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of action which would prevent the band being present to play the National Anthem. I also ventured to address the Major General in another official letter on the same
Day ( the 19th) requesting His Excelleney arrangements for enabling me to inspect the Troops and see the Colours
the
to make
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Regiment trooped on the Queen's Birthday; - this being a request usually made by the Governor to the Officer in Command of the Troops on such occasions. My
My advisers, who read the letters, entirely approved of them. Nevertheless the Major General in his reply of the 19th of May says "does not recognire my right to address
the Military Matters referred to! He says "the contents of both letters are
Mim
on
"he
totally at variance with the Queen's "Regulations"," and he calls on me to
whether the Queen has specially
Day
me with the command of the
invested me
Regular Forces in the Colony.
I have the honour to enclose
a copy of m
answer to the major
General's query, together with other correspondence relating to the fact that the Major General, without a moment's warning
me, deprived me of the services aide de Camp.
of
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before you
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all this correspondence
without making special
upon it, beyond expressing my
comment
deep regret
that these difficulties respecting the Birthday dinner, the Band, the usual parading of