HC Deb 30 July 1918 vol 109 cc225-6
24. Colonel YATE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War why officers under fifty-one years of age relinquishing the command of Special Reserve battalions are compulsorily retired and not placed on the Reserve of Officers; and whether, considering that commanding officers so retired are liable to be called up as private soldiers, he will have this compulsory retirement of officers who have not reached the age limit put a stop to?

Mr. MACPHERSON

Under the Special Reserve Regulations, officers of the Special Reserve on vacating the command of their battalions should normally relinquish their commissions. They are now, however, being placed on the retired list instead of relinquishing their commissions. They are not liable for service in the ranks.

Mr. REDDY

Will you get land for all these men?