term \"administrative commandant\", wherever that term occurs in the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, or the regulations made thereunder.\n\n3. Section 3 of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, is amended by the insertion of the following sub-section at the end thereof :\n\n(3) Any such corps may include any number of auxiliary units, the members of which shall be volunteers, or officers as the case may be, for all the purposes of this Ordinance.\n\n19\n\nof \"Commandant\" for \"administrative commandant.\"\n\nAmendment of Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, s. 3.\n\n4. Section 5 (3) of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, is amended as follows:-\n\n(a) The words \"other than a member of an auxiliary unit,\" are inserted immediately after the word \"volunteer\" in the second line thereof.\n\n(b) The words \"at least\" are inserted immediately before the words \"three years\" in the third line thereof.\n\n(c) The following proviso is added at the end thereof:\n\n\"Provided also that nothing in this sub-section shall relieve any volunteer from the obligation to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) if he wishes to quit the corps.\"\n\n66\n\nof Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, s. 5 (3).\n\n5. Section 16 (1) of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, is amended as follows:-\n\nof Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, s. 16 (1),\n\n(a) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) are re-numbered as paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) respectively.\n\n68",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 2.\n\n3252/07\n\nATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,\n\nHongkong. 26th December, 1927,\n\nREPORT ON ORDINANCE No. 27\n\nof 1927.\n\n2\n\n1\n\nI have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an Ordinance to amend further the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.\n\n2.\n\nThe Ordinance makes a number of not very important amendments in the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, Ordinance No. 2 of 1920.\n\n3.\n\nSection 2 of the Ordinance substitutes the term \"Commandant\" for the term \"administrative commandant\" throughout the principal Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder. The term \"Commandant\" is considered by the military authorities to be the correct term.\n\n4.\n\nSection 3 of the Ordinance provides expressly for the formation of a number of auxiliary units in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.\n\nThe units will be as follows:\n\n(a) A Supplementary Reserve Company, to consist of men who have attained the age of fifty years.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-508-13 Employment of British and Indian troops stationed at Hong Kong 31-12-1927 - 20-8-1928",
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        "title": "CO129-508-13 Employment of British and Indian troops stationed at Hong Kong 31-12-1927 - 20-8-1928",
        "content_text": "30\n\n2\n\n(a) An extra 2 battalions in Hong Kong would be of the greatest assistance as a nucleus to defend the Colony in case of attack by an overseas enemy based on the Pacific.\n\n3*\n\nAs regards the future Command, with which I am in total agreement, I would further suggest that the General Officer Commanding, South China Command should be tactically responsible for the interchange of battalions stationed at Shanghai and Wei Hai-Wei, but that the battalion at Wei-Hai-Wei should be under the Colonel-Commandant, North China Command for administrative purposes under normal peace conditions.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\n(sgd) C. C. Luard.\n\nMajor-General.\n\nCommanding South China Command.\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31",
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        "title": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943",
