§ Mr. FARRELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that numbers of Irish soldiers have been kept serving at the front for three and four years without getting leave home once during that time; will he inquire into the case of some Irish soldiers recently transferred from India, who are now serving in Egypt, and have been four years serving without getting home leave; and will he see that arrangements are made for them to get leave?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. Friend to the statement which I made on Monday last in reply to questions by my hon. Friends the Members for Nottingham (East) and Nottingham (South).
§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Under-secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Driver A. E. Cook, T. 2, No. 11104, Army Service Corps, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, who enlisted on 5th November, 1914, who has served in France, Salonika and Egypt, has had no leave for three years and two months; and will he call the attention of this man's commanding officer to this fact and arrange for leave to be given?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. Friend to the statement which I made on Monday last in reply to questions by my hon. Friends the Members for Nottingham (East) and Nottingham (South).