THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.
THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
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The object in view in the formation of an Infantry Corps in additio. to the Volunteer Artillery Corps is to impart to such of the inhabitants of Hongkong as may desire to offer their services for this branch of military duty, and as His Excellency the Governor may approve, the necessary training to enable them to assist in the defence of the Colony in guard and outpost duty.
Volunteers for the Hongkong Rifle Corps, upon being admitted, shall subscribe their names upon the roll of the said Corps, and, on being duly notified by the Commanding Officer, shall take the oaths prescribed in Section VIII of Ordinance 2 of 1862.
Members will be drilled as laid down in the "Field Exercise" and "Rifle Exercises and Musketry Instruction," and they will be expected to attend one parade a day at least, until squad and company drill, as well as manual and firing exercise are mastered.
The description of drill either with or without arms will be regulated according to the proficiency attained, but all must pass through the first squad before proceeding to battalion drill.
Members may elect either morning or evening drill, but whenever practicable they are recom- mended to attend both.
All squad drills will take place on the green formerly the Parade Ground of the old Volunteer Corps, situated opposite the Government Offices. When the Corps has attained a certain degree of proficiency, it will parade in the general Parade Ground for company and battalion drill.
Drill instructors will be provided from the regular forces, but the non-commissioned officers of the Corps will be expected to master the details of drill so as to assist the regular instructors. When the Corps is sufficiently advanced, due arrangements will be made for target practice. The uniform of the Corps will be supplied by the Colonial Government and will consist, during the summer months, of a white smock and white trowsers, and white solar pith helmet, and white waist belt for ammunition pouch. The smock will have shoulder straps with H. K. R. (Hongkong Rifles) worked on in blue. During the winter months the uniform will consist of a scarlet and blue trowsers, blue facings and white metal buttons, round dark blue forage cap and chin strap. scrge smock The Corps will be armed with Snider rifles and bayonets.
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The Commanding Officer will be appointed by the Governor, and His Excellency will, as far as possible, select the officers from a list of names chosen by the Volunteers themselves by election.
and will be formed later on, and each company will have a bugler. will be formed into companies, each company to be lettered A, B, C, D, according to ther of Volunteers, and to have a certain number of officers and non-commissioned officers.
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will be published from time to time to establish a uniformity of syst in his respective position. The result will be telt in the comfort and general efficiency o. the Corps, advantages which will more than compensate for any little trouble attached to the performance of their duties.
In the event of war, the Corps will be placed under the orders of the Officer Commanding the Forces, to assist the regular troops in guarding the fortifications, and in all such details of infantry service as emergency may necessitate.
No. 104.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In accordance with the authority given to him by Her Majesty, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the Anniversary of the Queen's Birthday be celebrated this year in Hongkong, and its Dependencies, on Monday, the 27th of May.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 105.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the Troops, His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY has appointed Major HENRY SPENCER PALMER, R.E., to be his Aide-de-Camp, subject to the approval of His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, F ongkong, 11th May, 1878.
J. M. PRICE ng Colonial S
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