§ Mr. BILLINGasked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to consider the desirability of considering compassionate grounds as a claim for effecting the immediate demobilisation of men who enlisted in 1914–15?
Captain GUESTMen whose release on extreme compassionate grounds is ordered by the War Office or approved by General Officers Commanding-in-Chief receive priority of release, but it is not possible to guarantee that they will in all cases be demobilised forthwith. They are, however, demobilised as soon as the exigencies of the Service permit.