CONFIDENTIAL.
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HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDING 15th APRIL 1935.
STRENGTH.
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The Strength shows an increase of 111 since last year's
Efforts to enlist the co-operation of all firms in the
Colony were increased and a recruiting campaign was launched in July 1934 headed by a general appeal from the Corps and Advisory Board
(appendix "A" attached) but the fact remains that the best recruiting
agent is the serving volunteer and it is to him that the increase be
attributed. The number of volunteers and ex-volunteers compared
with the man-power strength of the Colony is still depressingly low
and the average age of the former is high enough to focus the fault
on the younger residents in the Colony.
The numbers recruited during the year are:-
Men with previous experience
Men without previous experience
73
148
221
Of the 110 who have left the Corps, only 30 left of the ir
own volition after three years service or more.
The present strength of sub-units is attached (appendix
"B"
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