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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. -

AUCTIONEERS, 40.

PAUL BREWEXT.

*, Zetland Street. Auctioneer, Appraistor

and Commission Ag-nt.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Anotioneers to the Government, and Sharo and General Brokers, corner Ice House

Street and Praya Central.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

MERCANTILE AGENT: WOODS & CO.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 30TH, 1900

Daddell Street, Agente for American and

Entopean Export Housen

PHOTOGRAPHERS

E HING,

Enlarging. Developing, Printing, Mode-

rate Rates, 209, Queen's Road East,

Auctioneer, Valuer and Cloods Broker, MEE CHEUNG,

Duddell Street,

V. I. REMEDIOS,

Auctioneer, Appraiser and Agent,

8, Queen's Road Central.

BOARD AND LODGING

STAG HOTEL.

148 and 150, Quem's Road Central,

Comfortable and Cheap,

THE WESTERN HOTEL

Excellent Accommodation, $2.50 per day.

90 and 92, Quesu's Road West.

BOOKBINDING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.

The only office in China huving. European taught workmen. Equal to Home Work. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS

W. BREWER & CO.,

Printers, Bookbinders and Account Book Muanfacturers, 23 and 25, Queen's Road

(under Hongkong Hotel).

BUILDERS

KANG ON,

Contractor; 30, D'Aguilar Street, Local and Coast Port Buildings, Timber, Brick

and Granite,

Mechanicsengaged. Estimates given. CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, &c.

THE PHARMACY,

10. Queen's Road Central Family and Dispensing Chemists, Wines, Spirits auŭ

Cigars.

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

Chemists and Druggists High-class Aern- ted Waters, Doulers in Photographic

Requisites, Queen's Road.

WATKINS, LD, APOTHECARIES" Hali, 66, Queen's Road Central, Cigars, Aerated

Waters, Wines, Beers, Spirits, etc.

CURIO DEALERS

FUJIYAMA & CO.,

Importers, Exporters and Dealers in Japa nese Curios, 9, D'Agnihr St..and at Kobe.

KUHN & KOMOR,

Fine Art. Japanese and Chinese Curios, 21 and 23, Queene Bosd, Hongkong,

Shanghai, Kobo, Tokohama.

KWONG. HING

China Porcelain, Crockery Ware; 594,

Queen's Road Central' DENTISTS

WONG HOMI,

Surgeon Dentist, 50. Queen's Bond Contral.

"WONG TAI FONG,

Surgoon Dentist, 24, Bank Buildings,

Opposite Hongkong Hotel

DINING ROOMS

THE COSMOPOLITAN HOUSE,

Breakfasts, Tillina, Dinuara. Wines, etc.

with Meals; 34, Queen's Road.

DRAPERS

“EBRAHIM ELIAS & CO.,

Milliners, Silk Mercers, Haberdashers.

Low Prices; 37, 39, Wellington Street.

WING HOP! .......

Ladies Tailor, Dressmaker, Draper - 69,

Wellington Street,

SEE WOO,

Tailor, Draper and Ontätter; 07 and 69,

Queen's Bord.: ..

FLOUR MERCHANTS

SFERRY: FLOUR COMPANY,

Merchant Millers, Ban Francisco. Eastani Branch, Peddor Stwet,

WILLIAM WHILEY. Manager. FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1859

Every Household Requisite. Depot for

Bastman's Kodak Films and Accessories;

17a, Queen'e Road Central..

LI KWONG LOONG,

Cabinet-maker, Furniture Dealer, Art De corator and Dealer, 17 Queen's Road

GROCERS

THE MUTUAL STORES.

Sun-AGENTS LIPTON, LD,

8 and 10 D'Aguilas Street,

H TIE,

Provision and General Merchants.

Wine and Spirit Merchizate. Groceries, Best Goods, Lowest Rates. Try Charlos Evaporated Cream 10. D'Aguilar

Street

JEWELLERS

KANG LEE & 00,

Jewellers. Gold and Silversmiths Watch

makers, Japanese Curios and Blackwood Farnituro. Opposite Post Office, 35,

Queon's Roi Central

MAISON LEVY HERMANOS

Diamond Merchants and Watóhmakers, 40, Watson's Building, Croon's Road. A

at Shanghai, Manila, Paris and Iloilo.

SUN SHING, Established 1840.

