§ 18. Mr. SWANasked the Secretary of State for War under what terms and conditions Civil servants can or must re-enlist for a further period of military service?
§ Mr. BALDWINA Civil servant who is compulsorily retained with His Majesty's Forces will continue to enjoy the same benefits as before in regard to the payment of balance, counting of service for increment and pension, and return to the Civil Service on demobilisation. A Civil servant who, being otherwise eligible for demobilisation, prefers eitherto remain as a volunteer in the Army of Occupation or to re-enlist for a definite term of two, three, or four years under the Milner bounty scheme, will be regarded as on leave of absence from his Department without pay, the period counting neither for increment nor pension, but with a promise of reinstatement in the Civil Service at the end of his term of voluntary service with the same pay as at the date when he volunteered.