ABSTRACT
With the arrival of these men of the Military Train in Japan, the British Army established its first direct connection with the country of their future ally, and three years later the first of a succession of British Line regiments was despatched to Yokohama, where, for the next seven years, a British military garrison was maintained for the much-needed protection of their countrymen residing in, what was then, the newly-opened Treaty Port. This garrison, while it lasted, formed part of the Hongkong Command, whose commander during this period (1864-1871) was consequently designated officially as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in China and Japan.
