§ MR. REGINALD LUCAS (Portsmouth)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the present difficulty in obtaining officers for the Militia, in consequence of existing doubts sis to the future of the force, he can give any assurance that officers now incurring the expense incidental to joining will be permitted to retain the right to wear the uniform in the event of the abolition of their battalions.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) I am afraid that I cannot undertake to give any such pledge as that suggested in the Question, in anticipation of any measures for the organisation of the Militia which might involve the abolition of any battalion.