§ 1. Mr. KINGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Royal Naval Division has now been transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office; and, if so, what are the reasons for making this change at the present time?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)The Royal Naval Division has been transferred to the War Office. Its organisation is military, and it is as part of the military rather than the naval forces of the Empire that it has performed great deeds during the present War. The administrative convenience of the transfer is beyond question; and care has been taken to effect it without injury to the splendid tradition which this Division has already built up during the brief period of its existence.