§ MR. EVELYN CECIL (Hertfordshire, Hertford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, since the employers of many skilled artisans who are Reservists now in South Africa are keeping their situations open for them, any assurance can be given that Reservists who desire to return to their avocations will be among the first soldiers to be sent home on the conclusion of hostilities, 777 even if they should happen to belong to regiments to be ultimately employed in the army of occupation.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMIt would be premature to give any such assurance at the present time, but full consideration will be given to the suggestion, not only for the sake of the men, but of the employers who have acted in so patriotic a manner.