§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the desire of a number of Army schoolmasters to join combatant units; whether he is aware that the scholastic work has diminished in the case of a number of these men; and whether, in view of the present requirements of the Army, he is prepared to make arrangements for suitable Army schoolmasters being given the opportunity of taking up commissions, inasmuch as their training and experience partly qualify them for responsible military work?
§ Mr. FORSTERApplications have been received for commissions from schoolmasters, but the educational necessities of the Army must be safeguarded, and while work may have diminished in some directions it has increased in others.