§ LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PRYCE-JONES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state why officers of Volunteers should not be brought generally under the Act of 1901, together with those of the Militia and Yeomanry, and rank with them, seeing that they become at times subject to military law, and pass the same examinations in drill at the school at Chelsea Barracks and in the five military subjects.
LORD STANLEYThe conditions of service of the Volunteer force are quite distinct from those of the Militia and Yeomanry. The suggested change in the status and legal obligations of the officers certainly can hardly be dealt with on a question of precedence.