The additional numbers in China Jare now from April 1 included in the figures for their actual stations and not as hitherto in the detail of the stations from which they were Legation Gi Amenities The military construction work for China this year is small and Joniists of £3,500 to complete eight married quarters at Hongkong fand ausimilae amount. to provide feentval heating and to modernise the British Legation - Guard racks at Peking. $0 far us Malaya Fe-concerned only & small sum will come from Army votes for the defences In" order to. keep alive. the work done up to" April 1 when £285,000 had been expended out of the "Army's proposed outlay of 1,150,000. 'The Afalaya expenditure will include the completion of nev quarters at Blakan Mari, where {the regimental institute will' be. reconstructed this year, new quarters fae Bukit Fraser and' the beginning ith & new officers' mess ab Tang-in to cost. £22,000 and completion of the drainage scheme there.
The China military. expenditure this year willie £1,295,700 which pay antounts to half a million and the Staff £15,600, The quarter-of troops' and. their movement ost £208,000 and their supplies Dwaot a Sixth less than that, sum, Clothing' and medical will each cost £50,000" and. stores £76,000. Works, isdines, tard and incidentals: will cost bout" £150,000.
Malaya and China' Naval Bases, 'The naval construction work at Hongkong' this year will include Uaginning with the new naval hospital which is. to cost. £50,000. and Feplaces the existing building pur-chrised by the Colonial Government to" whom the site. belongs. transfer of the Royal Naval Arma-tent Depot to Stonecutter's Island will be commenced ona sile, which replaces the Arsenal Yard handed lover to the focal authorities, The least of the work will "be £200,000, The Kai Tak Scheme to accommoda ate a flying boat squadron will also pushed on with. The Singapore expenditure this year will embrace Reavy sunt for Aaval bast require. ments and the completion of the, fuel storage at a total cost of fnillion." The mucous base and the faccommiddation for air units wil alco be carried forward with a sum of thee' quarters of a million.
Argyll's P.. Commandant Whey It, Col, Alexander "Sprat relinquishes' command of the Ist Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders] Jon June 29 he will give the next, few years to the physical side of] military training as Commandant jof the Army School of Physical Training at "Aldershot.
will be in the running for appointment as Inspector of P.T. which has been held with conspicuous success by Scottish Officers. There was Sir Malcolm Fox, the greatest of all, the Hon. John' Scott, Napier and his fellow Gordon, jenny" Campbell.
Lt.-Col, Sprat was one of those who made the men fit behind the lines in France and carried on intensive bayonet training. He also took a hand at entrenching as ad-Jotant of the 8th Entrenching Battalion and was commandant of the Tank reinforcements. Ho was sent to the Waziristan operations and when these were over he became A.D.C. to the Governor of Bengal, Lord Ronaldshay. His father was It. General J. Sprat. Lt.-Col. Sprat who held the adjutancy the 91st, served with the 93rd at} Bloemfontein and Glasgow.
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