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3. Staff and Troops.-The garrison allotted to this section consists of-

R.G.A.

H.K.S.B., R.A., including Fire Commander

RE., Fortress Company

British Infantry, telephone operators

::

Native Infantry (at present 4 Companies 5th

I.H.C.) with 2 Maxims

R.A.M.C.

A.S.C.

A.O.D.

Coolie Corps

-,

CHAPTER IV.

Officers.

Native Officers.

Warrant Officers.

N.C.Os. and Mer..

1

1

4

3

1

5

8

4. Distribution. The troops are distributed as follows:-

37

113

(1 British N.C.O.)

11

2

400

3

1

42 Chinese

Officers.

Native Officers.

Warrant Officers.

N.C.Os. and Men.

R.G.A.-

Kowloon East Fort

Kowloon Dock Fort

North Point Fort..

H.K.S.B., R.A.—

Kowloon Dock

North Point

Land Front, in camp

R.E., Fortress Company, in camp

British Infantry at headquarter telephone

Native Infantry-

:::

Detached Post, Chin Lan Chun Hill, connecting

with No. V Section

Outpost, Hebe Hill, patrols to Hebe Haven

watching Customs Pass

Outpost, Taite's Cairn, patrols towards Buffalo

Pass, Saikung, castern shores Tide Cove Outpost, northern slopes Lion Hill, watching Shat'in and Kowloon Passes, patrols to Tide Cove

Outpost, Eagle's Nest, watching Lai-Chi-Kok Pass, patrols Frontier Road and pathway to Taipo-Hu

Reserve, in camp ..

In camp-

R.A.M.C.

A.S.C. A.O.D.

Coolie Corps

::

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

•

1

5

:

:

:

:

27

5

5

40

29

43

(1 British

N.C.O.)

11

2

14

34

34

34

34

250

5

3

1

42 Chinese

In addition to the above, permanent guards will be established at the Kowloon and Cosmopolitan Docks for their protection. These guards are furnished by the Kowloon Reserve.

5. Quartering.-The R.G.A. manning Kowloon East Fort will be encamped in the fort.

The R.G.A. and H.K.S.B., R.A., manning Kowloon Dock will be encamped in the fort.

The R.G.A. and H.K.S.B., R.A., manning North Point Battery will be encamped on ground outside the fort.

The native infantry outposts will be encamped in the positions assigned to them. The remainder of the troops will be encamped in the headquarter camp, the site of which is on the flat spur north of Kowloon City, at the junction of the roads to the Grass Cutters and Shat'in Passes.

6. Mode of Reinforcement.-By land from the Kowloon Reserve, and by water from the Victoria Reserve, to the Lai-Chi-Kok or Kowloon City Piers, as required.

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