§ 46 and 47. Major HUNTasked the Secretary of State for War (1) how many officers have been employed at the War Office throughout the War; will he consider the advisability of the work of these officers being done by officers wounded or injured in the War; and (2) how many officers of military age now employed at the War Office have not been present at any fighting during the War?
§ 52. Mr. THOMASasked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers holding commissions prior to the War now engaged on various Staff positions; and whether any steps are being taken to send these officers to the front, and so relieve others who have been in the fighting line for eighteen months and upwards, and whose experience could be utilised with advantage in positions at home?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEAll these three questions deal with the same point. My hon. and gallant Friend opposite and my hon. Friend on my right will find, in a reply given to the hon. and gallant Member for the Enfield Division on 7th March, by the late Under-Secretary of State for War, a statement which answers the latter part of question 46, and of question 52. Arrangements have been made under which officers holding Staff appointments at home and fit for general service are sent to the front in exchange for officers from the Armies in the field, or on replacement by officers who have been invalided and have become fit for Home service.
§ Mr. REDDYHow many officers who are in Major's uniform in this House have been at the front, and how long have they been there?