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PREFACE.
Wording of Cypher Telegram from
Secretary of State.
(1.)
Call out Royal Naval Reserves
as arranged in Defence Scheme.
Meaning of Telegram.
(2.)
After informing Ministers, issue the following Proclamation, and in cases where this duty is not definitely entrusted to Naval Officers on the spot, publish the Special Admiralty Order as widely as possible, particularly in the ports:-
Whereas by the fourth section of the Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act, 1859, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the King on such occasions as His Majesty shall deem fit (the occasion being first com- municated to Parliament or declared in Council and notified by Proclamation if Parliament be not sitting or in being) to order and direct that the Volunteers under that Act, or so many or such part of them as His Majesty may deem necessary, shall be called into actual service :
And whereas by the first section of the Naval Reserve (Mobilization) Act, 1900, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the King, in case of any such order and direction, to authorize the Admiralty to give, and when given to revoke or vary, such direc- tions as may seem necessary or proper for calling out all or any of the said Volunteers as the occasion may require:
And whereas the King has communicated to Parliament (or has declared in Council) and notified by Proclamation that owing to the state of public affairs and the demands upon his Naval Forces for the protection of the Empire, an occasion has arisen for ordering and directing as in the said first-men- tioned Act is provided:
It is hereby notified that the King has ordered and directed that the Royal Naval Reserves, or such part of them as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may direct, be called into actual service.
Signature of Governor, &c. Date.
Acknowledge receipt of this telegrain.
References
to Despatches, &c.
(3.)
Mr. Lyttelton's confidential circular despatch of the 19th November, 1904, containing draft Proclamation [and in case of some Colonies supply of copies of the Special Admiralty Order. Also subsequent corre- spondence modifying or cancel- ling the arrangements in certain Colonies, which should be quoted here.] See also Defence Scheme for record of arrange- ments for custody and distri- bution of copies of the Special Admiralty Order, in Chapter VI (1) (ii), “Action by Colonial Secretary."
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