§ 79. Colonel Sir C. YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the statement in the Press that at the passing-out examination for the cadets at the Royal Military College, Camberley, the last 10 on the list are now made to take commissions in the Indian Army, and that it used to be the other way about, the Indian Army being considered one of the plums of the service, and commissions in it could only be obtained by picked cadets who passed high out of the Royal Military College; and, if this is so, can he give any explanation of the change?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. GILMOUR (for Mr. Montagu)My right hon. Friend's attention has been called to the newspaper paragraph referred to, and he has taken steps to have it contradicted. He would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to his reply to him on 23rd March. Selection for the Indian Army is, of course, purely voluntary. The second, fourth, fifth and sixth on the list, among others, all chose the Indian Army.