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Lordship's Confidential Despatch of 11th. December, 1908.

4.

As I reported in paragraph 8 of my

Confidential Despatch of the 22nd. July, a further attempt

has been recently made to stimulate volunteering. As part

of that action I addressed the Memorandum of which copy is

attached to the Committee of the Volunteer Reserve

Association. of which in the absence of Sir Henry Berkeley

I was elected President before Sir F. Lugard's departure.

The Committee, which has undergone several changes since

Sir F. Lugard's Despatch of the 14th. of October,

unanimously adopted the suggestion of incorporation under

Ordinance, and their decision was confirmed at an

Extraordinary General Meeting of the Volunteer Reserve

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(page 7.)

Association. It is proposed that the members of the

Reserve when formed shall undergo the Annual Musketry

Course prescribed for the Hongkong Volunteers, copy

enclosed, and they will also be required to have a know-

-ledge of elementary drill. The wearing of uniform has

not been stipulated. It is, however, possible that

members may agree to wear shooting jackets of the same

pattern. In return Government undertakes to supply to

the Reserve, ranges, rifles, and an allowance of free

ammunition for each member who completes the musketry

course