§ Sir CHARLES HUNTERasked the Under-Secretary of War if the Government propose to reduce the period of yearly training in the Territorial Force with a view to attracting recruits?
§ Colonel SEELYThe answer is in the negative.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Undersecretary of State for War why Staff-sergeant Major G. A. Bull, of the Tisbury Company of the Wilts Territorial Force, who, after twenty years' continuous service, for sixteen as a Volunteer and for 2027W four as a Territorial, is admitted to be the non-commissioned officer with the longest service in the unit, and was on duty in London during the Coronation ceremony, was not awarded a Coronation medal?
§ Colonel SEELYIn the case of the South-Western Mounted Brigade Transport and Supply Column one Coronation medal was to be awarded to the non-commissioned officer or man with the longest total Volunteer or Territorial Force service. The staff-sergeant mentioned had not served so long as Lance-sergeant Charles Farr, to whom the medal was awarded.