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HONG KONG VOLUNTEER
DEFENCE CORPS.
ORDERS BY LT.-COL. J. G. BIRD, D.s.o., ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.}
No. 275.
1.-Recruits Parade.
All recruits of the Corps will
at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10th, for Musketry Instruction.
18.-Strength; -
The following are taken on the strength and posted as under:--
No 128 Pte. J. M. X. Souza, Corps Headquarters, dato 27.4.27.
No. 1939 Ple. L. F. Souza, Corps Headquarters, dated 27.4.27.
No. 1240 Plc. A. D. Wyllie, No. 7 Platoon, dated 1.5.27.
No. 1241 Pie. G. B. Hayes, No. 7 Platoon, dated 1.5.27.
No. 1242 Pte. C. E.• Backhouse,
annual payments, which they have. parade at Volunteer Headquarters 11.1. Company, dated 2.5.27.
to make to the United States, but this situation has not yet been Recruita of Infantry Company, reached, and up to the present the etc., No. 1 Squad, parade direct at British taxpayer has had to find Kennedy Road Range with rifles at
6.30 p.nl. the greater part of the payments to
Dress Uniform optional, belt, the United States frof his own braces and pouches, ritle vl resources even after applying all bayonet. receipta from reparations inter-allied debts to this purpose. and using more of these receipts, as met off against the interest which has to be paid on loans raised in Great Britain. out of which ad- vances were made to the Allies.
and
In no circumstances will Grent Britain receive from reparations and inter-allied war debts, taken together, more than she pays to America.
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Rvoor, May 4th. In a Note to the United States Government, presented on Monday and released for publication in to-morrows' papers,
the British Government point out that a recent ly published letter on the subject of war debts, addressed by Mr. Mallon, Secretary of the United States Treasury, to the President of Princetown University, "con tains specific references to the position of Great Britain and that points of cardinal importance these statements do not correspond
fucts -with
known to Hia! Majesty's Government."
Mr. Mellon's "Incorrect Allegations." Dealing seriatim with these state-
The policy of the British Govern- ments, the Note describes as inment on this subject has been re- correct Mr. Mellon's allegation peatedly declared. It is not their that all America's debtors are desire to retain for Britain any tready receiving from Germany thing out of receipts from repara- more that enough to pay their debts tions and inter allied war debts. to the United States" and that In the ovent of receipts from inter- British war debt payments to allied war debts and reparations America impose no burden on the exceeding payments made by them British taxpayer." Great Britain's to the United States Government, receipts during the last financial they have undertaken to reduce year from Germany, on account of proportionately the payments to be reparations, represent approximate-made to Britain in respect of inter- ly one-quarter of the payments allied war indebtedness and pro made by the British Government vision to this effect appears in to the Cuited States Government various war debt funding agree and Britain's prospective repara- ments, which the British Govern- tion receipts during the presentment have signed. financial year, assuming they are
Britain's Other Debts, transferred in full, will fall sub- stantially below one-half of the
Dealing with other points, the British payments due to the United Note recalls that the British tax- States. Even if the receipts from payer, apart from payments made Germany, on count of army posts, to the United States Government, which represent partial reimburse has had to meet large market debts nent of British expenditure on
incurred by the British Tresaury maintenance of their forces-and on in the United States 140,000,000 account of Belgian war debt, are sterling have been paid on this included in the total British-re-head. Moreover, in addition to ceipts from Germany in either of paying their own debts to the these year, they will not exceed United States the British people one-half of the British payments are sustaining the full charge for
United States.
advances made by the British Gov- There can be no dispate as to ernment to allied Governmenta för these facts, which are published by the purchase of necessary com- the Agent General for Reparationmodities during the war not only Payments and are fully available in Great Britain bat also in to the United States Treasury. neutral countries.
"Inaccurate As To Past And
Future,"
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2.-Signal Clasa,
Trained men of No. 4 Platoon will parade at Corps Headquarters at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12th. under 2/Lieut. M. G. Noll. Dreas: Mufti.
3. Casuals,
Musketry Part I will be fired at Peak Range on Sunday, May 8th,
at 9.30 4.11.
Range Officer: 2/Lieut. T. A. Martin.
Men who have be fired Part 1 will fire on the above-date.--
Dress and arms aro detailed for
Infantry Company.
4.-Artillery Company. Parade will be held at Volunteer
Headquarters on Thursday, May 12th, at 5.30 p.m., for Arms Drill. Dreas: Mufti, belt and frog, rifle and bayonet.
5.-Mounted Infantry Company. Recruits will parade at Stables on Thursday, May 12th, at 5.30 p.m. Dress: Mufti.
6-Armoured Car Company. Machine gunners will parade ut Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m., on Monday, May 9th. Dress: Mufti. All N.C.O.'s will parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Thurs. day, May 12th, for Machine Gun Instruction. Dress: Mufti.
