§ Lieutenant-Colonel WEIGALLasked the Secretary of State for War whether officers of the Reserve of Officers, the Special Reserve, and the Territorial Force are allowed upon return to civil life and retention of their commissions to retain the highest temporary rank of their service if held for six months?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAn officer of the Special Reserve or Territorial Force on return to civil life is still holding a commission on the active list, and is not, therefore, eligible to retain the higher temporary rank he may have held for six months until his commission on the active list is terminated. An officer of the Reserve of Officers on relegation to unemployment no longer holds a commission on the active list, and is therefore eligible to retain any higher rank to which he is entitled.