42. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked theSecretary of State for War whether he is aware that a large proportion of the time and energy of the War Office is devoted to the recruiting of men for the Army as distinct from the training, equipment, and disposal of them after they are in the Army; and whether he has considered the advisability of transferring the whole work of recruiting to a civilian department in the same way as has been done with the supply of munitions?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe business of the Recruiting Department is so intimately connected with purely military problems that it is not considered that any advantage would be gained by its separation from the War Office.
Mr. SCOTTAs this is intimately connected with other problems that arise, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman if he is aware that the manner in which recruiting is now being carried on is not only causing much dissatisfaction in the country, but is responsible for many of the difficulties with regard to the supply of men?