§ 18. Major LANE-FOXasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether there is a shortage of officers for the Cavalry in Palestine and Mesopotamia; and, if so, whether the claims of officers and non commissioned officers of Yeomanry regiments now dismounted and attached to Infantry battalions in France, whose long previous training in Cavalry work is now wasted, can be considered in selecting such officers or candidates for commissions?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThere is at present no shortage nor is there any expectation of a shortage. If the necessity arises we shall certainly draw on the sources indicated by my hon. and gallant Friend.