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CHAPTER III (B).

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These guards will be relieved daily. They will, with the exception of the Kellet's Island guard, report themselves to the O.C.A.S.C., Victoria and Kowloon, for orders.

Fort guards will rejoin their regiments immediately on relief by the Royal Artillery, who will take them over on arrival.

will detail from the reserve

14. By Reserve Infantry, Victoria.—The O.C. troops of his battalion a guard of two sergeants, one bugler, and 16 privates to proceed at once by route march to the Aberdeen Dock, for the purpose of affording assistance to the dock authorities in the protection of the dock. This guard will remain permanently at the dock, and should be equipped accordingly. It should be rationed for two days, with cooked rations and 200 rounds of ammunition per rifle issued to it. Rations will be sent to it by the O.C. No. III Section of the defence, in case the dock authorities are unable to supply provisions, which must be notified to the O.C. the section. The senior sergeant will, on his arrival, report himself to the dock manager or his representative.

will each detail from the 15. By Reserve Infantry, Kowloon.-The Os.C. reserve troops of his battalion a guard of two havildars, two naicks, and sixteen sepoys, to proceed at once by route march, the

guard to the Kowloon Dock, and the guard to the Cosmopolitan Dock, for the purpose of affording assistance to the dock authorities in the protection of their docks. These guards will remain at the docks permanently, and should be equipped accordingly, and 200 rounds of ammunition per rifle issued to them. Three days' rations to be issued, and arrangements made for provisioning them from regimental headquarters. The guards will report themselves on arrival to the dock manager or their representatives, and should each comprise one or two men who can speak English.

16. The officers in command of the reserve infantry in Victoria and Kowloon will detail patrols of two N.C. officers and fifteen men for the patrolling of Wanchai and Victoria, on the Hong Kong side, and Hunghom and Yaumati, on the Kowloon side, respectively. These patrols should go out at uncertain hours, both by day and night, communicate with the police, and keep a strict watch on the Chinese population. Any suspicious movement should be at once reported, and any gatherings dispersed. These patrols should be instructed to thoroughly patrol all the side streets and back alleys, as well as the main thoroughfares.

17. The officers in command of the reserve infantry at Victoria and Kowloon will also ensure that an inlying picquet of 100 rank and file, with proper proportion of officers, always remains ready to move out at a moment's notice to suppress, in connection with the police, any insurrectionary movement among the Chinese. 100 rounds of ammunition per rifle should be issued to these picquets, and one Maxim gun with 5,500 rounds of ammunition should also be kept ready to move out with them.

18. The troops allotted to the various sections of defence will parade in marching order, khahi, with water bottles filled and one day's cooked rations in haversacks.

100 rounds of ball ammunition per rifle for infantry and 50 rounds for other branches, and 24 rounds per pistol to be carried in pouches.

All land and water transport will be provided without requisition, and the troops will move off to their sections in the following order.

No. I Section (Stonecutters).-The troops from Victoria will embark at Murray Pier at

The troops from Kowloon will embark at the Police Pier at No. V Section (Lyemun).-The troops from Victoria will embark at Murray Pier at The troops from Kowloon will embark at the Police Pier and Blackhead's Pier at No. VI Section (Kowloon).-The troops from Victoria will embark at Murray Pier at The troops at Kowloon will embark at Blackhead's

Pier at No. II Section (The Peak).-The R.G.A. will embark at Murray Pier and for Belchers. The

H.K.S.B.R.A. at Blackhead's Pier at

The remainder

of the troops will move off into position by route march at

No. IV Section (Wong-nei-Cheong).-The troops from Kowloon will embark at the Black-

head's and Police Piers at

The troops from Victoria will move into position by

route march at

All should be in position by

All staff and commanding officers and heads of departments will keep the C.S.O. informed of each change in their movements,

19. The following officers are nominated as assistants to the Intelligence Officer. They should report themselves as soon as possible to

who will give them their orders

and assign them their duties.

20. The Inspector of Army Schools, the Schoolmaster, and the Instructor of Gymnasia will report themselves at once to the O.C.A.S.C. for employment in connection with Army Service Corps duties.

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