        "content_text": "absence, at all events, of some over-riding necessity. This convention is so well recognized that disregard of it might possibly be considered as in the nature of a breach of faith.\n\nThe responsibility of securing the necessary replacements, as well as \"first reinforcements,\" belonged to the Adjutant-General's Department. The task was in the hands of Colonel P. Hennessy, the Director of Organization in the Adjutant-General's Department, who afterwards became the senior administrative officer of the Hong Kong expeditionary force. Under his immediate direction, additions to the Royal Rifles were obtained from Military District No. 2, with headquarters in Toronto, and additions to the Winnipeg Grenadiers were obtained from Military District No. 10, with headquarters in Winnipeg. Colonel Hennessy was an officer of great experience and he was, of course, most anxious to obtain the best men possible for the expedition of which he was to be second-in-command.\n\nThere were added (150 as first reinforcements) to the Royal Rifles 154 men from Military District No. 2, of whom 52 came from the Midland Regiment, 15 from Advanced Training Centre No. 10 at Camp Borden, and 87 from Advanced Training Centre No. 11, also at Camp Borden. To the Winnipeg Grenadiers were added (156 as first reinforcements) 282 men and 12 officers; of these, the 12 officers and 189 men came from Advanced Training Centre No. 15 at Winnipeg, 30 men from the Advanced (Machine Gun) Training Centre at Dundern, Saskatchewan, 40 from the No. 10 District Depot at Winnipeg (including 23 men formerly on the strength of the 18th Reconnaissance Battalion), and 23 men from the Basic Training Centre at Portage la Prairie.\n\nPage 36\n\nAdditions to the Royal Rifles\n\nOn October 16, Colonel Hennessy spoke by long distance telephone to the Commandant at Camp Borden (Brigadier-General McCuaig) and asked him to obtain, if possible, 150 volunteers from A10 and A11 Infantry (Advanced) Training Centres for transfer to the Royal Rifles of Canada, which was proceeding to service outside Canada. General McCuaig instructed the officers commanding the training centres to ascertain what volunteers could be obtained at their several centres. Fifteen men volunteered from A10 and A11. General McCuaig then advised the Officer Commanding Military District No. 2 at Toronto (Major-General C. F. Constantine) that approximately 100 volunteers were available from the centres at Camp Borden. General Constantine then made arrangements to obtain 52 volunteers from the Midland Regiment, which was then stationed at Niagara and was over strength. A few hours later, General Constantine was advised that the desired number of men from the Midland Regiment had volunteered, and he so advised Colonel Hennessy.\n\nIn this way, 154 men—102 from Camp Borden and 52 from the Midland Regiment—were transferred to the Royal Rifles and proceeded with that unit to Hong Kong. These men were sent to the District Depot at Toronto on October 18th and were there medically examined, inoculated, and re-equipped with new uniforms and personal equipment. They were granted leave until October 23rd, when they entrained at Toronto and joined the Royal Rifles while en route to Vancouver. The details of the procedure followed in obtaining these men were discussed with Colonel Hennessy.\n\nColonel Hennessy reported to Major-General Browne, the Adjutant-General, that he was obtaining 52 men from the Midland Regiment and 102 from Camp Borden, and both General Browne and Colonel Hennessy expressed themselves as gratified by their good fortune in obtaining these men from these sources, and took steps to assure that places were made for them in the expeditionary force.\n\nPage 37\n\nOn October 22, two officers and three sergeants from the Royal Rifles, representing Lt.-Col. Home, the officer commanding the regiment, came to Toronto and checked over the documents of each of the 154 men. These documents disclosed the particulars of service of each of the men. On October 23, the men were paraded and all details were finally checked. The two officers from the Royal Rifles expressed themselves as well satisfied with the volunteers provided by Military District No. 2.\n\nThe Midland Regiment was organized in July, 1940, and was recruited in the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Victoria, and Haliburton in Ontario. The several companies of the regiment were stationed in various towns and cities of eastern Ontario until January, 1941, when the regiment moved to barracks in Ottawa, where it remained until April, 1941. It then undertook duties in the defence of coastal and other vital points within Canada.