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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JUNE, 1898.
Enclosure 4.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
"A" MACHINE GUN COMPANY,
Report on Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 16th April, 1398.
Nature of Practice.
Date on which Practice was carried out.
Number Number Present
On
Parade.
of Rounds fired.
Range.
General Idea of Praerice.
0.45" Maxim M.H. Chamber, Machine Gun,
16th Oct.,
36
1,966
Yards.
800 to 1,400
1897.
Do..
27th Nov.,
28
1,427
500
1897.
Do..
1st Jan..
20
1,511
800 to 1,050
1898.
Do.,
22nd Jan,
27
4,000
800 to 1,050
1898.
Do.,
5th Mar..
28
1,000
1,300
1898.
Do.
12th Mar,
33
2,050
700 to 1,000
1898.
Practice at an imaginary enemy landing in sampans, from East Shore, Stone- cutters' Island, during Camp of In- struction.
To repel a body of men who had under cover advanced to within 500 yards, on Police Range, Kowloon. An enemy having landed, to stop and drive them back to their bonts, at Re- pulse Bay.
Do.
To repel an enemy attempting to land in boats, from road in front of North Point Battery.
To drive back 4 parties of an enemy, who Ind effected a landing, to their boats, at Repulse Bay.
J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps,
Enclosure 5.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
FIELD BATTERY.
Musketry Return, showing Percentage and Classification for the Year ending 16th April, 1898.
Number Firing. Points
obtained.
Number of
Classification.
Percentage.
Remarks.
1st Class.
2nd Class. 3rd Class.
Recruits' Course,
48
1,245
46.31
25
9
14
Trained Soldiers' Course,
*88
2,966
40.12
35
24
29
Total.......
136
4,211
60
43
* This includes a few Recruits who also fired Trained Soldiers' Course.
J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
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