620/14a.
Copy.
Hong Kong
13.5.99.
From O.O.O. in China, Hong Kong.
To His Excellency The Governor.
10357 RECO
REG? 24 JUL 99
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 the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency's most Obedient Servant
(Sd) W.J.Gascoigne,
Major-General
Comm. in China, Hong Kong.