7.-Infantry Company. On Fridays, May 6th and 13th, ai 5.30 p.m.: 'All N.C.O's and other ranks as detailed by O.C. Company will parade at Corps Headquarters for special Machine Gun Instruc Lion, this will be the commencement Sums thus lent amounted to n
of a special N.C.O's. course of net total of 1,350 millions sterling training in Vickers Cun assembling which with interest increased dur-every Friday at 5.30 p.m. The Noto describes 甜
the war period amounted on ing Accurate hath as to the past and July 1st, 1920 ) to over 4,450 future " Mr. Mellon's figures re millions or nearly double the debt garding Britain's receipts from which the British Government had reparations and inter-allied debts themselves contracted at that time It states that from April Jat (?) with the United States. This 1924 () to December 31st, 1926, amount the British Government Great Britain has paid 8.028) mil- borrowed from their own nationals lion dollars in respect of debts to and the British taxpayer has had the United States Government, to pay interest on it at over 5 per whereas sms received by Great cent. each year since, thus making Britain on account of reparations total annual payment of 72) `mil- from the Belgian war debt and
lions which will continue until the allied
debts War
the debt is paid off by further and same date amount to 200 million additional contributions from Bri- dollars, leaving a deficit of 0281 tish taxpayers. No relief on this million dollars or 129 millions burden can be looked for from re sterling.
ceipts from reparation and allied war debts
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Under The Dawes1 Plan, During the first two years' opera- tion of the Dawes plan of 1824 for 1926 Britain's receipts from re- parations, including Belgian war debt and Allied war debts voma bined, fell short of British pay ments to the United States by 243 million dollars.
Musketry. Part I will be fired by the above Company ut Stonecutters Hange on Sunday, May 8th, 1027.
Range Officer: Lieut. A. H. Penn. As this is the last Sunday allotted to this Company for Part 1, all those who have not fired must eu- deavour to attend.
am, and call at Kowloon Pier at Launch will leave Murray Pier at
9.10 a.m.
Dress Uniforma or mufti optional, but rifle, bayonet, pouches, braces and belts must be taken as the whole course must be fired in Drill Order, whether worn over uniform or mufti.
Arma: May be drawn from Corp's Headquarters on Friday, May 6th, between 9 a.m. and noon, or 2 and 4 p.m., or 5 and 6 p.m., and on Saturday, May 7th, between 9 a.in. and 1 p.m.
8.Scottish Company.. Thursday, May 19th, at 5.30 p.m.: No: 5, Platoon, Musketry Minia- ture Range, Tests 1 and 3.
No. 6 Platoon, Musketry Kennedy Road Range, Tests 4 and 6.
No. 7 Platoon, Musketry Head- quarters, Tests and 5.
14. Promotions. The following promotions will take effect from May Uth, 1027:
ARTILLERY COMPANY.
No. 0 L/Bdr. K. K. Staple, to be Bombardier.
No. 732 L/Bdr. W. E. Price to be Bombardier.
No. 89 L/Bdr. A. S. Hersce to be Bonibardier.
No. 427 Gnr. G. Puncheon, to be Bombardier.
15.—Transfers,
No. 670 Pte. D. Harvey is trans- ferred from No. 6 Platoon to No. 7 Platoon, as from April 28th, 1927.
No. 003 Pte. A. R. Cox and No. 996 Pte. T. L. Foster are transferred from the Armoured Car Company to the Reserve Company, as from May 1st, 1927.
The following are granted an ex- tension of leave from the Corps, as from April 1st, 1927, to September 30th, 1997:--
No. 36 Gr. W. W. Mackenzie, Artillery Company.
Company.
No. 168 Cpl. T. W. Doyle, M.1.
No. 1055 Pte. P K. M. Patten, M.I. Company.
No. 1062 Pte. H. Birkett, M.I. Company.
No. 788 Pte. G. D. Mead, Armour- ed Car Company.
No. 785 Pte. M. D. Scott, Armoured Car Company,
No 268 Pte. D. D. Urquhart, No. 2 Platoon,
No. 02 Sgt. J. M. Smyth, No. 6 Platoon.
17.-3truck off.
No. 1124 Pie. A. A. S. Guterrez, No. 10 Platoon, is struck off the strength of the Corps, as from April 21st, 1927, on medical grounds.
the
The following are permitted to resign from the Corps, me from May 1st, 1927, on leaving Colony-
No 1197 Gr. J. L. King, Artillery- Company,
No. 8 Pte. T. E. Jones, No. 2 Platoon.
No. 027 Gr. D. McH. Sherman, Artillery Company.
No. 730 Gr., G. W. Merrick, Artillery Company. No. 497 Spr. Engineer Company.
W. S. Dixon,
No. 789 Pie. E. A Harlow, Armoured Car Company.
No. 651 Pte. H. K. Frossor, No. I Platoon.
No. 873 Pte. J. R. F. Corley. No. 1 Platoon.
No. 078 Pte. D. A. Rushton, No. 1 Platoon.
No. 633 Pte. R. H. Norton, No. 9 Platoon.
