§ 84. Mr. Martinasked the Secretary of State for War whether all men who have been serving with the Army abroad for six years or longer have now been brought back to this country; and how far he proposes to develop this process in the future.
§ Sir J. GriggThe speed with which men being returned to the Home Establishment are in fact returned varies in the commands abroad according to the shipping available from the area and the local military requirements, but except in the case of India practically all men who have been abroad for more than six years have been brought home. A start has already been made with men who have been abroad under six years and I hope in due course that the qualifying period will be further reduced.