D.C.O.
Enclosure 1.
22257 RECO
REGE 21 AUG 19
438
Hong Kong, 13th May, 1899.
From General Officer Commanding in China & Hong Kong
To His Excellency The Governor.
Sir,
I have the honour to request that Your Excellency
will be pleased to appoint my Principal Medical Officer, or
an Officer detailed by him to be a Member of the Local Sanitary Committee. The experience thus gained will be of great
value to myself on behalf of the Troops under my command.
I have &c.
(Signed) W. J. Gascoigne,
Major-General,
Commanding in China and Hong Kong.