HC Deb 27 May 1919 vol 116 cc1000-1
13. Mr. CLOUGH

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, when the senior officers appointed to inspect registers of units with a view to ensuring that no officers or men who are eligible for demobilisation are being retained without good and sufficient cause are engaged in the work, they will also consider, in the case of low-category men, whether they could be performing in civil life more useful duties than are entrusted to them under military routine?

Mr. FORSTER

No men, No far as I am aware, are being retained in the Armies of Occupation who are not physically capable of carrying out the duties assigned to them.