§ 29. Mr. Liddallasked the Secretary of State for War what steps he has taken to ensure that the strategy and tactics by mechanised columns working with aircraft and infantry used by the Germans in Poland and the battle of France are made known to the younger regimental officers of the British Expeditionary Force and persons other than those at the War Office and the staff college, so that plans by independent expert investigators to meet the German methods and surprises may be thought out well in advance?
§ Mr. EdenA number of steps have been taken to ensure that the lessons from experience of the most recent fighting are made available to officers and men. It would not be in the public interest to give an account of these, but I can assure
28. Miss Wardasked the Secretary of State for War what are the pay and allowances of a major-general, colonel, major and captain, respectively, in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service?
§ Following is the statement:
§ The pay of the Chief Controller, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, whose rank is equivalent to that of major-general, is under review. At present, she is being paid the same amount as she received in her civil appointment. No officer of the Auxiliary Territorial Service is employed in the rank corresponding to colonel. The pay and allowances of chief commandants, senior commandants and company commanders, ranking with lieutenant-colonels, majors and captains respectively, who accept a general service liability, are as follow:
§ my hon. Friend that full information is given in widely issued pamphlets and by means of lectures.
§ Captain BellengerIs it not the case that the younger regimental officers of the British Expeditionary Force are just the ones who have this experience, and is opportunity freely given, particularly in the training department of the War Office and the Staff College, to those who have had that experience?