Copy.
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H.K.V.D.C. No.16/38.
Subject: Alliances.
The Honourable
H.V.D.C. HEADQUARTERS,
Hong Kong, 12th September, 1938.
The Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
(1)
With reference to the attached copy of a letter
from the Colonel Commandant, Royal Army Pay Corps, I have the
honour to request that sanction may be given for an alliance
between the Royal Army Pay Corps and the Pay Section of the
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
(2) The Pay Section of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence
Corps was formed on 1st June 1937 and now consists of one
Captain, 5 Warrant Officers and 9 Sergeants.
(3) The Section's duties in the event of mobilization
are exactly the same as those of the Royal Army Pay Corps,
under whose direction they would work. The Section is trained
for those duties during peace time by Warrant Officers of the
Royal Army Pay Corps under the direction of the Command
Paymaster, China Command.
(4) I am of the opinion that should the alliance be
sanctioned the close liaison which already exists between the
Royal Army Pay Corps and the Pay Section, Hong Kong Volunteer
Defence Corps, would be firmly cemented and the Pay Section in
particular would be proud of and benefit from the greater
kinship resulting from the alliance.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) H. B. Rose,
Lt.-Colonel,
Commandant, Hong Kong Volunteer
Defence Corps.