and in a
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with natural Military aptitude and good horsemanship
combines considerable experience in Mounted Infantry work
from having served as a Mounted Volunteer in the operations
in North China in 1900, for which services he was mentioned
in despatches, and from having for some time commanded the
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Mounted Infantry detachment of the Volunteers at Shanghai.
He brought that detachment and is bringing this one to a
satisfactory state of smartness and efficiency and I doubt
whether matters would be improved by associating with him
as Adjutant a Lieutenant of the British Infantry Battalion
here. An annual inspection of the Troop by the Officer
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Commanding that Battalion would, however, be an advantage
and arrangements will be made for it. The connection between
a civilian Commandant of the Volunteers with this
detachment would be practically confined to commanding
them as well as the other volunteers on the comparatively
rare occasions when they appear on parade together. The
Staff Officer would deal with questions of finance, stores
etc., that affected the Troop in the same way as he would
deal with similar questions affecting the Artillery and
Engineer Companies.
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