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No. 30

Circular Despatch

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gie, 7th. December. 393.

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"General"

bcretary of State Jovernor

th. April, 1900.

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Sir,

26th

Government House,

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January, 1901.

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I have the honour to bring to your

notice the following facts that bear upon the corres-

pondence mentioned in the mergin. At 11 A.M. on the

24th. instant, the copy of a telegram No. 1 from the

Secretary of State for War to the General Officer Com-

100 manding troops was sent to me by the latter. At. 11,15

I was informed by telephone that the General Officer

Commanding had received the telegram marked No.2 and had

gone board the Flag-Ship to consult Rear-Admiral Sir

on-

J. Bruce. At 11,55 Majœ-General Gascoigne waited upon

me and informed me that Adairal Bruce declined to fire

any guns, either as minute guns or as a Royal Salute

without dirüst orders from the Admiralty which he had

not received, and General Gascoigne ultimately agreed

with him that neither minute guns nor salute should be

fired. As the matter had been settled without reference

to me I did not interfere, but the incident shows that

in the matters dealt with by the Circular the Governor

of the Colony who is also Commander-in-Chief is practi-

cally placed under the instructions of the General

Officer Commanding Troops.

2.

The Circular of the 7th. December

in paragraph 3 says that: or being furnished by the

General officer Commanding with a copy of any

instructions

THE RIGHT, HONOURABL

! JOSEPH GEAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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