CO129-569-4 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps 29-8-1938 - 21-12-1938 — Page 16

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083/6084/(F.9).

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To

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Subject:-

28th July, 1938.

The Colonel Commandant,

Royal Army Pay Corps.

The Commandant,

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

Alliance with Royal Army Pay Corps.

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Sir,

I am to refer to conversations that have taken place

between yourself and the Command Paymaster, Hong Kong, on the

subject of an alliance of the Pay Section of the Hong Kong

Volunteer Defence Corps with the Royal Army Pay Corps and to

the request for such an alliance, submitted to the War Office

by the General Officer Commanding the British Troops in China

in his letter C.R.C.C. No.11955 (A) dated 27th May, 1938.

I consider that the close liaison which already

exists between the Royal Army Pay Corps in Hong Kong and the

Pay Section of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps can be

cemented in no more suitable manner and have submitted your

request and my views thereon to His Royal Highness Prince

Arthur of Connaught, Colonel in Chief, Royal Army Pay Corps

who has been pleased to express his approval.

Will you therefore be good enough to submit an

official application through The Governor and Commander-in-

Chief, Hong Kong, for the alliance of the Pay Section, Hong Kong

Volunteer Defence Corps with the Royal Army Pay Corps.

I am, &c.,

(Sa.) J. C. Armstrong,

Colonel,

Colonel Commandant,

Royal Army Pay Corps.