SIR SEYMOUR KINGTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, although funds may be available to provide two suits of uniform for the Territorial Army, the provision of the second suit cannot be undertaken until a pattern for the walking-out dress is approved of; why it has taken seven months for the Army Council to settle this essential preliminary; how much longer delay may be expected; and whether he still suggests that it is the fault of the County Associations that the second suit has not yet been provided.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) County Associations were informed of the pattern of the second suit of uniform to be worn by the Territorial Force by special Army Order dated 12th June last, except in the case of the horse artillery, which required special consideration. Any delay in individual cases in approving the second suit after that date has been caused by applications made by units to vary the prescribed pattern, and these applications have only been received in the War Office within the last fortnight.