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4. Distribution.-The troops are distributed as follows:-
R.G.A.-
Sywan Hill
Lyemun Reverse
23
39
Redoubt
West
H.K.S.B., R.A.-
Lyemun Central
West
8-inch howitzer, B.L.
Mount Parker, 6-6-inch howitzer
R.E.-
Lyemun Barracks, Fortress Company, for
employment as required
At Brennan Installation, Submarine Company ..
Telephone operators, British Infantry, Lyemun
Barracks
Native Infantry-
Outpost and escort to guns, South Spur, Mount
Parker
Outpost, East Spur, Mount Parker
Hill
""
55
Sywan Hill and Redoubt
Devil's Peak and Haiwan Hill
""
Reserve, Mount Parker
R.A.M.C.-
Dressing Station at office of Foreman of Works,
Lyemun
A.S.C. and Coolie Corps-
Sub-Ration Depôt, go-down of Sugar Refining
Company, near aërial train
A.O.D.—
Field Magazine at go-down of Sugar Refining
Company
Officers.
Native Officers.
Warrant Officers.
N.C.Os. and Men.
2121
1
1
1
1
283 28 2
31
76
35
24
27
29
25
20
16
23 and 8 Chinese
2
1
1
1
1
110
2 2222
1
3
and 42 Chinese
1
5. Mode of Reinforcement.-From Victoria Reserve, either by land or by water, to Quarry Bay and Sai-ki-Wan, and from Kowloon Reserve by water to same landing places.
6. Communication.—A carriage road runs from Victoria, along the edge of the sea, to Sai-ki-Wan, thence by a concrete road to the various forts and batteries. A road branches off from the main road at Sai-ki-Wan, winds along the lower slopes of Mount Parker, and runs viâ Tytam Gap and Tytam Tuk to Stanley. At Stanley it recurves to the west and runs along the southern shores of the island past Deep Water Bay, Aberdeen, Pokfulum to Mount Davis, and the western end of Victoria. Lateral com- munication with No. IV Section is obtained by a road running from Quarry Bay Gap to Wong-nei-Cheong Gap, the headquarters of the section. The pier at Quarry Bay is connected with Quarry Bay Gap by a road which runs almost direct, and by the aërial train of the Sugar Refining Company.
The forts and batteries are all connected by telephone with Lyemun Barracks, which in turn is connected with the headquarter office. A branch telephone line also runs to Sywan Redoubt and Tytam Gap. Communication with Devil's Peak and Haiwan Hill must for the present be established by signalling, and by boat from the Brennan torpedo station.
When the Devil's Peak battery is completed it will be brought into telephonic communication.
7. Supplies. Rations will be supplied daily from the Victoria main depôt. A ration sub-depôt will be established at the go-down of the Sugar Refining Company, where seven days' reserve rations will be stored, and from which rations will be distributed.
Water is obtained from supply laid on to the barracks, and from tanks at Reverse, from Tytam reservoir, and in the case of Devil's Peak and Haiwan Hill, from streams in their vicinity.
8. Ammunition.—Gun ammunition at the rate of 200 rounds per gun is issued to all guns with the exception of 6-pr. Q. F., which have 506 rounds per gun, and 303-in. Maxims, which have 11,000 rounds per gun.
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