NATION
SCHEME
FOR DIS
DISABLED
MEN
Any
Any further communication should be addressed to--
The Secretary of the Admiralty,
London, S. W.1
quoting "M.05061/35
CONFIDENTIAL.
9
L.P. No. 8
Admiralty, S.W.1
2nd March,
936.
Sir,
53685 35
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to Hong Kon Conn
I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to refer to your letter, No.53685/35, of 6th
November, transmitting a copy of a despatch from the
Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong concern-
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ing the local Naval Volunteer Defence Force.
2. Sir T.Southorn's proposal not to proceed with
the ordinance based on the second model derives mainly
from the liability that would be imposed on members of
the force to serve outside the limits of the colony.
The imposition of this obligation is not, however, the only
purpose of the second ordinance, the additional objects of
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which may be summarised as providing for:
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(i) The regularisation of the maintenance of men of
war by the Colony and the placing of any such vessels at the disposal of His Majesty for general service in the Royal Navy.
(ii) The enforcement of naval discipline within the
force when members are undergoing training or on actual service.
(iii)
The training of members of the force outside the limits of the Colony.
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(iv) The placing at the disposal of His Majesty for
general service in the Royal Navy of such
The Under Secretary of State,
members.
MCG
COLONIAL OFFICE,
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S. W. 1.