CHAPTER VII (B).
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(B).—Allocation of Duties on Mobilization.
The Commodore is solely responsible in peace and war for all measures in connection with the local Naval Defence of Hong Kong, and the following officers are responsible to him for the various duties enumerated below:-
Nature of Duty.
Appointment held in
Position of Headquarters on Mobilization.
Peace.
Secretarial duties detailed later
Net defence of docks and cambers, provision of civilian labour, local steam craft, tugs, lighters, &c., required for naval stores, ordnance, victualling, and hospital transport. General security of dockyard and naval establishments. Provision of buoys for sweeping
craft.
Naval Secretary.. Commander (N)....
Commodore's Office.
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Moving of "Tamar" into naval camber, detailing and Commander of "Tamar "..
dispatching to their stations of all persons borne on "Tamar's" books, then command of local torpedo- boats and supplementary defences.
Charge of naval signal stations
Naval Adviser to Fortress Commander (when services
can be spared from torpedo-boat flotilla). Cable-cutting and mine-sweeping arrangements; also
buoying of war channel (if required). Issue of hydrographical stores to torpedo-boats and other craft. Personnel, stores, and craft for examina- tion service. Superintendence of examination service. Naval Intelligence Centre and Naval Censorship
First Lieutenant of" Tamar" Lieutentant (G) of "Tamar"
Lieutenant (T) of "Tamar"
King's Harbour Master
S.N.I.O.
Special police precautions in His Majesty's dockyards.. Inspector of Police under
Commander (N).
His
Majesty's ship
"Tamar."
Commodore's Office. Military Headquarters.
Kowloon depôt.
Stone Cutter's Island.
His
Majesty's "Tamar."
ship
His Majesty's dockyard.
Any proposed alterations to these orders, other than those of detail, are to be submitted for the approval of the Commander-in-Chief, and promulgated as necessary.
The proposed alterations are to reach the Naval Secretary to the Commodore by the first day of each quarter.
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