§ MR. PIRIEOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Edinburgh, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the closer relations which now obtain between the different branches of the service, and with the view of having trained soldiers in the ranks of the Volunteer Force, the War Office will consider the advisability, of allowing six years service with the Colours, six years with the Reserve, and fourteen years with the Volunteers, to; count for the long service medal.
LORD STANLEYThis medal is in tended for Volunteer service only. It would be most unfair to the Volunteers, generally to allow men who had served in other forces to reckon such service as if it had been voluntary service.