§ 22. Lord C. BERESFORDasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in the event of a sergeant being promoted or a private being promoted to sergeant, and these men being sent to hospital wounded, they revert on their return to their regiment to their previous rank of sergeant or private?
§ Mr. TENNANTUntil recently noncommissioned officers with the Expeditionary Force were liable to lose their acting rank when sent home wounded or sick, although they did not lose it when sent to a hospital overseas. Under the regulations now in force, however, all non-commissioned ranks have been made substantive with the Expeditionary Force and men wounded retain their rank even if sent home.