\n\nAll the 52 men from the Midland Regiment who volunteered for the Hong Kong expedition had joined that regiment prior to March, 1941. All these men, therefore, had at least six months' training with their unit before embarking for Hong Kong, while a great many of them had probably a full year's training. Accordingly, some idea of their state of training may be formed by a reference to the training and qualifications of this regiment as a whole. On this topic, I had the evidence of the officer who has commanded this unit since October, 1940, and also the evidence of the officer in charge of training in Military District No. 3 (Colonel Grant), who had the regiment under his observation from October, 1940, until April, 1941. There was also produced an inspection report, dated February 20, 1941, dealing with the Midland Regiment, by an Inspector-General, and the evidence of General Browne of the result of his observation, as Adjutant-General, of the unit covering the period in 1941 when it was stationed at Ottawa.\n\nFrom this evidence, I have reached the conclusion that the Midland Regiment is and was in October, 1941, an efficient, well-trained unit. The Officer Commanding (Lieutenant-Colonel Gamey) impressed me with his own competence and was described by others as an officer who placed exceptional emphasis on training and exacted a high standard from his unit. The other officers were reported as satisfactory and acceptable by the Inspector-General. General Browne stated that he was particularly pleased with the sergeants of the Midland Regiment. Perhaps some general notion of the calibre of the men in the Midland Regiment may be drawn from the fact that when, in October, 1941, a request for approximately 50 volunteers was made, practically every man in the regiment offered his services.\n\nThe men in the Midland Regiment did not pass through a training centre, but obtained all their training with the unit. A regular program of training was, however, followed, and records of this training were available in Military District No. 3 for the period between October, 1940, and April, 1941. The District Officer in charge of Training (Colonel Grant) compared these records of actual training with the lengths of time prescribed for each of the items of training in the syllabi used in the training centres. It is unnecessary to set forth this comparison in detail. The regiment was far ahead of the prescribed syllabi in drill, marching, rifle training, and bayonet training. It had been fully instructed in the mechanism of the light machine gun, to the extent that the men were handling the gun while blindfolded; they were, in April, 1941, well advanced in their firing practice at the ranges, although they had not completed the full period of time set forth in the syllabi. They had spent more than double the time prescribed in their practice with dummy grenades. They had spent a total of 127 periods (of 45 minutes each) in platoon and section training, and a total of 78 periods in company and battalion training. The reports of training and of the observations of officers indicate that the men of the Midland Regiment were hardworking and interested in their training and, moreover, that they \"possessed initiative and self-reliance beyond the average\".\n\nPage 143\n\nPage 144",
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        "content_text": "54\n\nCIVIL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION,\n\nHong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,\n\nHong Kong.\n\nREPORT\n\non\n\nGENERAL ADMINISTRATION BRANCH.\n\n12/10/45.\n\nGENERAL.\n\n1.\n\nThe overall situation in the Branch has improved considerably since my last report, and the arrival of some of the staff has made it possible to make the beginnings of a proper organization. Progress on the legitimate work of the Branch has, however, been slowed down to some extent, by the necessity to undertake work outside its proper sphere. This has been unavoidable in view of the shortage of personnel in other departments.\n\nPERSONNEL.\n\n2.\n\n56..... Members on the Civil Affairs Staff have now arrived. This represents only about ten percent of our European Establishment, but the arrangement under which three members of the Civil Affairs Staff are given air passages each day from Colombo to Calcutta, is resulting in a slight increase in arrivals.