§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)To ask the Secretary of State for War why officers who join the Territorial Force are gazetted to the old Volunteer corps instead of the new Territorial battalions; whether such officers will require a second attestation; and when the new titles of battalions, etc., will be adopted in the Gazette.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) With the exception of the staff, no officers have yet been gazetted to the Territorial Force. Whenever they are 27 so gazetted the new titles will be adopted. The appointments gazetted in April bore date prior to 1st April, and, therefore, the old titles were used. Officers are not attested, and those transferred to the Territorial Force will not be required to take a fresh oath of allegiance.