§ Captain W. BENNasked the Secretary of State for War when Sergeant G. Gilmour, No. 19447, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, will be sent home for demobilisation; and whether he is aware that this soldier left Mesopotamia on the 20th March, 1919, for the 429W United Kingdom and was detained at Kirkee Camp, Poona, India, and is still in India?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that all men from Mesopotamia detained in India during the suspension of demobilisation have now left, excepting forty men who are in hospital undergoing treatment. These will proceed when medically fit to travel.
§ Sir F. YOUNGasked the Secretary of State for War whether his Majesty's ship "Castalia" has arrived with troops from Bombay; if so, when and whether the troops have been landed; and when will they be demobilised?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe steamship "Castalia" arrived at Liverpool on the 3rd December last. The troops were landed and sent to dispersal stations, where they were demobilised. Two hundred and forty troops were left in Egypt suffering from influenza, but these are now on their way home.