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No. 59833
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The Genl. Officer
Commnd. S.E. Dist.,
Dover.
[B.]
C.-0.
14943
IRELE
REGY 24 AUG 85,
HORSE GUARDS,
WAR OFFICE,
S.W.
30th January, 1885.
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SIR,
I am directed by the Field-Marshal Comanding-in-Chief to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., and to acquaint you in reply, that before finally accepting a civil situation under the Colonial Office, Colonel A. H. A. Gordon, 1st Bt. York & Lancaster Regiment, should, after retirement, apply officially to the Secretary of State for War, for Treasury sanction to be obtained for him to receive his retired pay, notwithstanding appointment to a civil situation.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) E. A. WHITMORE,
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