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made an average score of 30 under similar conditions.
4.
Thirty-two officers of the Civil Service not
belonging to either Volunteers or Volunteer Reserve Asso-
ciation have volunteered for work on the Military tele-
phones in war compared with 47 last year. The majority of
these attended the annual mobilization of the garrison and
did useful work on that occasion.
5.
11 private medical practitioners are now regis-
com
tered for service in the Naval and Military Hospitals in
war.
6.
There are thus in all 547 members of the
British civil population who have definitely engaged to
assist His Majesty's forces in time of emergency compared
with 498 at the date of my above-quoted despatch.
7.
In addition to these 21 ladies, four of
whom are professionally trained nurses and the remainder
holders of the St. John's Ambulance Association medallions
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or certificates for both First Aid and Home-nursing, have
registered their names for service as nurses.
8.
Reverting to the report now transmitted
I agree with the Commandant that the rifle range at Tai
Hang, at present the only one available for the Volunteers,
is most unsatisfactory. It is troublesome of access and
very