§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Secretary of State for War, If he can be so good as to explain what arrangements have been made for maintaining a sufficient supply of seasoned soldiers in India now that long service recruitment for the Infantry has been discontinued?
§ COLONEL STANLEYSir, this question has been a subject of discussion for a long time. In October last I was enabled to cause an Army Circular to be issued to this effect—that men who have enlisted for six years' service with the Colours who are now under orders, or may hereafter be required for service in India, and who have completed no less than three years of their first term of service, may extend their period with the Colours to nine years on the understanding that, in the event of their battalions being ordered home, they may be transferred to another corps or battalion to complete the term. Of course, they are not to be transferred without their own consent.