\n\nThe absence of any staff for the internal Administration Branch is felt, as it is hard to find personnel to deal with matters such as the distribution of N.A.A.F.I. stores and individual requirements of officers.\n\nADMINISTRATION.\n\n3.\n\nIt is not yet clear which higher formation is responsible for our Administration, but a message which is being sent to S.A.C. may clear up this point. Meanwhile, H.Q. Allied Land Forces are assisting us when necessary in the administrative matters. In addition to the administration of C.A.S. personnel, the supervision of transport and quartering, and the arrangements for feeding non-Asiatic personnel in the Colony have been undertaken. These matters are dealt with below.\n\nQUARTERING.\n\n4.\n\nLarge requirements for accommodation, and the conflict between the demands of the Services, made it necessary to appoint a Quartering Commandant with an Inter-Service Staff.\n\nA census of all accommodation in the Colony is being made, and provided that the available accommodation is not used extravagantly, it should prove sufficient.",
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        "content_text": "36\n\nAPPENDIX II.\n\nNAMES OF PERSONNEL WHO GAVE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN\n\nHONG KONG DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION.\n\nI. DOCTORS, ETC. (alphabetical order).\n\nF.R. Ashton, Kenneth Chaun, K.H. Digby, D.W. Fang, E.L. Gosano, A. Guiteres, G.M. Hargreaves, T.J. Hua*, P.C. Lai+, Li Shu Pui, J.B. Mackie, Ruth Milne, J.H. Montgomery, I. Newton, A. Dean Smith+,\n\nAnnie Sydenham, G.H. Thomas, M.B.E., K.H. Uttley, D.J. Valentine+, T.P. Wu, K.C. Yeot.\n\nII. PRINCIPAL MATRON.\n\nA.M. Davies*.\n\nIII. MATRONS.\n\nChue+(Kwong Wah), A.M. Cullinan (Tweed Bay), D.P. Geen (Tweed Bay), S.C. Leung (Tsan Yuk),\n\nBessie Thom (Lai Chi Kok), M.E. Wilson (Tweed Bay).\n\nIV. ALMONER.\n\nM.S. Watson+.\n\nV. NURSING SISTERS.\n\nD. Dymond, N.L. Everett, I.L. Morgan, A.L. Popham, E. Riley, A.S. Rogers, C.B. Robinson, R. Spry,\n\nE. Townsend, L. Turner.\n\nVI. AUXILIARY NURSES.\n\nCommandant - Nina Valentine+.\n\nN. Coleman, W. Cox, B. Farrar, L. Fearon, G.C. Frederick, M. Harrison, A. Jones, S. Low+, S. Odell, N. Olsen,\n\nL. W. Phillips, M. Sleap, V. Simmonds+, E. Tinson.\n\nVII. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.\n\nFrank D. August, J.I. Barnes+, J.H. Gelling, Dorothy V. Holloway+, W.C. Low.\n\nVIII. LAY SUPERINTENDENTS OF HOSPITALS.\n\nK. Mackenzie Dow, E. Morton, Frank Short+.\n\nIX. RADIOGRAPHER.\n\nJ. Skinner*.\n\nX. PHARMACISTS.\n\nArthur Rowan, M.A., E.V. Hopkinson.\n\nXI. HEALTH STAFF.\n\nG.I. Hooper+, D. Benwell+.\n\nXII. ENGINEERING STAFF.\n\nJ. Crookdake, J. Kempton, Arthur May*.\n\nXIII.",
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        "content_text": "## Extracted \n\n54186 \n\nThe question of the nationality of children born in the camp or in other parts of the Colony to parents of British Nationality, during the occupation by the Japanese, also probably requires decision. I know that people in Hong Kong have expressed concern over this question. Possibly it has already been answered, but the answer should be published in Hong Kong.\n\n3) Passports and Identity Certificates: Many people lost their passports as a result of the occupation. Others who had passports, applied to have them renewed when their validity expired. When there seemed to be a possibility of repatriation, it was decided to endorse existing passports whether over 10 years old or not with a form of renewal stating that the holder was interned at Stanley and that the passport was renewed until such time as a new passport could be obtained, and that the holder still retained his or her British Nationality. At the same time temporary certificates were issued stating the names and particulars of the holder and that he or she was interned. In some cases a photograph was attached, in others thumb prints were included. Where the nationality of the holder could be established this was included, in others no statement was made. In the case of women married in the camp their maiden names were included. Endorsements and certificates were given to non-British internees if they applied.\n\nAt first Mr. Gimson signed as Colonial Secretary and Representative of H.B.M. Government. The Japanese objected to this and many certificates and passports were altered. Later he signed as \"Camp Commandant\" and later still as \"Representative of Internees\".