ملف ١٩١٤/٣٥٤٠ الجزء ٧ "الحرب الألمانية: الضباط المعارون إلى مكتب الحرب البريطاني -قضية المقدم إ. لوسون" [و‎‎١‎٠‎١] (١٩٣/١٥)

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I invite the attention of Your
Excellency’s Government to the corres
pondence en-linm mith your tel eyro.m
No.4319, Est.B., dated 23rd December,
191 r , remariinfr Lieut-Colonel E.St.J.
Lawson, Indian Police Service,
whose services ^ r ere lent to ' the
Government o r Siam in 1898, and who
volunteered for active service in 1914.
2. I have examined in Council the
circumstances of the case, and I am
disposed to consider that Lieut-Oolonel
Lawson, since the loan of his services
to the Government of Siam did not
impair his fundamental rights as a
United Province Police Officer, is
equally entitled with other such
officers to the errant of the concessions
embodied in the Civil Volunteer Terms.
3. I have therefore decided that,
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unless you have any objection, these
concessions may he granted to him in
ful 1.
4. I request that Your Excellency’s
Government wi11 settle in consultation
with Lieut-Colonel Lawson and the
Government of Siam the details involved
in the appl i ca ti on of th is d.eci s i on, e. m.
the amount of leave due to Lieut- n olonel
Lawson under the concession embodied in