§ 70. Mr. RENDALLasked the Secretary for War whether Private G. H. Summer-bill, 77th Company, Royal Army Service Corps, A.P.O. S 24, who joined the Army in May, 1916, now on leave from France and living at Victoria Road, Morley Road, Soundwell, near Bristol, has boon instructed to join a draft to the East; whether this is contrary to the undertaking he gave last week; and will he have Private Summerbill immediately communicated with and the order countermanded?
§ Mr. FORSTERI have ascertained that the soldier referred to comes under one of the categories of men who are not eligible for drafting to the East. Full instructions have recently been issued to the General Officer Commanding, France and Flanders, as to what men are or are not eligible for inclusion in the drafts of Royal Army Service Corps now being prepared in that country for service in the Middle East, but possibly these had not 1363 reached Private Summerbill's Commanding Officer before he came on leave. He will, on return from leave, be withdrawn from the draft in accordance with the instructions I have mentioned.