CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 223

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I. H. STEBRING

A. WRIGHT

I. W. BROWN

J. SLAGREK

W. DICKSON

H. A. HERBERT

D. M. MEHTA

F. STEWART

H. H. REED

A. D. D'AETH

G. SWALES

1. E. SAS80ON

WONG SHING

* KWAN O CHEN

J. H. MOSES

T. I. BOWLER

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CHOW PENG

C. W. DeGGAN

*

CHU YU TIN

H. E. ANGIE

H. WICKING

J. M. ARMSTRONG

W. Ross

J. D. HUMPHREYS

J. NEWTON

J. M. HANLON

F. D. GUEDES

R. C. KNOLLYS

H. E. DENSON

F. C. WILFORD

J. B. Ost

J. M. MATSON

D. R. CRAWFORD

G. R. IAMMERT

J. Y. V. VERNON

J. KENNEDY

J. CHALMERS

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART

J. MCCALLUM

A. H. KEMP

J. Cook

R. GOODLAD

A. A. DA CRUZ

H. RUSTONJEE

D. BROWN

F. R. URQUHART

F. D. GODDARD

F. HALI

W. Dermans

C. L. GORILAM

B. BYRAMJEE

A. W. S. THOMPSON

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* Lo CHO SON

* BAN Mow HING

74 WONG CHONG TANG

* LAI YOK TIN

*LO YAM CHIN

* Lo Wai Crtan

* Hu Wai SUN

* FOOK LANG

* CHAN SOI SANG

CHUK SING

* TANG YAT FUNG

Ke Ye TING

* LEUNG YAT NAM

*

WONG SIK CHUAN

YAU WAN Chur

* LUNG PINO NAM

J. RANGEL

J. PITMAN

W. V. BLAU

A. JOHNSTON

G. HORSFOOL

R. R. ENDICOTT

A. FINDLAY SMITH

A. DENISON

H. LIGHTBODY

MORTIMER MURRAY

C. GRANT

A. H. BENNING

H. S. THOMPSON

S. CHAN CHING

F. GRIMBLE

D. NORONHA

L. NORONHA

* YU YAM TONG

R. MITCHELL

R. FRASER-SMITH

H. ST. CLAIR GREELY

P. HEERMANN

D. RETTONJEL

A. McIVER

M. YOUNG

G. SHARP

F. W. HEURMANN

E, HERBST

F. SA

G. T. HOPKINS

R. H. BRAUCHAMP

D. R. GRIFFITHS

P. MANRON

A. SETH

C. FORD

E. E. SASSOON

D. WOOD

J. LAMKE

C. HIRST

J. WOOLNOUGH

W. N. BAIN

WEI ATTK

W. POWELL

WAN SONG

* WAI WAR LIN

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LAM SI CHUAN

* WONG Hox Lo

* Ir Chos KAI

T. GLASS

*ORUN TAM KIN

NG ABUP

* Hu KING TONG

* NG WAI

* WONG Tz TAI

* YANG SIK CHO

These signatures in the original document appear in the Chinese characters, and some are omitted which cunnot be deciphered.

General Sargent then read the following reply

MR. RYRIE AND GENTLEMEN--

Your intention to present me with an Address came upon me altogether as a surprise, and the terms of it are such that I find myself at a loss how to express my deep sense of the kindly and generous feeling it displays. Military services in the field never fail to meet with hearty appreciation from our fellow countrymen, bat during the three years of my command here, I have had no opportunity of rendering such services; and although it is true, as you have been good enough to point out, that there have been several incidents in the course of that time which have called for vigilance and decision, the troubles have always blown over, and I had no reason to expect that they would live in your memories. Next to the approval of his sovereign, a soldier values the esteem of his fellow countrymen, and it is very encouraging to find that

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