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Table E (i).-DETAIL of Field Works to be constructed-continued.
Detail of Working Parties. R.E. Supervision.
Tools required.
CHAPTER III (E).
+ For general superintendence in sub-Section
(4).
No.
of Work.
Nature of Work.
Officers.
N.C.Os.
N.C.Os. and Coolies. Officers. and Men.
Time required.
Remarks.
Pickaxes. Shovels.
Crow- bars.
Axes.
Bill- books.
Sand-bags.
Men.
6
300
2 days
200
2
4 hours..
.6000
300
2 weeks.
3 days
2 weeks.
6
I hour
50
50
1,000
3 weeks..
5
5
2
2
13
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Be
+
5
1
I woek
2
2 weeks
Mão N N N :
20
20
2
30
20
:རྨསྐྱེ སཏྠུ; ! ;ཎྜཆ
20
2
30
6
10 10
16
No. 1 (WESTERN) SECTION--Contd.
Sub-Section (b), Belcher, &e.
Breastwork south of cattle pier near Kennedy
Town for 20 men
17*
Enclosed work on top of Mount Davis for 10
20
1+
11+
228
20
men
Water supply for ditto
23
*** * ON
18*
Position at Sandy Bay Gap for 20 men
Line of clearing between 10 and 17
Line of clearing between 17 and 18
Improve path from Victoria Battery to south
coast post
Clearing in front of 18
Rifle pits at look-out post west of Mount Davis.. Reserve position
•
:8992 62
30
10
20
10
10
20
6
50
10
**2:22
6
6
10
10
Improve path between guns at Elliott Battery
and S.C. post
5
Improve road up cast slope of Mount Davis
10
Improve path between Elliott Battery and Lower
Belcher
5
28*
Strengthen wire fence round Elliott Battery
45
2
::
:::
Wire Entanglements generally.
Round infantry post on Mount Davis..
Across frout and flanks of position at Sandy Bay
Gap
In front of rifle pits at look-out post west of
Mount Davis
To entangle nullahs running down Mount Davis Stonecutters generally as in items
High wire entanglements round coast of Stone-
cutters, including lacing away rocks Fence and entanglements round electric light
emplacements on Praya
Lacing between fences round batteries
:::
::
:
:::
:::
:::
:
1
::
1 week
Barbed
wire.
1 day
Yards.
11.200
3,000
1,000
840 14,200
160,000
3,000
20,000
As these works cannot be undertaken except in succession, as men are available, the propor- tion of tools is to be as for the probable working party, and not as for the work to be done.
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No. II (CENTRAL) SECTION
29*
Preparation of site and approach for 2-15-pr.
50
::
:
2+
31+
白:
•
guns at Wong-nei-Cheong
30*
Preparation of site and approach for 1-47 gun
50
30
30
10
2
30
30
10
2
الله
For general superintendence, No. 11 Section.
મ
6
600
3 days
600
3
on spur of Mount Nicholson near Wong-net-
Cheong Gap
31
Road from High West Gap to Pinewood Battery
50
50
80
80
20
32*
Blockhouse at Wong-nei-Cheong Gap
33*
Putting in a state of defence the P.W.D.
60
25
10
15
32
20
20
2
10
10
1
10 10 2
7
وو
(Now in hand by L.0.)
500
3
2,500
3
foreman's quarters at Tytam.
34*
Putting in a state of defence the cable landing
place at Tytam Bay
35*
Putting in a state of defence the cable landing
00
00
8
Water to be stored inside.
4
2
2
500
2
8
4
4
2
2
500
2
place at Deep Water Bay
36
Preparation of site and approach for gun on
30
100
120
120
20
6
10
600
7
High West
(Completed.)
37*
Small redoubt, Aberdeen, and defences generally
50
40
40
3
હૃદ
Shelter treuches, clearing, and entanglements at
50
30
30
6
10
ON
2
5
2,000
Water to be stored inside.
10
200
High West
39
Ditto at reserve position, Mountain Lodge
50
30
40
Ditto at Mount Kellett, gun position..
25
41
Ditto at Sanitarium
50
42
Ditto at Deep Water Bay
20
::::
::::
30
::::
6
10
15
15
3
30
30
6
12
12
2
342"
10
5
10
96e4
200
5
100
2
200
3
100
2
Barbed
wire.
Yards.
Wire required for surrounding gun emplacements,
95,000
See note to Section 1.
blockhouses, defensible buildings, and to form entanglements in front of entrenchments
Wire required to surround new magazine with
high wire entanglement, 3 bays deep
27,000
:
18,000
No. III (EASTERN) SECTION
171
:
.
13*
44*
45*
Preparation of site and approach from Tyłam Gap, Lyemun Road, for 1-47 Q.F. gun on slopes of Mount Parker above Boa Vista Preparation of approach to howitzer position,
Boa Vista, up north-east slope of hill Preparation of site for approach from Tytam Gap, Lyemun Road, for 2-15-prs. on knoll, south-
20
20
20
200
I day
2 weeks
For general superintendence in No. III Section,
For preparation of site and laying out road.
2,300 road by contract.
.
1 week..
700 road by contract.
20
12
20
20
300
6 hours
2 days
100 road by contract.
east of Tytam Gap
46
Road from Tytam Gap to infantry position,
10
17
1,200 road by contract (2 reliefs).
Mount Collinson
47
Improvement of existing path from Boa Vista to
7
37
1,200 road by contract.
Quarry Gap as gun road
48
Road for infantry from Mount Parker to Quarry
7,
1,000 road by contract.
Gap
49
Approach road and preparation of position for 2-15 pr. guns near Saiwan Redoubt and fire
1
20
20
20
300
1 day
2 days
Road 100 by contract.
#4
Wire required to surround old magazine with
high wire entanglement, 3 bays deep
trenches
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