\n\nMost people in camp were known to the Passport Officer, Mr. Thorpe, who was in the Passport Office before the Japanese war. The usual form of enquiry and guarantee was followed and a register of passport endorsements and certificates was maintained.\n\nWhen I applied to the Foreign Office for new passports for myself and my wife the other day, the officer accepted my old passport endorsed in camp, my wife's temporary certificate and copy of entry in the marriage register kept in the camp. F.O. Passports Nos. `95275` and `95276` were issued to us on 1st October 1945. It might be advisable to warn the Foreign Office that internees from H.K. returning to England may produce passports endorsed in camp or temporary certificates when applying for new passports. I expect that applications will also be received in Australia, New Zealand, India and possibly Canada, and also perhaps at Consulates. It might also be advisable to publish some notice calling upon people from Hong Kong to hand in such documents and obtain new passports as soon as possible.\n\nI trust that the above information may be of some assistance, I shall be very pleased to answer any other questions or give the names of those in a position to do so, if I can be of any further assistance.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(Sgd)  \nR. J. MINNITT  \nColonial Administrative Service  \nHong Kong.",
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        "content_text": "# cxlii \n## APPENDIX IV\n### 18.-MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. (continued)\n\n| Present Salary in £.p.a. | Present Basic $ p.a. | Present Expat.in £.p.a. | Proposed Basic in £.p.a. | Proposed Expat.in £.p.a. | Proposed % | Remarks |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **RELIEF SECTION.- ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF** |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Temporary Assistant Comp Commandant | 7200 |  | No recommendation |  |  |  |\n| Officar-in-Charge Rations | 2880 |  | No recommendation |  |  |  |\n| Storeman | 2400 |  | No recommendation |  |  |  |\n| Delivery Overseer | 720 |  | No recomendation |  |  |  |\n| Temporary Motor Driver | 720 |  | 1152 | 1536 | 72- 96 |  |\n| Messenger | 156 | 528 | 33 | 204 | 720 | 45 |\n| Coolios | 156 | 528 | 204 | 720 | 33- 45 |  |\n| **RATION STORE STAFF** |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Officer-in-Charge | 2400 |  | No recommendation |  |  |  |\n| Coolics | 156 | 204 | 528 | 720 | 33- 45 |  |\n| **NEEDLECRAFT CENTRE** |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Welfare Officer | 6720 |  | No recommendation |  |  | for Expatriate Officers |\n| Total £.p.a. | 168 |  |  |  |  |  |",
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        "content_text": "32\n\nHead 14-HONG KONG DEFENCE FORCE\n\nA-HONG KONG REGIMENT\n\n273\n\nApproved Estimate 1949-50\n\nEstimate 1950-51\n\n274\n\nHead 14 HONG KONG DEFENCE FORCE\n\nApproved Estimate 1949-50\n\nEstimate 1950-51\n\n$\n\n$\n\n$\n\n33\n\nA-HONG KONG REGIMENT\n\nPersonal Emoluments\n\n1949-50 1950-51\n\nSub-heads\n\n1\n\n1\n\nPensionable establishment\n\nAdministrative Officer ($12,960: $12,960: $13,440×$480—$14,400)\n\n1 Personal emoluments\n\n435,773\n\n326,766\n\nOther Charges\n\n14,400\n\n14,400 | (1)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nArmourer ($6,000 $6,000: $6,300×$300 $7,200: $7,680×$480—$11,520)\n\n2 Allowances to instructors\n\n23,750\n\n9,600\n\n10,467 (2) (3)\n\n3 Ammunition\n\n95,600\n\n4\n\nClerks Class II ($2,760×$180-$3,300×$300-$4,200)\n\n4 Camp pay\n\n200,000\n\n23,750 10,000 (14) 200,000\n\n13,230 (4) (5)\n\n5 Courses of instruction abroad\n\n10,000\n\n10,000\n\n1\n\nClerk Class III ($1,800: $1,800: $1,920 x$120-$2,040×$180—$2,580)\n\n7,740\n\n1\n\n1\n\n1,857 (4) (6)\n\nStorekeeper Class II ($2,880 × $180 $3,600)\n\n3,240\n\n3,420 (3)\n\nNon-pensionable establishment\n\n1\n\n1\n\nCommandant ($22,000)\n\n7,333\n\ndo.,\n\nDuty allowance ($4,800)\n\n1,600\n\ndo.,\n\nEntertainment allowance ($800),\n\n800\n\ndo.,\n\nSuperannuation Fund ($3,040).......