whereas in the large service of the mala Peninsula, many men
equally caufetut to take on
Bazen different jobs.
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For the
have some doubt
Whetteer the Cadet
the Cadet system is
really the right are
for Hong Kong..
J
in dived
& think
that
it is really h. batter but to appoint
Cadets to the service
generally best- for same individual Du- freser
to select
a man
depti in
in which a
a vacany
o to attack him to it exclusively.
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of serving
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in one particular Dept. would be suf-:
ficiently attractive to t he Competition Tallah.
In any case there would be great inequality in for-:
tunes. This happens of Cɔui se in the one Service,
but the different Departments are pig, and we do not
rub shoulders with people who were below us in the
exam. and have got on faster in other Dopartments.
Novever, this difficult question can wait.
Teeping acting appointments in the special Dept.
tend in the direction of promotion on
will
the liry of special experienon and qualifications.
Asc
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I Collins
have servis doubts,
if
this
is tha
a
денерия
Rule,
lite
fo
Wenk & we?
As regards acting anpol ntments, reply as
Hr.
Stubbs otoposes.
Ine other question raised at the end of his minute
is
in
a more difficult one, which we can turn over
our Binds and discuss together. We have now definitelt
separated the R.K. Cadet service from that of the Malay
Peninsula -the previous connexion was really only
formal -but the further step of selecting
1.K. Cadets for special departments bristles wito
difficulties. I do not see how we could settle his
Dept. till he had passed his examinations and shewn his special aptitudes, and I doubt if the prospects
Mr. Fiddes
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have spoken to you or this. You will
see from the dormant Commission of 1903 attached
that in the absence of the Sel. Sec. the Senior
Military Officer administers. There is no danger
therefore of
ter.
dminish-
an Acting Col. Sec. having to a dminis
in these circumstances, I don't see any ob- !
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