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and other packages received
by
them
from
the War Department, for which allowance
is to be made, and
amm
'
the
payments for - proportionately reduced.
N°2.
the
his letter which is enclosed, represents, copy of
the almost impossibility of returning the
packages within the prescribed time and
munition
states that in
Consequence of
the
great
A
question has
nno arisen as
to whether these prekages must be returned
at the time
of
issue or within the same
quartir-
or whether they may
as emptied of their contents.
of
be returned
The Deputy Superintendent Stires whose views are corsicided in by Major General Guy is of opinion that the closing of his accounts precludes The possibility of again taking on charge Stores which have already been issued - Colonel Bring late Commandant of the Hongking Nolunteers, as will be seen by
diversity of cases in which ammunition is
acked
ed the old packages will bit ravely
packed
answer the description of those required
to be returned.
Under these circumstances if,
Mr. Scott's
opinion
be correct the
indulgence granted in the paragraph referred to, will be of little avoil,- but
I trust that a sim
simple question of the
mode of bringing stores to account will
not be allowed to over-ride a
regulation which has been made for the benefit
of Volunteer Corps.
EX