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The rations stored at the various sections will be treated as a reserve, fresh supplies being distributed daily from the main depôts. Should the reserve on any occasion be necessarily drawn upon, they will be made up to a full week's supply as soon afterwards as possible.

10. The Victoria main depôt will be under the charge of the Officer i/c Supplies, while that at Kowloon will be under the charge of the Inspector of Army Schools, who will take up his quarters and establish his office in one of the blocks in Whitfield Barracks.

The Victoria main depôt, acting as a main artery, will feed the sub-depôts on the Island of Hong Kong. In similar manner the Kowloon main depôt will feed the sub-depôts on the mainland and Stonecutters, the Officer i/c Transport apportioning the requisite transport-i.e., launches, cargo, and water boats-for this purpose.

The Officer i/c Supplies will detail an assistant to be in charge of each sub-depôt from the detachment A.S.C.

11. The Officer i/c Supplies will, if the troops have been mobilized, intimate to the officers commanding sections the strength of the guards he will require for the protection of the stores at the sub-depôts. In the case of the sub-depôts being formed prior to mobilization, he will indent on the C.S.O. for these guards, which will in this case be detailed from the troops allotted to the various sections.

12. Table F (iii) shows :-

(1.) The supplies required for the European troops, the native troops, and the Chinese auxiliaries permanently employed.

(2.) The further quantities to be laid in, in case of expected war, to complete two months' reserve.

(3.) The steps necessary for procuring such additional supplies, how and whence they are to be procured.

At this stage the A.S.C. will ration troops as follows :-

Before proceeding to their sections units will requisition for the first two days' supplies, which are to be carried by them. Requisitions for the third and following days to be submitted by O.C. Sections twenty-four hours before required for issue, such requisitions will, in the case of the sections on the island, be submitted to the Officer i/c Supplies, Victoria, and in the case of sections on the mainland and Stonecutters, to the Officer i/c Supplies, Kowloon.

Troops not allotted to sections will indent in the ordinary manner.

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