Enclosure No. 9.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Report on Machine Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 31st March, 1902.
Date on which
Nature of Practice.
Practice was carried out.
Unit.
Number
on Parade.
Number
of
Guns.
Number
of
Rounds fired.
Kange.
General Idea of Practice.
710
900 to 1,300 Yds. Practice at floating targets and anchored barrels at Stonecutters.
Do.
Do.
61
I
200
200 to 400 Yds.
Practice for Gun-laying.
.303" Maxim,
23rd Oct., 1091, "A" M. G. Company,
30
12
3,750
Do.,
26th Oct., 1901,
“A”
Do.,
23
23
12
5,250
900 to 1,100 Yds.
C. G. Pritchard, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
Do.,
8th Feb., 1902,
“A” “B” & “Ci
Do.,
39
12
6,000
800 to 1,000 Yds. Practice at screens on hillside at Lai-chi-kok,
8th Mar., 1902,
“A” “B” & “C”
Do..
94
12
3,000
600 to 750 Yds.
Practice at Tai-hang Rifle Range at screens on hillside-G. O. C.'s Challenge Shield.
Do.,
Do.,
27th Oct., 1901, "A" "B" & "C" M. G. Co.s,.
DISTRIBUTION.
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On leave,
Absent Medical Certificate,
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