§ 8. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India if he can say, approximately, how many British officers of the Indian Army who have been invalided out of the Service owing to wounds or ill-health due to active service in the War have been provided with civil employment in the United Kingdom; and how many of those still seeking employment will he be able to recommend for service in a civil capacity in Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, or East Africa?
§ Mr. MONTAGUArrangements have been made with the Ministry of Labour, as the central authority for questions of resettlement, to make the machinery of the Appointments Department available to officers of the Indian Army equally with those of the British Service. No separate figures for Indian Army officers are kept by the Appointments Department. Every effort is made to help these officers, but it is difficult to find suitable employment for an officer who has been rendered unfit for further service by wounds or ill-health. In regard to the second part of the question, I am already in communication with the authorities concerned as to the possibility of finding posts for any disabled officers of the Indian Army in the countries which have temporarily come under British administration or control.