§ 81. Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that officers and servants of local authorities are disinclined to enlist in Territorial units unless their service in the event of mobilisation is allowed, as was formerly the case, to count for superannuation; and whether he will take steps with this end in view?
§ Sir V. WarrenderI have seen no evidence that the consideration referred to in the question has in fact acted as a deterrent to enlistment in the Territorial Army. To permit embodied service in the Territorial Army to count for superannuation in the case of officers and employés of local authorities would require legislation.