Storks to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to
acquaint you, for the information of Sir E. Lytton,
that in compliance with the request contained in your
Letter of the 28
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the Officer Commanding the Medical
Staff Corps has been instructed to select a competent
Hospital Orderly to accompany the Party of Royal Engineers
about to proceed to British Columbia.