Silks, Gauzes, Grepe-Showls, Chinaware; Ivory, etc. Gold and Silversmiths and Engravers 99, Queen's Road Central

WAH LOONG,

Gold and Silversmith, Silk Dresses, Crêpe Slawla, Ivory Lacquerware, Fans, Carius, Bristles, Human Hair, Fea- thers 88. Queen's Road Contral, a

THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE

EASTERN ACETYLENE LIGHTING COMPANY, Head office, 62, Queen's

Road Central Fittings of every des

cription for the ACETYLENE LIGHT at

Lowest matek.

Ice House Street, Top Floor. Permanent Enlargements, Groups, Views, etc; Desel

opment Works, Amateurs Requisites.

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST,

Bromile and Crayon Enlargements, Work done for Amuteniq; Sa, Queen's Road, CL

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] THE BRITISH ARMY.

BY

H. O. ARNOLD-FORSTER M.P

IV. 'SOME DEFECTS IN THE EXISTING

SYSTEM-L

WHERE PRAISE 19 DUE.

It is proposed to devote this and the succeed ing article to an examination of some of the most serious and obvious defects in our existing military organisation. Before proceeding to thie enquiry, however, it is just, and indeed necessary, to draw attention to the good quali tine which the system possesses, and to recognise fully the limited success which it has, under certain pevullar conditions, achieved. The fail YEE CHUN, S

are to do so would justly expose the critic to a Marine and Portrait Paintor, 50, Queen's charge of partiality and prejudice, and would

Road, Upstairs.

weaken instead of strengthen what is really an exceedingly strong case.

H. YERA,

Japanese Photographer, 14, Beaconsfield Arendo. Queen's Road Cl, also Wanchai, Amateur's Requirements a Specialty.

PRINTING

"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Prodie read by Englishmen.

RATTAN FURNITURE- WOO KEE, Late HANG CHEUNG SHING,

Rattan Chairs, Matting. Bamboo Blinds,

etc: 73, Quson's Ronil Central.

MOBILISATION A SUCCESS.

It is well therefore to admit at once that the war in South Africa has undoubtedly proved, what tow people who had studied our arrange ments, ever doubted, namely, that the arrange- ments for mobilising the whole army in time of war would prove to be workable, and would realise the expectations which had been formed. of them by the authorities. During the six mobilise on the 7th October and the beginning months which 'slapsed between the order to

of April in the present year. the whole of the regiments and battalions serving in the Unitest. Kingdom were raised to a war footing by menna. of drafts from the Rosorras; the Reservists res ponded to all the call which were made upon Rattan Furniture, Bamboo, Screens, Mat-them, and proved to be, as everyone expected ting of all Colours, 43, Queen's Roads, Cl.they would be, the most valuable portion of the

SILK GOODS DEALERS

regular forces in the field. From various sources no less than 146,000 regular troops were gut to- gether from all parts of the Empire and placed in the deld. This forre, so largely in excess of any that has been previously employed by this

KWONG TAT LOY

Battan Furniture, Bamboo, Blinds, Mat

tings all Colours; 18. Prays Central,

SANG MOW,

DHUNAMAL CHELLARAM,

Dealer in Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Silk und Fancy Goods, ako Art Works, 2. D'Aguilar Street.

THE GLOBE (TEJUMULL PORUSING),

country, must be regarded · as a large ope

a number of guns or men that our arrange ments will never workmatisfactorily until we have got rid of our superftuity. But whether it be an increase or a decrease which is proposed, the explanation which is given to account for it is nerer really an explanation at all.

WHY?

We are told that in order to make up an equal number of cavalry brigades, certain cavalry regi ments must have more men, others must have legs; that in order to equalise the number of but taliotis, certain new anita must be formed. All this is very well in its way, but no one has ever told us on what principle the unmber of cavalry regiments, or infantry regimenta,for batteries is fixed, and the result is that your after year tinkering additions are made to varions branches of the service, with a view to goiting over some temporary emergency, while the systematic or gazisation of the army upon a rational basis in absolutely neglected. To those who are; ac quainted with the details of our military or Fanisation, these facts are so familiar that no illustration is needed to enforce them.. But it cannot be exposted that the general public should be equally well informed, and the reader will justly sak for some examples to justify the strong indictment that has been made. Happily, or unhappily, they are easily to be supplied.

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THÊ ROYAL ARTILLERY.

