§ 20. Major ENTWISTLEasked the Secretary of State for War whether boys who joined the forces under the age of nineteen years are treated, for the purposes of demobilisation, as conscripts; and whether he will consider the desirability of treating them as favourably as men who attested under the Derby scheme and joined the Colours after July, 1916?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLBoys under nineteen years of age are released according to their class, i.e, as conscripts or volunteers, 223 as the case may be. With regard to the later part of the question, I regret that special treatment otherwise than as laid down in current instructions cannot be accorded to them.