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Orders to O.C. Section XII (Kowloon North).
General Duties.-The Section Commander will at all times keep himself familiarized with the character of the area comprised in his command, with all detail of troops and matériel assigned to his section, and with the objects and duties intrusted to him.
On mobilization he will be directly responsible to the General Com- manding for at once reporting any deficiencies, for maintaining the discipline and efficiency of the troops placed under his charge, and for the due perform- ance of these instructions.
He will also, on mobilization, be responsible for the quartering of his men. In active operations he will, so far as is compatible with his responsibility, leave the working of the arms, other than his own, to the Senior Officers of those arms respectively.
Any officers and men of the Fortress Company and Submarine Mining Company who may be localized in the sections will be under his command, but subject to the supervision, for engineering and submarine mining purposes, of the Engineer officers in charge of the district and of submarine mining respec- tively.
Area-The area of this section is the whole Kowloon Peninsula north of the line Gun Club Hill to Mount Cochrane, with the exception of the batteries at Kowloon East and Kowloon Dock, and the sea-shore immediately in front of them, which form a separate section-No. XI.
Composition. The troops allotted to this section are:-
Corps.
Officers.
N.C.O.'s and Men.
Royal Artillery.. Royal Engineers—
S. Staff Fortress
European. Indian. European. Indian. Chinese.
S.M.
Infantry
1
Medical Staff
Total
1
:
Remarks.
60 (a)
(a) B Company Hong
Kong Regiment. In cludes 5 signallers.
60
= 62.
Scope. The object of this section is to cover British Kowloon, with its batteries, barracks, naval depôt, coal depôts, and waterworks from a hostile raid from China, and especially to prevent the line of hills which command the Kowloon Forts, at a distance of from 1,200 to 1,800 yards, being occupied by the enemy.
Distribution. The troops will be distributed as follows:--
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In and about the block-houses
In camp near B 12
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