§ MR. RADFORD (Islington, E,)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War 56 whether a Volunteer who has been returned efficient for sixteen consecutive years is entitled to the Volunteer long service medal unless he has, subsequently to 30th April last, signed on as a Member of the Territorial Army, in which case he is disqualified; and, if so, what is the reason of this disqualification, which would seem calculated to discourage men from joining the Territorial Army.
§ MR. ACLANDIt has been decided that Volunteers of sixteen years service who have joined the Territorial Force may have the option of being considered either for the long-service medal or the new efficiency medal.