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CHAPTER III (B).

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(ii.) At the War Stage.

2. On receipt of orders from the General Officer Commanding he will send the message "Mobilize" to all troops.

3. He will promulgate the following General Staff Orders :-

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Declaration of Active Service.-The following Proclamations, issued by His Excellency the Governor, are published for information :-

(See Chapter VI (1), (i), paragraph 5.)

Mobilization. The units in garrison will mobilize for the defence of the Colony, in accordance with Confidential Orders which are in possession of Officers Commanding.

Action by General Staff, Section and Fire Commanders, and Reserve.-The General Staff Officer, D.A.A. and Q.M.G., O.C. R.A., C.E., O.C. A.S.C., P.M.O., C.O.O., D.P., Section and Fire Commanders, and O.C. Reserve will take action in accordance with the detailed instructions which are in their possession.

Command. The following are Commanding Officers of Sections, Fire Commands, and Reserve:-

Island Section

Mainland Section

Eastern Fire Command Western Fire Command Reserve

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O.C. 1st Indian Infy. Regt.

O.C. 2nd Indian Infy. Regt.

Senior Company Officer, Eastern Defences. Senior Company Officer, Western Defences. O.C. British Infy. Battn.

4. He will, on the war stage being notified or previously, on receipt by the General Officer Commanding of instructions from the Governor, notify their appointment to the Censorship Staff of 1 censor, 19 assistant censors or decoding clerks, and 2 interpreters, whose names he has registered, establish a censorship of submarine cables, and supervise the working of it.

5. He is charged with the custody of a packet containing the documents to be issued to the censor on the establishment of cable censorship, and which was checked and compared with the Defence Scheme revised to 1st March, 1909.

6. He will supervise the work of the Intelligence Officer, who will, under his orders, have charge of all arrangements connected with receiving, collating, and distributing intelligence. Intelligence will be received from-

(a.) The Governor, who will communicate by telephone or messenger direct to the G.O.C. at headquarters office, Victoria Barracks, any information he may receive by cable from the Secretary of State, or from Governors of neighbouring countries.

(b.) The Commodore, who will communicate by the direct telephone line from his office in the dockyard, or by messenger with the G.O.C. at the headquarters office, any information he may receive by cable or from incoming ships, with regard to the location and movement of any enemy's ships in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, also information of the intended entrance or exit of any of His Majesty's ships to or from the harbour.

(c.) The Harbour Master, who will inform the General Staff Officer at the head- quarters office through the Colonial telephone system, which centres in the Central Police Station, or by messenger, and also, on examining vessels concerned, of the approach of any ships communicating with any of the ships' signalling stations, and also of the hour of departure of any ships from the harbour.

(d.) The Superintendent of Police, who will communicate to the General Staff Officer at the headquarters office, by telephone or by messenger, any information he may receive through the police system of communication, which centres in the Central Police Exchange, of any hostile or suspicious movement of ships or men in the neighbourhood of the outlying stations north of Tai-Po, or on the mainland, or along the south shore of the island of Hong Kong.

(e.) Section or Fire Commanders, who will communicate to the headquarters office

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