CO129-434 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [7-8] — Page 263

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The Governor,

HONG KONG,

China.

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42029

REG 4 SEP 16!

c/o Mra. W. Morris,

8 Charles Street, Dundee, 9th June, 1916.

Sir.

:

I have been in correspondence with the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London, S.W. with regard to whether I am liable for service in the Army under the Military Service Act, 1916, No. 2, and as to whether you are willing to offer me re- employment if I am found physically fit.

I am glad to be informed that you are willing to offer

me re-employment.

The Under-Secretary of State now informs me that the Army Council desire to have my services, The history of my connection with the Army is briefly as follows:- On 13th February 1903, I entered the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Trumpeter, enlist-

ing in Edinburgh. I was transferred to India and remained there for six years, returned home and soldiered at home, then went to China for five years. I was transferred to the Reserve in China and became a Prison Warder in Victoria Jail, Hong Kong, where I

remained for eighteen months.

a soldier and returned home.

I then volunteered to act again as

I think I am stating it correctly when I mention that

you were to grant me an allowance from the Colonial Funds during my period in the Army of £10. 5/- per month.

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