The first, and perhaps the most obvious illustration which occurs, is that which is with the Royal Artillery. Some ten years ago. furnished by the dealings of the War Offles

Mr. Stanhope, then War Minister, deliberately reduced our very small force of artillery. Mili tary opinion generally was dead against the reduction; it was never justißed. and never could be justifled, but it was defended, and on the mere authority of a civilian War Minister was sanctioned by Parliament. A few years passed and the War Office was compelled to

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necine warfare among themselves. By this it VESSELS ON THE BERTH is not meant that thero has been any active dis- agreement or ill-feeling between officers and man sorting in the different branches; happily that is not the case to any great extent. But three forces have competed against one another for recruits, and in the case of the militia and the line. It is true to say that the regular forces. have to a large extent lived upon the duray of the militis. The Militia las boon regarded, not as an organised and coherent, military force; but simply sa a recruiting machine for the Line, which might be, and wus, used und abused on out the slightest regard to its efficiency, every possible occasion, with-

or to the feelings or ambitions of those who served him, The Yeomanry was treat od much in the same fashion, or rather it Yeomanry officer, it was the deliberate intention was treated worse, for in the opinion of every of the War Ofles to extinguish the force by despatched for SHANGHAT.

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sheor neglect and ill-treatment. The üles that each of the four branches had a special role of its own, and raust therefore be treated on prin- ciples corresponding to its peculiar conditions, never seems to have entered the mind of any person responsible for our military organisation. What is the result? A war of a very limited elameter lid to be under taken. The Militia, the force which had been so long neglected and an hardly treated, is instantly called upon to do the work for which it was not intended, and responds magnificently in the shape of the Militia roservista, and com- to the call. Although deprived of its best men,

pelled to give up scores of its officers to the Liane, it is still able to furnish a large number of effective units, which. by volunteering, re- lieve the War Offee from many of its embar russnenta. But the utilisation of the Militia has been an emergency proceeding, and so far from the Militia having been prepared to par- form ita task, everything that could be done come to Parliament and ask for the re-creation to discourage it and render it ineffective, of the batteries that had been destroyed. The had bean dons, Meanwhile, with regard to reasons that were given for the addition were the Valunteers, it is noticeable that they scarcely more coherent or convincing than those hare been also been utilised in a method which were originally given for the abolition. simply born of the emergency. The Volun teer, enlisted for home service have been utilised batteries had been created, the needs of the exclusively abroad, and not one single unit among country would be aet over approximately all the Volunteer battalions has taken were field, It was pointed out by many critics that so far Meanwhile, for the purposes which they were and from these wants being met, an enormous force are intended, the Volunteers have been found of infantry belonging to the Reserve forces useless in an emergency, Not from any want would be absolutely wastess for the purposes of ❘ of goodwill on their part. but simply because war, because they were entirely unprovided with when war came the War Office was compelled the guns, without which no army can take by the logic of facts to recognise that a partially the field. Not the slightest attempt was over trained, and wholly unequipped force, auprovid- gosted that the provision which Parliament could not be relied upon for the defence of the made to disprove this statement, nor was it suged with astillery, cavalry, transport or stores,

was asked to make had really any relation what country. The somewhat. absurd zedaures over to the actual needs of the country in time which the War Office is now taking with the of war. The Treasury and the War Offee be. object of turning the Volunteers into an efill be despatched for SAN FRAN- HE Company's Steamship “DORIC”. ficient army, furnish proof that the authorities CISCO VIA SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, have at last realised the need for reasonable KOBE INLAND SEA. YOKOHAMA, organisation, though they "by no means offer sud HONOLULU on TUESDAY, the 7th convincing testimony that they are on the right Angust, 1000, at Noos. road to obtain it.

Indian, Chiness and Japanese Silk Good though it must not be supposed that, judged It was not pretended that even when the new

Cashmers Shawls Spunish Wines and Manila Cigars 12 D'Aguilar Street. SINCERE & CO..

Silk Handkerchiefs, Shawls. Table Covers, etc. Wholesale and Eetail; 122, Queen's Road Central and 123, Wallington St.

WARSIAMULL ASSOMULL,

Wholesale and Retail Importers and Exportars, Indin, Chinese and Japanese Silks, Cashmere Shawls and Ceylon

Lava: 45, Queen's Road, Cl.

