Captain TUDOR-REESasked the Secretary for War whether he is aware that, on reviewing, amongst other Territorial troops, the First and Second-Sixth Devons, on the 25th September, 1914, General Donald stated that Lord Kitchener gave him an absolute guarantee that the division would bebrought back to this country before the end of the War so that the men might resume or get employment before the great rush took place from the Colours; and whether, seeing that these troops are still in India, the failure to redeem the said guarantee has caused unrest and discontent among the men affected and among their relatives at home, he will give instructions for the early return of the men to this country?
Captain GUESTI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answers given1158W yesterday on this subject to my hon. Friends the Members for Frome, Honiton, and Wells, in which an early statement was promised.