HC Deb 18 March 1919 vol 113 cc1884-5
12. Lieutenant-Colonel WEIGALL

asked the Secretary for War whether undergraduates now serving will lose their prospects of Civil Service appointments or training allowance through extended service; and whether the 1916 soldier undergraduates will in any case be released in time for April or October terms at Oxford and Cambridge?

Captain GUEST

The Order in Council of the 18th December, 1918, provides for the appointment of men who have served in the Forces to the Home Civil Service without competitive examination until a date to be fixed hereafter. It is intended that such appointments will continue to be made for not less than two years from the termination of the War, and it is intended to distribute as far as possible existing and prospective vacancies among the very large number of men from whom the applications have already been received and those who may be expected to apply during the next two years. Such as are eligible for demobilisation are being released as rapidly as the exigencies of the Service permit. It is hoped that as many as possible will be demobilised in time for the April term.

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