SILK LACE MANUFACTURERS

FR BLINOK,

own.

by the standards of other nations, the raising in six months of a force of 146,000 men can be regarded as a very remarkable accomplishment for su populous and wealthy a country as onr There is scarsoly one of the miner Powers of Europe which could not with save, and in a much shorter time, put a large force in the fold, and there is, of course, no comparison between the strength of the British Field Army, and that of one of the great military Powers of Europe. Nevertheless, the fact remains that

the scheme of mobilisation, constructed and approved by the War Office, did produce the results which had boon anticipated, and did en Exporter of Roat Hand made Torahon Lassable the authorities to put a considerable force in Silk, Linen and Cotton, Grasscloth and of efficient soldiers into the field, at comparative Silk Embroideries. Hand-made Bilk ly short noties. It is just and necessary also and Linen LAGE Chris male to to say that the arrangements for sea transport, order; 17, Queen's Road, Central. which were entirely ander the control of the STOREKEEPERS

Royal Navy, were remarkably successful, and were conducted on a scale which probably could not be attained by any other nation. But at this point praise of the existing system must couse.

F. BLACKHEAD & CO.

Navy Contractors, Shipohandlers. Sail- makers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Prays Central, next Hongkong Hotel,

KHUNG SANG 500

Shipchandlers, Sailmakers. Hardware, Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Mer

alants, 68, Prays Central.

LAKE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Tailors and Outfitters, Pianoforte Dealers Shipchandlers, Furniture Dealers and Upholsterers, Wine and Spirit Mer

chante,

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.

tween thon declared that much money was available of war The Treasury and the War Office between them declared that so much money was available and so many batteries were to be mised, and there was an end of the mat. ter or at any rate there would have been an end

of the matter, had not the touchstone of war been applied to this false system.

THE TOUCHERTONS OF WAE,

There is no need to enter into elaborate arga ment about this matter; the right and wrong of When we come to enquire, not whether tlie the ease has been put beyond argument by the systora worked in accordance with the pleus of action of the War Office, acting under the its promoters, Int whether, when these plans influence of panic. At the end of 1899 the had been fully carried into effect, the result country found itself at war with tero small was one with which the country had any res. republics. There were actually not guns enough son to be satisfied, it is impossible to give a available in the country to furnish the batteries favourable answer. The distinction may be in the field, and the workshops of the great well flustrated by a familiar exemple. Au manufacturers had to be ransacked for sach enginear designs a machine to dredge a har weapons as they had in stock, and batteries bour; the machine may prove to be a marvel were accepted from_benevolent ladies 33 volun of mechanical skill, and may work with antary contributions. by a department: which had accuracy and rapidity which are beyond criti. clan. But it may fail in one Important ruspeck it may be absolutely inadequate to perform the work of dredging the harbour, and as that is the sois parpons for which it was designed, its merite as an example of mechanical perfection are of very little interest to those who have to pay for it, or who depend upon it for the execution of an important piece of work, Naval Military and Court, 18, Queen's Road, Tu the same way, while it is possible to

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koopers, 17 Praga Central.

TAILORS

AHMEN, HING-CHEONG & CO.,

Tailors, Drapes and Outfitters, Queen's

Road Central, Olf Club Site.

Branch: A-MAN, opposite City Hall,

R. HAUGHTON & CO.

Opposite Kuka a Curio Store.

Outstiers, Shira Bakers Hatters, Hasiera

Drapers, 83, Qrper's Road, Central. LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,

TAK OREONG

Queen's Road,

Tailors, Gentlemen's Outfitters, Hatters, Hoisters, and Draporn Chinese Silk of all kinds, 50, C52, Queen's Ed. Central,

YER SANG FAT & CO.,

Outfitters, Piece Goode, Underwear, Shoes, Hate, Silk Handkerchiefs, Opposite Post

Office, Queen's Road Central

TOBACCONISTS

D. 8. DADY BURJON LOS FILIPINOS." Importer of the Best Manila Cigars; 25,

Fottinger Street,

KRUSE & CO.

Wholesale and Retail Havana and Manila Cigars, Egyptian Cigarettes, Doslers in

Fancy Goods, Agents.

Connaught House, Queen's Road,

VICTORIA CIGAR DEPOT,

1 and 2. Leovane Street East. AGENTS FOB W KENNERY & Co., 37, Calle San cinto, Manila, Windsor Lady" and

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AMERICAN SYSTEM

ENTISTRY ES

No. 39. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL CHADWICK KEW

(LATE OF POATH & NOBLE), Hongkong, 15th September 1899.

