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Lordship's Confidential Despatch of 11th. December, 1908.
4.
As I reported in paragraph 8 of my
Confidential Despatch of the 22nd. July, a further attempt
has been recently made to stimulate volunteering. As part
of that action I addressed the Memorandum of which copy is
attached to the Committee of the Volunteer Reserve
Association. of which in the absence of Sir Henry Berkeley
I was elected President before Sir F. Lugard's departure.
The Committee, which has undergone several changes since
Sir F. Lugard's Despatch of the 14th. of October,
unanimously adopted the suggestion of incorporation under
Ordinance, and their decision was confirmed at an
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Volunteer Reserve
do..
(page 7.)
Association. It is proposed that the members of the
Reserve when formed shall undergo the Annual Musketry
Course prescribed for the Hongkong Volunteers, copy
enclosed, and they will also be required to have a know-
-ledge of elementary drill. The wearing of uniform has
not been stipulated. It is, however, possible that
members may agree to wear shooting jackets of the same
pattern. In return Government undertakes to supply to
the Reserve, ranges, rifles, and an allowance of free
ammunition for each member who completes the musketry
course