§ 8. Sir T. ESMONDEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if wounded officers and men of the 16th and 10th Divisions attached to reserve battalions are-allowed to wear the distinguishing badges of their divisions; and, if not, if per mission will be at once granted them to do so?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer the hon. Baronet to the answer which I gave in this connection on 28th February to 887 the hon. Member for County Cork, W. I have not yet received a reply to the inquiries, and will inform the hon. Members when it has been received. I presume it is understood that the coloured cloth patch which is worn in certain cases in the field for purposes of recognition is purely for local use, and ceases, therefore, to be worn when the men return to this country.