§ VISCOUNT VALENTIA (Oxford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War why the 27th Battalion County of London Regiment (Inns of Court) has not received official recognition as a unit of the Territorial Force, having enlisted more than 30 per cent. of its establishment; and whether it is intended to convert this battalion into an officers' training corps.
§ MR. HALDANEIt has been decided that this unit shall be forthwith recognised as a Territorial Force unit as contemplated by the Territorial Force establishments. Regulations will subsequently be issued for the organisation of the unit as an officer's training unit for the Territorial Force.
§ VISCOUNT VALENTIAI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, though the Inns of Court Regiment is not a recognised unit of the Territorial Force, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the battalion will be entitled to pay and allowances as such during their forthcoming camp at West Down, Salisbury; and whether those composing the mounted detachment will be granted horse allowance for hire and forage as heretofore.
§ MR. HALDANEThis unit will camp as a Territorial Force unit, the officers and men receiving pay and allowances as Infantry. The Territorial Force establishments do not provide for a mounted detachment. In accordance however with the request of the unit the men who composed the Mounted Infantry detachment in the Volunteers will be allowed this year to train as mounted men and to furnish horses, forage, etc., without expense to the public, pending a settlement of the future organisation of the unit.