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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH APRIL, 1897.
It is hereby ordained that this medal shall be issued to volunteers (including officers who have served. in the ranks, but have not qualified for the Volunteer Officers' Decoration) of Our said Indian and Colonial Volunteer Forces, and to Volunteer Forces raised for Our Service in countries under Our protection, under such regulations as may from time to time be recommended by the Governor-Gene- ral of India, the Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, or the governors of other colonies of Our Empire, or Our Commissioners in countries under Our protection, and approved by Our Secre- tary of State.
Given at Our Court at Balmoral, this 13th day of June, 1896, in the 59th year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
LANSDOWNE.
REGULATIONS
Made by the Governor on the 5th day of April, 1897, relating to the Awarding of Medals for Long Service to Volunteers.
Eligibility.
Nature of service.
Applications.
Nominal rolls.
Publication
recipients.
1. Volunteers, including those who have retire l after completing 20 years' service, and Officers who have served in the ranks but have not qualified for the Volunteer Officers' Decoration, will, on completion of 20 years' service in the Volunteer Corps, be granted a Medal designated "The Volunteer Long Service Medal," provided that they are recom- mended by their present, or former, Comman ling Officers in the manner prescribed in para- graphs 3 and 4. Volunteers who, prior to the 10th April, 1897, retired before completing 20 years' service from the date of enrolment, will be considered to fulfil the above conditions as to service if they have been returned as efficient 20 times.
2. The service rendered after the 10th April, 1897, by every applicant for the Medal, whether as Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or Private, must be continuous. When a break in service rendered prior to the 10th April, 1897, occurs, the case will be dealt with as follows:-
(1.) When the break does not exceed one year, the decision upon the validity or otherwise of a claim for the Medal will be given by the General Officer Com- tanding the Forces in the Colony, and will in such cases be final; and
(2.) When the break exceeds one year, the General Officer Commanding will investigate the case, and submit it, with his recommendation, for the decision of the Governor.
3. Applications for the Medal will be made on Army Form E 593, through the Com- mandant of the Corps, to the General Officer Commanding, whose decision, except as provided by paragraph 2 (2.) upon the validity, or otherwise, of any claim for the Medal will be absolutely final.
4. The Commandant will forward with Army Form E 593 a nominal roll, arranged alphabetically on Army Form E 565. This roll will be forwarded in duplicate, one copy being retained by the General Officer Commanding, and the other forwarded, with his recommendations, to the Governor. The individual applications (Army Form E 593) will not be forwarded to the Governor.
5. Names of recipients will be promulgated in Corps Orders, after the publication of of names of which the original application (Army Form E 593) will be returned by the General Officer Commanding to the lead-quarters of the Corps for record and retention. The distribution of Medals will be made by the Senior Officer of the Corps, or as the General or other Officer Commanding the Garrison shall decide, at the earliest time that a good muster of Volunteers can be reckoned upon.
Surrender of Medal.
Forfeiture
of Medal.
Restoration of Medal.
Loss of
Medial.
6. Any Officer who receives the Medal, and is subsequently awarded the "Volunteer Officers' Decoration," will surrender the Medal.
7. When the conduct of an Officer or a Volunteer after he has been awarded the Medal has been such as to disqualify him from wearing it, he may be deprived of it by the Governor. 8. A Medal forfeited by an Officer or a Volunteer under the provisions of the last preceding paragraph may be restored to him by the Governor.
9. When a Medal has been lost, and it is desired to replace it, a declaration must be made before a Magistrate stating the circumstances under which the loss occurred and the rank, name, and corps of the Officer or Volunteer to whom the Medal belonged. This declaration will be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, through the usual channel of cor- respondence, in the case of an Officer or Volunteer who is still serving, and direct in case of one who has retired. The Medal will be replaced, on payment, if the explanation as to its loss is considered satisfactory.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.