\n\n1,040\n\n(7)\n\ndo.,\n\nCommand allowance ($6,000)\n\n6,000\n\n1\n\nAdjutant ($28,568)\n\n28,568\n\ndo., Pension contribution ($1,680)\n\n1,680\n\n(9)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nRegimental Sergeant Major ($7,200: $7,200 $7,680×$480—$11,520)\n\n9,244\n\n9,724 (3)\n\n1\n\nOrderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant ($9,646)\n\n9,646\n\n(9)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nWoman Confidential Assistant Class II ($2,880×$240—$4,800)\n\n4,800\n\n3,561 (10)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nArmourer Storeman ($1,800: $1,800 $120 -$2,640)\n\n1,800\n\n2,640 (3)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nArmourer Assistant Class I ($1,344×$48-$1,536)\n\n1,344\n\n1,536 (3)\n\n1\n\n1\n\nArmourer Assistant Class II ($972×$36-$1,296)\n\n972\n\n1,011 (3)\n\n1\n\nArmourer Attendant ($768×$24-$960)\n\n960\n\n794 (10)\n\n1\n\nMotor Driver ($1,152×$48-$1,536)\n\n1,536\n\n1,536\n\n1\n\nTelephone Operator ($1,800×$120-$2,880)\n\n880\n\n1,800 (11)\n\nOffice Attendant ($768×$24-$960)\n\n784\n\n808 (3)\n\n1226\n\nRange Warden ($768×$24-$960)\n\n960\n\n960\n\n6 Documentation\n\n7 Force headquarters expenses\n\n8 Fuel, light, and power\n\n9 Incidental expenses\n\n10 Medals and decorations\n\n11 Publications\n\n12 Rifle ranges\n\n13 Stores\n\n14 Training expenses\n\n15 Travelling expenses\n\n16 Uniforms\n\n17 Upkeep of vehicles\n\n18 Women's volunteer forces\n\nClothing of depot personnel Equipment and clothing\n\n10,000\n\n5,000 (14)\n\n55,000 (15)\n\n5,000\n\n8,000 (16)\n\n5,000\n\n5,000\n\n42,000\n\n1,000 (14)\n\n2,000\n\n3,000 (16)\n\n5,000\n\n10,000 (16)\n\n50,000\n\n50,000\n\n279,680\n\n279,680\n\n360\n\n1,200\n\n41,800\n\n120 (14) 2,000 (16) 35,000 (14)\n\n3,500\n\n5,000 (16)\n\n30,000\n\n(17)\n\n200,000\n\n(17)\n\nTotal Other Charges\n\n1,004,890\n\n702,560\n\nSpecial Expenditure\n\n19 Motor transport\n\n20,000 (18)\n\nAncillary units\n\n154,640\n\nExpansion of auxiliaries\n\n500,000\n\n(17)\n\nDepot expenses\n\n25,000\n\n(19)\n\nForce headquarters expenses\n\n5,000\n\n(17)\n\nReserve of stores and equipment\n\n10,000\n\n(19)\n\n150,000\n\n(17)\n\nTotal Special Expenditure\n\n844,640\n\n20,000\n\nTotal Expenditure\n\n2,285,303\n\n1,049,316\n\nMessengers ($528×$24-$720)\n\n1,264\n\n1,112 (10)\n\nWatchmen ($624×$24-$720)\n\nCoolies ($528×$24-$720)\n\nTemporary staff.\n\nSeconded army personnel\n\n1,248\n\n1,292 (3)\n\n3,744\n\n3,305 (10)\n\n5,400\n\n289,230\n\nCasual labour\n\nExpatriation pay\n\nOvertime allowance\n\nTotal Personal Emoluments\n\n11,000\n\n7,200 (12) 205,753 (10)\n\n11,000\n\n14,960\n\n7,360 (10) 16,000 (13)\n\n435,773\n\n326,766\n\n(1) Title changed from Corps Quartermaster.\n\n(2) Title changed from Armourer Staff Sergeant.\n\n(3) Stipulated increments.\n\n(4) Three Clerks Class II in place of three Clerks Class III.\n\n(5) One post previously provided for under Hong Kong Magistracy.\n\n(6) Previously provided for under temporary staff.\n\n(7) Not required.\n\n(8) Remuneration revised.\n\n(9) Provided for under seconded army personnel.\n\n(10) Personnel changed.\n\n(12) Provides for: Four Clerks ($150 per month).\n\n(13) More overtime anticipated.\n\n(14) Reduced requirements.\n\n(15) Previously provided for under Special Expenditure.\n\n(16) Previously underestimated.\n\n(17) Not required.\n\n(18) Re-vote.\n\n(19) Provided for under Force headquarters expenses.\n\n(11) Salary revised.",
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        "content_text": "Head 12-HONG KONG DEFENCE FORCE\n\nA-HONG KONG REGIMENT\n\nPersonal Emoluments\n\n  \n    \n    Approved Estimate 1950-51\n    Estimate 1951-52\n  \n  \n    \n    $\n    $\n  \n  \n    A-HONG KONG REGIMENT\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Head 12-HONG KONG DEFENCE FORCE\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    $\n    $\n  \n  \n    \n    1950-51\n    1951-52\n  \n  \n    Sub-heads\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Pensionable establishment\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1 Personal emoluments\n    326,766\n    287,631\n  \n  \n    1 Administrative Officer ($12,960; $12,960: $13,440×$480-$14,400)\n    14,400\n    \n  \n  \n    1 Armourer ($6,000: $6,000: $6,300×$300 -$7,200: $7,680x$480-$11,520) Clerks Class II ($2,760x$180-$3,300x $300-$4,200)\n    14,400\n    10,467\n  \n  \n    2 Allowances to instructors\n    23,750\n    10,947\n  \n  \n    1 Clerks Class III ($1,800: $1,800: $1,920 >$120-$2,040x$180-$2,580)\n    1,857\n    2,420\n  \n  \n    1 