§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)had on the Paper the following questions: To ask the Secretary of State for War if the telegraphists of the Post Office, who were called for in the spring of 1900 to volunteer for South Africa, were enlisted into the Army in precisely the same way as the City Imperial Volunteers, the Service Companies of Volunteers, the Imperial Yeomanry, and the Volunteers of the St. John's Ambulance Association; and, if so, will he explain why no effort has been or is being made to relieve them in the same way as the Members of those emergency corps, namely, after good service, instead of retaining them indefinitely until the close of the war under the strict letter of the engagement they entered into. The hon. and gallant Member said it would be sufficient if he asked if when these men returned their claims would be duly considered.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordYes, Sir, certainly.