§ Major O'NEILLasked the Secretary of State for India whether an officer of the Indian Army, aged twenty, who has contracted dysentery in Mesopotamia is entitled to leave to the United Kingdom; and how often home leave is granted to Indian Army officers in normal circumstances?
§ Mr. FISHERIn the circumstances mentioned in the question the officer would be given leave to the United Kingdom if the medical board certified that his health required it. With certain restrictions, in peace time an officer can be granted leave whenever he can be spared. Roughly speaking, before the War, a regimental officer might count on about eight months' combined leave every two and a half years.