Territorial Force (Officers' Travelling Expenses).

HC Deb 15 May 1911 vol 25 cc1802-3W

Mr. MARTIN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if an officer serving in India, who is desirous of coming Home to serve in the Territorial Forces, will have his travelling expenses paid or be allowed free passage on a troopship?

Colonel SEELY

An officer serving in India or elsewhere abroad if appointed to an adjutancy in the Territorial Force, is not entitled to passage by packet or transport at the public expense unless specific instructions to the contrary are issued by the Army Council, on the grounds that no other qualified candidate is serving at home. No other appointments of officers serving abroad or in India are made to units of the Territorial Force.