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Minutes of the previous meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and signed
1. Consideration of the Vice-Chairman’s report of No.29 of Expenditure authorised under resolution 4 (1) of the 32nd meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be accepted
2. Consideration of the detailed report of Expenditure from Commission Funds for February 1922 as submitted by the Chairman, with the resolution that this be accepted
3. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works re the erection of headstones in Coxyde Military Cemetery, with the resolution that a sum not exceeding £678 be expended on the erection of 1356 headstones
4. Consideration of a report by the Principal Assistant Secretary re increasing the salary of Mr Fournet (the Commission’s clerk in France), with the resolution that he be paid a salary of 900 francs per month from 1st April 1922
5. Consideration of a report by the Finance Department requesting that £70,000 be expended to defray the administrative expenses of the Commission in France, with the resolution that this be accepted for the quarter ending 30th June 1922
6. Consideration of a report by the Deputy Director of Works recommending that the stone wall included in the original contract for Deir-el-Belah Cemetery be removed, with the resolution that the revised Bill of Quantities for additions to and deductions from the work be accepted subject to the observations and reservations therein contained
7. Consideration of a report by the Finance Department re estimates of expenditure for the Commission in Palestine, with the resolution that a sum of £1,600 be expended to defray the expenses for the quarter ending 30th June 1922
8. Consideration of a letter from the Deputy Director of Works and an extract from a meeting of the Ango-Palestine Committee re an increase in subsistence allowance of the Commission’s staff in Palestine, with the resolution that this be not approved
9. Consideration of a letter from the Treasury Solicitor and a minute by the Land and Legal Adviser re the Commission taking over certain completed cemeteries from Messrs The Enterprises Somerville, with the resolution that the Director of Works be authorised to take over said cemeteries subject to such terms and conditions as the Land and Legal Adviser may require
10. Consideration of a letter from the Commission’s accountant in Italy and a report by the Principle Assistant Secretary re hospital charges for Mr B H Jones (the Commission’s Clerk of Works for Italy) amounting to 15 Lire per day, with the resolution that this be defrayed by the Commission until he is considered fit to travel
11. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works recommending that £1,800 be authorised to protect Shrapnel Valley Cemetery against storm water, with the resolution that this be approved
12. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works requesting that £100 be expended on the preparation of a new model of the monument to be affixed to the top of the Naval memorials erected at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham for the use of the Principal Architect, with the resolution that this be accepted
13. Consideration of a report by the Controller and Financial Adviser and a report by the Director of Works re tenders for the construction of Naval memorials to be erected at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, with the resolution that tenders be put to competition among selected firms and advertised through the public press and that general enquiries be reported to the Finance Committee for the compilation of a selected list
14. Consideration of a Memorandum of Agreement between the IWGC and Sir Reginald Blomfield and a report by the Land and Legal Adviser re the conditions of contract for inviting tenders for the construction of the Menin Gate Memorial and the Naval Memorials to be erected at Plymouth, Portsmouth and Chatham, with the resolution that under drafted articles of agreement, the architect responsible for the design shall be in charge of the work and paid by the Finance Committee without further reference to the Commission
15. Consideration of a report by the Principle Assistant Secretary requesting authority to appoint an Assistant Chief Accountant to the staff of the Commission in France at a salary of £500.25.600, with the resolution that this be accepted
Present:
Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, KBE, CB, CMG (Chairman)
The Hon Sir James Allen, KCB
The Hon Sir Edgar R Bowring
Sir William Garstin, GCMG
Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, KCVO, CB
Lieut Colonel H Ellissen, C B E (Secretary)
F M Morris, Esq (Representing the Treasury)
Also Present:
Lieut Colonel C P Oswald, O B E (Deputy Financial Adviser)
Lieut Colonel H F Robinson, (Deputy Director of Works)
Major C K Phillips, OBE (Land and Legal Adviser) |