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APPENDIX 3.
MILITARY ACCOMMODATION.
1. The attached Table A shows the state of military accommodation in the Colony. There is some difficulty in presenting the information in a condensed form, and the tables could be misleading unless it is understood that there is a very great divergence in plan between Military and Civilian buildings. The letters A to E have the same meaning as
in the Civil Affairs tables.
2. Practically no Military building is self contained. In extreme cases, buildings for sleeping, cooking, dining, ablutions and latrines may be all separate. One cookhouse may serve several barracks, and so on. In addition, offices, stores, canteens, etc., are needed for a complete barracks. The principle point to be considered is the amount and condition of barrack room accommodation, and this has therefore been taken as the basis, but it must be remembered that even if a barrack room is fit for immediate occupation, there may be much work to be done on other buildings before it can be used,
3. At present, troops are accepting a much reduced scale of accommodation, and though barracks are occupied, there is in almost every case considerable work to be done to bring them up to proper standard.
4. Married quarters are being used extensively as barracks. These will of course have to revert to their proper use. It is not possible to say yet how soon this may be.
5. Troops must be accommodated as units. This means that accommodation for 1,000 men cannot necessarily be made to take 1,000 men. It may have to take a unit
In actual fact, most accommodation is taking more than its quota.
of 800 men.
6. The accommodation is worked out at 60 sq. ft. per man.
The authorised scale
is 90 sq. ft. per man, therefore as conditions revert to normal, the available accommoda- tion will be reduced by one third.
7. Summary. Comparison of pre-war and existing accommodation.
PRE - WAR
Barracks
Md. families.
PRESENT
Md. families.
Barrack Асеп.
Barrack Accn.
BOR.
1.0. & IORs.
BOR.
1.0. & IORS.
Victoria
390
107
980
Murray
350
350
Mount Austin
259
6
Lyemun
600
22
850
Stanley
600
54
Whitfield
1,700
Gun Club Hill
432
Shamshuipo
1,280
Jubilee Bldgs.
28
12
18 21
1,050
[
32
1,580
32
23
672
1,280
96
Stonecutters Island
348
8
3
Totals
5,959
305
58
6,762
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This shows that the total O.R. accommodation has been raised above pre-war, by converting married quarters. (Wellington Bks, which housed 480, and has been handed over to the Navy, has not been included.) Out of the total, accommodation for 2,330 is at present occupied by Japanese P.O.W. and internees, leaving sufficient for 4,432 only.
When the Japs have gone, repairable barracks have been reconstructed, and married quarters returned to their proper use, the O.R. accommodation will be 5,600, and when scales are increased to 90 sq. ft. per man will be approx. 3,750 only.
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