§ 26. Sir J. Mellorasked the Secretary of State for India, if he will give an assurance that officers who were compulsorily commissioned into the Indian Army will be enabled, if they wish, to transfer forthwith to the British service.
§ The Secretary of State for India (Mr. Amery)I am in correspondence with the Government of India as to the extent to which certain categories of officers can properly be said to have been compulsorily commissioned into the Indian Army. When the position has been clarified I hope to make a statement on the question for permission to transfer to the British service.