Despite the fact that exciting tales have been told of the pyrotechnic displays that can be seen every every evening over the Hungiao flats, accompanied by the roar of guns, those entrusted with the defence of the Settlement—who have the most reliable information—do not appear to anticipate any par= ticular trouble out that way and the defensive measures in the Western District are not very elaborate, Tt is obvious, any way, that it would bbe easy to rush out reinforcements in plenty of time after an alarm had been given. The district is in the charge of the British bluejackets and Marines, who were taken out in motor lorries between 5 and 7 a.m. Preparations had been made several days before for their accommodation.
The new Great Western Road stables belonging to the Race Club form a convenient distributing base, with the additional advantage that they afford very comfortable quarters, A. visit there early the morning showed the porter's lodge at the gate to have been converted into officers' mess, sleeping quarters and orderly room, Opposite this on the exercise surround was a cosy bivoune tent in which reclined four Boy Scouts, for the troops also have been mobilized and ure doing very useful work ax orderlies and guides. The stables had been thoroughly cleaned and fitted with camp beds, one along each of the three sides of the stalls, and most of the Marines—there are only a fow bluejackets at this buse—wore making up the sleep they lost during the night. There is a second and Ingger encampment just inside and to the left of the main entrance to Jessfield Park. A canvas marquee land Tines of mat huts have been Greeted and these are oceupind principally by bluejackets, the camp being fenced off from outsiders by bamboo lattice.
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