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admit that the arrangements for calling up a certain number of men in the time of war, have worked smoothly and in accordance with the anticipations, of their framers, it is possible that these arrangements may have been utterly in adequate to provide for the real needs of the country, or to deliver the nation from intoler. sbla waste on one hand, and from the gravest possible danger of military disaster on the other It is proposed to demonstrate that not only may this unfavourable verdict be pronounced, bat that in view of what has taken place, and of what is now taking place, it is absolutely in possible to pronounes any other. It is im portant that the distinction which has just been made should be thoroughly understood and ap- Preciated, for if it be zot, the lessong which the South Africa war is capable of teaching will either remain unlearnt, or will be seriously misunderstood.

AN ORGANISATION WITHOUT FRINCIPLE.

It is now time, to substantiate the urge which has been made, namely, that our present military organisation is seriously defective, and that its continued existence in its present form Constitutes a serious danger to the Empire.

To begin with, it is true to say that our exisiting military organnation is based upon no laown and accepted principle. No, person in authority has over yet succeeded in explaining on what basis the army is maintained at its pre- sent strength, or why in any given year Perlis ment has been asked to sanotion any particular establishment, No one knows what the army is really intended to do, or on what principle.

if any, its numbers areregulated. From time to time we are told that it is necessary to raise a hundred, or a thousand, or five thousand more En Sometimes, as in the case of the artillery we are told that it is necessary to reduce our [1756 exisiting establishments, and that we have such

been spending in pesca time over twenty millions sterling a year. But that is not half the story Early in 1900 it became apparent that after the despatch of troops to South Afries, the United Kingdom had been left absolutely defaucoles as far as land fores was concerned, and that although there were nearly 400,000 aried mon. within the United Kingdom, for whose services, the country had been paying for many years, there was absolutely nothing in the least resembling an army, and that if the country required one, it would have to be created from the beginning. What has been the result?

ENLISTMENT AND TERMS OF BERVICE, We must now leave the question of the general) wout of system which undoubtedly exists, and of which the emergency measures which are zow being undertaken furnish abundant proof in order to examine briefly some of the patent errors in our existing modes of enlistment and in the enforcement of the terms of service in army. Firat and foremost comes the question of the present term of service, wrougly called *short mrvice," and the maintenance of the

the term "Short Service," it is necessary to First Class Army Reserve, With regard to point out that sits use at the present time is wholly nawarranted by the actual practice of enlistment. Practically speaking, there is no short service in the British Army. Under the so- called Cardwell Schome, which now exists in nams only, men were enlisted for a term of six years: a term longer it may be mentioned than that of any other army is the world. From the point of view of the soldier, the term was an ex coodingly bad one, for a man who entered his profession at the age of 18 and was cast edrift upon the world, with the liability of Rewerve service hanging round his neck at 24, was obviously in a most undesirable position. Bo fore long, however, it was found that the sir years torm would not work, and for sokliers serving in India the term was extended to seven years. It has since been lengthened to During the last few months no less than 572 oight, Meanwhile, an attempt has been made new guns late bien ordered for use of the troops to induce a certain number of men to eulist for alone, independently of fortress guns. This threy yours only: the plan has been fairly success- gigantic order furnishes a fair more of the ful in the Guards, who save at Gibraltar, have no wantco neglect of their duties by: the War Office fomiga service. It has not been successful in' during the last twenty years. The guns are not the Line lattalions, nor was it likely to be, în a whit more nessary now than they were last view of the fact that nutil the present year year or the year before; no new fact. has been every thres yours man was placed upon an in- discovered, no now argument produced. All that feriority to the rest of his comrades as regards has happened is that the War Office has beau at pay. But we shall point ont in the following length compelled to realise that the one and only artiols. that the crusade of the War Office purpose for which an army is maintained, is the against its own short service system did not end successful couinct of war, and hence, at the with the extension of the term to sight yours. eleventh hour, it is attempting to do what it ought to have done at the first hour. Here then is an example of what is meant by the staternent that our military organisation is based upon no principle.

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THE MEASURE OF PAST NEGLECT.

REGULARS, MILITIA, YEOMANEY, VOLUNTERES. Endless examples of the same truth might be given, but one more will suffice. For years past the three great branches of our military forces, the regular army, the volunteers und the militia, have maintained a sort of inters

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N.B-Return Ticketa issued by this Com- pany to and from Australia are available for return by the steamers of the Chinn Navigation Company and vice versa.

For Freight or Fasango, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 5th July, 1900.

1912