Storekeeper Class II ($2,880 × $180 $3,600)\n    4,077\n    3,600\n  \n  \n    Non-pensionable establishment\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1 Commandant\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Command allowance ($6,000)\n    \n    6,000\n  \n  \n    1 Regimental Sergeant Major ($7,200: $7,200 $7,680 x $480-$11,520)\n    10,204\n    9,724\n  \n  \n    1 Staff Captain ($9,840)\n    \n    9,840\n  \n  \n    1 Woman Confidential Assistant Class II\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Other Charges\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    4 Camp expenses\n    200,000\n    60,000\n  \n  \n    5 Casual labour\n    \n    9,600\n  \n  \n    6 Courses of instruction abroad\n    10,000\n    \n  \n  \n    7 Documentation\n    5,000\n    \n  \n  \n    8 Force headquarters expenses\n    5,000\n    2,500\n  \n  \n    9 Fuel, light, and power\n    55,000\n    55,000\n  \n  \n    10 Incidental expenses\n    8,000\n    13,500\n  \n  \n    11 Medals and decorations\n    5,000\n    5,000\n  \n  \n    12 Publications\n    1,000\n    1,000\n  \n  \n    13 Rifle ranges\n    3,000\n    2,000\n  \n  \n    14 Stores\n    10,000\n    5,000\n  \n  \n    15 Training expenses\n    50,000\n    \n  \n  \n    16 Travelling expenses\n    \n    50,000\n  \n  \n    17 Uniforms\n    2,000\n    3,561\n  \n  \n    1 Armourer Storeman ($1,800: $1,800×$120 -$2,640)\n    2,640\n    \n  \n  \n    18 Upkeep of vehicles\n    35,000\n    40,000\n  \n  \n    19 Women's volunteer forces\n    \n    120,000\n  \n  \n    1 Armourer Assistant Class I ($1,344×$48— $1,536)\n    1,536\n    \n  \n  \n    1 Armourer Assistant Class II ($972×$36— $1,296)\n    1,011\n    1,047\n  \n  \n    1 Armourer Attendant ($768× $24-$960)\n    794\n    818\n  \n  \n    1 Motor Driver ($1,152X$48-$1,536)\n    1,184\n    1,536\n  \n  \n    Special Expenditure\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    20 H.K.V.D.C. pay and allowances\n    20,000\n    20,000\n  \n  \n    21 Motor transport\n    \n    30,000\n  \n  \n    1 Telephone Operator ($1,800: $1,800: $1,920×$120-$2,880)\n    1,800\n    1,920\n  \n  \n    1 Office Attendant ($768x$24-$960)\n    808\n    832\n  \n  \n    1 Range Warden ($768×$24-$960)\n    960\n    960\n  \n  \n    Messengers ($528x$24-$720)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Watchmen ($624×$24-$720)\n    1,112\n    1,160\n  \n  \n    Coolies ($528×$24-$720)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Temporary staff.\n    3,305\n    3,411\n  \n  \n    Total Special Expenditure\n    489,976\n    539,976\n  \n  \n    Total Expenditure\n    1,049,316\n    1,234,507\n  \n  \n    Seconded army personnel\n    205,753\n    \n  \n  \n    Casual labour\n    \n    164,608\n  \n  \n    (7) Provided for under Other Charges\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (3) One new post\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Expatriation pay\n    7,360\n    7,360\n  \n  \n    Overtime allowance\n    16,000\n    16,000\n  \n  \n    Total Personal Emoluments\n    326,766\n    287,631\n  \n  \n    (1) Stipulated increments\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (2) One post previously provided for under temporary staff\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (4) Personnel changed\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (5) Provides for: Three Clerks ($150 per month)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (6) Personnel reduced\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (8) Previously overestimated\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (9) Title changed from Ammunition\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (10) More training provided\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (11) Previously under Emoluments\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (12) Fewer courses\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (13) Previously underestimated\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (14) Economy measure\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (15) Balance of outstanding claims\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (16) More vehicles\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    (17) New item\n    \n    \n  \n\nPage 96",
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