No. 299 L/Cpl. A. Mair, No. 6 Platoon,
No. 842 Sgt. R. Bell, No. 7 Platoon.
No. 1048 Pie. K. M. Logan, No. 7 Platoon.
No. 1051 Dmr. G. Duncan, No. 7 Platoon.
No. 870 Pte. N. J. Austin, Reserve Company.
R. A. WOLFE-MURRAY, Major,
Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C. Hong Kong, May 6th, 1997.
NOTICES.
U.S.A.'s Share Of Dawes' Annuities. "Whereas the United States Gov- erument is receiving from Germany share of the Dawes annuities, estimated to cover its reparation clains in full and at the same time obtains from Great Britain repay- ment with interest at 3 per cent. of the full amount of war loans it advanced to this country, Great Britain will retain for herself nothing of any payments she re- ceives in respect either of repara-
1-Smoking Concert. tinns or of inter-allied war debts:
The annual smoking concert and but will apply all her receipts towards part payment of her Sunday, May 29th, 1927;
presentation of prizes will be held at Volunteer He quarters at 9.15 abilities to the United States.
Stonecutters' Runge will be at the Any balance that remains she will dispossi of the Scottish Company on Friday, May 13th, 1927 pay out of her own resources and, for the purpose of competing for
It is hoped that there will be a in any case, she will have to sup- the Dyer Cup." Conditions will good attendance and that all prize- port the entire burden of her war be circulated later. Members of the winners will make a point of being The share of the United King losses and of war loans she herself Company wro have not yet fired Present and wear undress uniform dom in the fifth and subsequent made to her allies.
Part I Musketry, are requested to with medals and decorations. Dawes
should amount unuity
Tickets fulfil that obligation as speedily 18.
82 each (including this, to 22,400,000 sterling and
possible.
refreshments) are · obtainable together with payments from inter-
Volunteer Headquarters from the Officers' Mess, the Sergeants' Mess and the Canteen.
Regarding last financial year, the United Kingdom's share a the third Dawes annuity was 12 mil lions sterling and her receipts from inter-allied war debts 83 millions as against payments to the United States of 33 millions. During the current year her receipts from the Fourth Dawes annuity should amount to 14 millions sterling and inter-allied wer debts 10 millions sterling us against the payment of 33 millions sterling to the United
States.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.] Washington Officials Burprised. WASHINGTON, May 4th.
allied war debt will, nesuming the
9 Portuguese Company. French war debt agreement to have The presentation of the British hon ratified and neglecting part war debta Note to the "United parade at Volunteer Headquarters The Portuguese Company will of the deficits in the British re- States Government has surprised at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, May 6th, for ceipta as compared with paymenta officials at Washington, as the would be sufficient to cover the eur-letter of Mr. Mellon to the Presi- Lewis Gun and Musketry Training.
Dress Mutti. rent payments due to the United dent of Princeton University last States Government.
March was considered by the State
10. Reserve Company. Whether the payments from Department to have made the posi Dawes annuities included in these tion of the United States perfectly Stonecutters Range on
Musketry Part I will be fired at calculations will, in fact, be re- clear.
Sunday,
ceived depends upon whether it is Reuter is informed that the May 18th.. found possible to transfer the full State Department is closely study.
Range Officer: Lieut. A. M. ing the Note, and no statement will Thornhill, be made on the mattor until this
Men who have not fired Part I study be completed. It is expected will fire on Sunday, May 15th, 1927- the State Department will issue an explanatory statomont by Mr. Mellon, setting forth the American Government's viewpoint.
amount provided for by the Dawes plun.
But even if full Dawes payments continue to be received for 60 years from now onwards the present value of the receipts of Great Britain from reparation and allied war debts together would be less Mr. Mellon, pressed to express an than that of the payments she was opinion, declined to say anything obliged to make to the United for the present.
Status Government on account of the British War Debt assuming in- terest at five per cent. to be added to payments and receipts in past and future payments and receipts to be discounted at the same rate.
The British Policy,
A Domestic Matter.
11.—OMoers' Moss Meeting.
There will be a mess mooting at 6.30 p.m. on Monday, May 9th. All available Officers will please attend. 12.-Rifles,
Many members of the Corps are WASHINGTON, Later.
ut present keeping their rifles in The State Department hes advised the British Government their own possession. This practive
in contrary to Regulations. to-day that the United States re-
gards the correspondence between Members are reminded that wil Mr. Mellon and Dr. Hibben, presi- rifles when not in use must be kept The Note proceeds: "It is quite dent of Princeton University, on at Corps or Platoon Headquarters. true that the British Government war debts, as a purely domestic have frequently declared that their discussion, and does not desire to policy is to recover such mums in engage in any formal diplomatic respect of their war loans to the lexchanges on the subject.
Those members of the Corps now
in possession of rifles must return
them without delay.
At
2Engineer Company.. The annual dinner and presenta- tion of shooting prizes will be held on Friday, May 6th, at 8 pm, at Volunteer Headquarters. Dreas:-- Tunics, lacks and medals.
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