§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON)My Lords, I beg to give notice that I shall ask your Lordships to meet on Monday afternoon next with a view of moving in your Lordships' House, simultaneously with the other House of Parliament, the Motions which I will now read to your Lordships—
" That the thanks of this House be given to the officers, petty officers, and men of the Navy for their faithful watch upon the seas during more than three years of ceaseless danger and stress while guarding our shores and protecting the commerce upon which the victory of the Allied cause depends from the attacks of a barbarous foe."
" That the thanks of this House be given to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the British Armies in the field, and also to the women in the medical and other services auxiliary thereto, for their unfailing courage and endurance in defending the right amidst sufferings and hardships unparalleled in the history of war, and for their loyal readiness to continue the work to which they have set their hands until the liberty of the world is secure."
" That the thanks of this House be accorded to the gallant troops from the Dominions overseas, from India, and from the Crown Colonies, who have 744 travelled many thousands of miles to share with their comrades from the British Isles in the sacrifices and triumphs of the battlefield, and to take their full part in the struggle for human freedom."
" That the thanks of this House be accorded to the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine for the devotion to duty with which they have continued to carry the vital supplies of the Allies through seas infested with deadly peril."
" That this House doth acknowledge with grateful admiration the valour and devotion of those who have offered their lives in the service of their country, and tenders its sympathy to their relatives and friends in the sorrows they have sustained."