Medal Should be splended
to Volunteers in the Colony on
the terms mentioned
With regard to the Volunteer
officus Decoration, I request
that your will inform Major Pemberton that the question
of reducing the period of source
(20 years) necessary to qualify
for the Decoration in tropical
Colonias
was
before the visue
fully considered
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the Royal
Marrant of
the 24th May 1894
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and that it was decided that
the qualifying period of
Severia
should be made uniform throughout the Colonies and
to United Kingdom and that
St. M. Gort are not prepared:
as
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amanded
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Latin 18 August 1894. (issued with aring
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to reconsider that decision
as
regards
the Volunteer
Long Sewice Medal, I have
to state that Volunteers in
Stongkong will be eligible
for the Medal on
fulfilment
the conditions set forth in
the accompanying Army Order
thirs
but these conditions cannot be
modified in favour of
·Colony, Army
Service
of
th
Colonial Volunteers cannot
under the Regulations be allowed
to count towards the qualifying
Service
from
the Medal
I have
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