cement of
service for pension,
contained in part 3 of
clause
12
of
the Honghe,
·98
for cadetships, were apptd. Junior Officers".
The Gov
3
informed im
was
197
deop
my
283 of 1st Nov. 98
that Messrs Kemp &
Johnston
were apptd.
cadets in the order of
seniority named,
m
my
desp
I
18th Oct '99 that Messrs
Clementi & Wood were
cadets
apptd in the order of
seniority named. Mr. Wolfe who was apptd. in the first instance, for
service in the F.M.D.,
in 1898,
was
below
Messrs Kemp & Johnston
in the cadetships exam.
therefore remains
X. junior
to them on
Pension Minute; but the seniority rules qualified by the proviso
with the addition of
clause
when not
otherwise specified
in the F.M.S. despatch.
These words are intended to provide what is specifically laid down in the Gen. Orders of the
F.M.S., viz. "Amongst those officers whose
appts are of the same
year,
those who pass
the final
exam within
the prescribed time will
rank, as
regards seniority,
in the order in which
they passed the exam.
Conf
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[22764/99]
222
bastern
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