§ Earl WINTERTONasked the Secretary of State for War whether there is a dress regulation requiring officers to wear gloves when in uniform in London; if this applies to members of the different Expeditionary Forces on leave; and if, in view of the expense in which officers serving overseas are already involved in purchasing clothing and equipment essential for the different fronts, care will be taken to avoid increasing the number of articles which they are required to purchase to comply with dress regulations when on leave?
§ Mr. FORSTERGloves are worn by officers on all occasions with service dress. This order is long established and is not peculiar to London. Officers are not required to purchase additional articles to comply with the dress regulations when on leave.
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§ Earl WINTERTONasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that swords are never worn by Infantry officers on service, and only very seldom by other branches of the Service, there is a new dress regulation in existence in some Expeditionary Forces overseas requiring officers to wear a sword frog with Sam Browne belts; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. FORSTERThere is no new regulation on this subject, but the frog is a part of the Sam Browne belt, and should be worn with it, except in one or two cases. Attention has been called to a very frequent omission on the part of officers in this respect.